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Bill Brooks replied to Peter Lloyd's discussion 'Are All Ideas Equal?'

As we help people come up with creative approaches to life, we are constantly dealing with "stupid" ideas. Our approach to idea generation has always been - write down the everything - the good, the bad, the ugly, the politically incorrect, the sa...

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Bill Brooks replied to Janet Rouss's discussion 'Participant waivers'

"First, we kill all the lawyers"

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Bill Brooks replied to Janet Rouss's discussion 'Participant waivers'

Hi Janet: We have run a number of day camps (kids mostly) where we get parents to sign wavers. We are told (by lawyers) that they are only for effect and really are not worth the paper they are printed on. In that vein we usually make the follow t...

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Bill Brooks replied to Hal Portner's discussion 'Critical vs Creative Thinking'

Hi Hal: I would love to comment but eweek tells me that the article is only for the subscription user which I am not. Bill Brooks

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Creativity from the Mayo Clinic

How the Mayo Clinic defines Creativity - comments anyone?

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Productive Thinking Fundamentals at Saskatoon Radison Hotel

December 3, 2009 from 8am to 12pm

Both in your business and personal life, the better you can think, evaluate, and apply your ideas, the more successful you will be. Productive Thinking Fundamentals will introduce you to the essential principles of our productive thinking methodo...

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At 10:51am on August 12, 2009, Susan Sze said…: Hi Bill, I teach special ed courses at NU. I like to beef up my lectures and presentations with magic. What do you do Bill? Susan

At 2:45pm on July 14, 2009, Megan Mitchell said…: Hi Bill, Yes, I see the conference is not exactly about Innovation/Creativity, however, I am going anyway. I love Chicago and have wanted to attend this event for a few years. I'll let you know how it is.

At 2:04pm on April 30, 2008, Bill Brooks said…: Hi Franca: I think I finally figured out what was going on - brain cells firing extra slowly this morning. everything is fine so you can ignore the email message sent earlier.

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At 11:34am on April 30, 2008, Franca Leeson said…: Welcome Bill - you need also to join the Consulting Partners group (this gives you access to a private area where you can find all the web resources for CPs, have private discussions, etc.). Just go to "Groups" and click on the group; you've been invited so it should be possible to join with no problem.

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Saskatoon SK

About Me:

Space Scientist who has been working in business in many capacities - from research and development, Space instrumentation and academic research. Ran a science centre for almost 12 years and use science and technology (as well as the other "creative disciplines") to facilitate and teach people how to be more creative.

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http://www.eclecthink.com

What's one thing you know about creativity?

Creativity is a process - the more you do it the better you are at it (just like sports, writing, painting ...)

What's one thing you wonder about creativity?

I wonder why business is afraid of the "C" word - they want to call it Innovation which is nothing without Creativity.