Creativity & Innovation

Creativity at Work, Organizational Innovation, Creative Thinking in Business

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Thinking 'outside the box' is not limited to artistic and writing professions. Innovative thinking, brainstorming, and creativity exercises are encouraged and used by forward thinking businesses and corporations to successfully plan, create, and sell products and services.

This collection of creativity and innovation resources on the Creativity Portal features informative articles, exercises, puzzles, and techniques to help you understand, build, and enhance your personal and workplace creativity skills.

Creativity & Innovation Excerpts & Series on the Creativity Portal

Edward Glassman, PhD: Creativity at Work
A series of articles based on Glassman's book “Team Creativity At Work I & II: Creative Problem Solving At Its Best." Glassman is a Professor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, wrote several books on creativity at work, and founded the Program For Team Excellence and Creativity at the university.

New & Improved: Innovative Brain Excerpts
Creating growth in business through creativity and innovation. Articles by Bob Eckert and Jonathan Vehar co-authors of the book More Lightning, Less Thunder: How to Energize Innovation Teams. Visit New & Improved to learn about organizational innovation, creative thinking, problem solving and team building. Fun creativity methods, articles, tools, comics and free educational posters.

Michael Michalko's Creative Thinking
Enjoy a sampling of author Michael Michalko's creativity techniques, exercises, articles, and interviews, plus learn about his best-selling book Thinkertoys. Read Michael's creativity articles on the Creativity Portal.

Behance: Helping Creatives Make Ideas Happen
Behance develops knowledge, products, and services for the creative community. Behance's online magazine features insights and tips on productivity in creative disciplines, all based on original research and interviews.

Robert Alan Black's Cre8ng Articles
Spreading creative thinking throughout the workplaces of the world. A sampling of articles and exercises to strengthen and expand your creative thinking skills. Visit Cre8ng for more.

Talent Development Resources Articles
Douglas Eby's information and inspiration to enhance achievement and creative expression. Visit Talent Develop to learn more about depression & creativity, giftedness, the inner actor, and woman and talent.

More Creativity & Innovation Websources

Coaching Your Creativity: Infinite Creative Possibilities!
Chris Dunmire's inspiring, funny, and thoughtful coaching site that motivates artists, writers, and other creators to action in their creative lives.

The Intuitive Edge Blog
The Intuitive Edge encourages people to explore a variety of personal expression, allowing their own creativity to blossom. We talk about the challenges all artists and creatives face, from naysayers to resistance to depression. The goal is to help people enjoy the ride/process and, if interested, take their creative work to another level.

Dave Dufour's Creative License Podcast
Podcast on creativity and idea generation. Creative License is a series of "quick tips" and discussion of how to be more creative at work and at home. Listeners can hear the podcast at the website or subscribe via iTunes or any other podcatcher client.

WATIZIT Online Creative Idea Generation Tool
WATIZIT is a free to use online idea generation tool by Dufour Creative Services that uses ambiguous pictures and a forced relationships technique to help users generate ideas "outside the box."

Creativity Top 10 Lists and Coaching Tips
A dozen lists, essays, and bits of advice from professionals detailing the benefits to creativity; keys to developing, enhancing, and boosting your creativity; practical ways to become more creative; and traits of creative people.

Creativity for Life
Exploring creativity in our everyday lives! Features articles for personal and workplace creativity, and a toolbox of ideas and techniques for applying more creativity into your life while living your creative dreams.

Mycoted: Creativity and Innovation
Creativity and innovation in science and technology. Creativity techniques, puzzles, and quotes.

Lesson 1: Free Online Creativity Course
Creativity as a treasure hunt. Asking questions, tracking down the right questions.