by Roger Firestien | Apr 28, 2022 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques
She had never been in a fight before. But as a result of her fighting, a fifteen-year-old we’ll call Crystal, managed to get herself suspended from school. And not just suspended for a week. Crystal’s suspension was for two months. Enter Kelly Heinze, an eighth-grade... by Roger Firestien | Mar 23, 2022 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Creativity, Videos
Spoiler alert: You may be wearing a pair! What do you do when you run out of ideas and you need a breakthrough? In one of my new online courses To create breakthroughs, make connections you will learn a simple technique that you can apply to ANY problem... by Roger Firestien | Feb 16, 2022 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Creativity, Uncategorized
Do you want creative ideas? Then you need to ask the right questions. In one of my new online courses To Get Better Ideas, Solve the real Problem, learn how the language you use to describe a problem will determine whether you solve the actual problem or just a... by Roger Firestien | Feb 15, 2022 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Creativity
Creativity Expert Exchange 2022 More than 2 decades ago the department formerly known as the International Center for Studies in Creativity (now the Center for Applied Imagination) began hosting an annual conference that came to be known as CEE (Creativity Expert... by Roger Firestien | Nov 16, 2021 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Creativity
Certainly, you have heard the phrase, “think outside the box.” It is an appeal to think beyond the usual boundaries of your problem to, hopefully, get creative ideas. Here is a new phrase to try on: “think outside the biological.” In medicine, that means to think... by Roger Firestien | Mar 8, 2021 | Creative Problem Solving Techniques, Creativity, Innovation, Innovation Consultant
What do stampeding cows, waffle irons, tractors, heart doctors, farmers, flying drones, and pacemakers have in common? They are all featured in my new video courses published through the OpenSesame learning platform! OpenSesame is the world’s largest elearning...