[Imagination Club] Challenge: In what ways might WE add value
tothe imagination club?
Tracy - Compio
tfuller at compio.net
Fri Aug 3 12:15:48 GMT 2007
Dear Randah,
I work with business leaders on identifying ways to help their teams bring
more creativity to their work. Would you please send me a copy of your
paper too? I’d love to read what you’ve learned.
With thanks,
Tracy Fuller
Pittsburgh, PA
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Subject: Re: [Imagination Club] Challenge: In what ways might WE add value
tothe imagination club?
Hi Annalie,
I am a current student at Buffalo State getting my MS. in Creative studies
(Andy, I just finished your ideal problem solver ;) many compliments!! )
I just happened to write one of my papers on spaces and their affect on
creativity and vice versa. (creativity's affect on our physical space). if
you wish a copy I would be more than happy to share it with you. I can
upload it to website if you needed it online.
cheers
Randah Taher
Toronto, Canada
Annalie_Killian at amp.com.au wrote:
May I ask you to help add value to something I am looking to achieve?
I am trying to find some really solid research on the relationship between
physical environment/ architecture/ interior design/ aesthetic stimuli and
creativivity, imagination and innovation.
Can anyone help- the usual Google search results offer fairly superficial
and vague results. (Maybe its my search string that's to blame!)
However, i do need to cross reference this research electronically
though....even if to an abstract. It is to support a challenge to our
employees to generate ideas for how we can adapt a standard formal corporate
office environment to support playful and creative thinking - but without
anarchy or rebuilding!
Annalie Killian
Catalyst for Magic
Tel: 92576033 or 0401 770 406
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you command the
attention of the world" - George Washington Carver (The Black Leonardo)
"Mica Julien" <Mica.Julien at brisbane.qld.gov.au>
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Hi all
thanks Randah, and Andy for your feedback and ideas.
I agree the key is to ask them what they want. In fact I have arranged a
staff summitt in the next few weeks to do just that. My idea is to set the
scene with our manager talking about our future direction and how innovation
and improvment is a part of that journey. Then with the help of a dynamic
and inspirational speaker ask them what innovation means to them and how to
intiate action and encourage momentum. I will finish off with a creative
challenge and an innovation challenge for them. creative challenge - To
design, create, build, write, develop something that represents/depicts
their (team/section/unit) understanding of our organisation its future
direction and the part innovation has to play it in.
Innovation Challenge: How might we encourage innovation in our
organisation?
Both will have deadlines and a team prizes.
Thank You
Mica Julien
Manager
Business Development and Innovation
cityWorks Business Unit
"Quality is not an act it is a habit" Aristotle
ph 3403 7011
fax 3403 7029
mob 0408 793 814
email mica.julien at brisbane.qld.gov.au
>>> myarabicstory at yahoo.ca 1/08/2007 9:42 pm >>>
Hello Mica,
If you are implementing a culture of change in your organization, you need
to create buy-in within the employees. why would they want to change their
way to fit in your model anyway?? speak to people of all levels and tally up
your alleys. most importantly, ASK THEM how they define innovation or
creativity and what would they do to help build it, or how do they vision it
in the organization as a whole. with all their input, you will have lots of
stuff to start with in structuring your model, plus you have already spread
the word in the organization about this initiative (if new) or change (if
your department already existed). make sure to mention to all that they can
always change their minds and come up to you with new ideas (you open trust
this way and keep the flow coming).
good luck!
Randah
Mica Julien <Mica.Julien at brisbane.qld.gov.au> wrote:
Hi imagination club members,
I have been a little slow in putting down my ideas for vamping up adding
value to the club. Paramount for me is to hear more stories from people
about what has worked and what has not. What people are currently working on
and how they are going about it - use it as a communities of practise.
OR we could choose a common issue that we are all grappling with and use our
current practise/job/situation to apply agreed techniques, ideas etc and
report on the results - ie
I would love to join you for your get together in Belgium, but unfortunately
I live in Brisbane Australia and a short trip to Belgium is out of the
question just at the moment.
To all those Aussies out there especially those in South East Queensland I
would be interested in starting up our own local club - any takers?
As to ideas for the club overall I would love to hear more form those of you
who provide - innovation advice and support to organisations - what does
that mean, who do you target, how do you put something together, what tools
do you use etc?
In my role I am responsible for supporting and encouraging innovation in my
division. My thoughts on this so far have been to draft a framework/model
for how it will work (very rational of me) just to give staff, mgt and the
board a sense that there is some structure around it and to get support
funding. The crux I believe is the culture of the organisation to accept,
look for and encourage ideas and creative thought. So I am intending to work
on developing, encouraging and supporting the creation of this type of
culture. How I am not sure yet. But I know it will involve some level of
social network stimulation and understanding. Has anyone heard of Dr Karen
Stephensons work on social networks?
If any of you have any thoughts about this please I would love to hear them.
Thank You
Mica Julien
Manager
Business Development and Innovation
cityWorks Business Unit
"Quality is not an act it is a habit" Aristotle
ph 3403 7011
fax 3403 7029
mob 0408 793 814
email mica.julien at brisbane.qld.gov.au
>>> jeffreyb at jpb.com 1/08/2007 3:05 am >>>
Dear Mariana..
Thanks for your post and welcome to the Imagination Club!
The Imagination Club is whatever you - and the rest of us -
make it out to be. You can see some of the previous
discussions in our archives at
http://davie.textdrive.com/pipermail/imagine/
My original vision for the Imagination Club was to focus on
business related creativity and innovation. But there are
educators, students, managers of charities and all kinds of
other people here who would like to see issues pertinent to
their interests.
The Imagination Club is an unfunded, unstructured and
slightly anarchic place for playing with imagination,
creativity and more. Unfortunately, most of us are busy
with professional obligations, so any thoughts about
directions for the Imagination Club must be reasonable in
terms of resources.
One of the components of the Imagination Club which we are
are working on here in Belgium is: local Imagination Clubs.
These would be small groups either started as Imagination
Clubs, or existing creativity groups that could associate
with the on-line imagination club. I will have more news
about local imagination clubs soon. I am working on a web
site at www.imaginationclub.org.
I am thinking about forming a board of advisers - people
who are keen on putting a little more time into the
Imagination Club in order to help make it a better place.
In the meantime, this latest challenge about adding value
to the Imagination Club has been an exercise in learning
more about your - and others' - thoughts on making the club
a better place.
One idea that has been repeated is the idea of turning the
Imagination Club into a corporate think tank. That's an
interesting thought and one to explore.
So, I've probably posed more questions than I have
answered. When I have time, I am reviewing your ideas, my
ideas and what is possible with no resources.
So, keep your ideas coming. More from me soon!
Jeffrey Baumgartner
Your Fearless Moderator
On 31 Jul 2007 at 11:23, Cursos wrote:
> Hi to all!!!
>
> I will briefly introduce myself. I am an Executive Advisor speciallized on
innovation. I am hired by companies to help them think differently about an
issue or problem they are facing and I conduct a lot of in company workshops
to help employees develop an innovative behaviour.
>
> This brief intro of myself is to tell you why I joined a couple weeks ago
the imagination club, as I thought it was kind of a business think tank on
different topics. Still I am not sure whether this is or not correct. So, my
first question is what is the essence of the imagination club? What are we
here for?
>
> I���ve read some mails asking for ideas to make the club more
interesting but in order to come up with ideas I would like to first
understand the basics!!! Sorry, I am new!
>
> I also read about the barbeque in Belgium. I think that can be a great
idea we can each develop in our markets. But the imagination club should
have a mission and a clear objective. I am sure there is one, but I simply
don���t know it! Can you please briefly tell me what is this about?
What is the profile of the members, how many members there are? Is there
anywhere I can look up this info?
>
> Sorry if my questions are too basic....
>
> Best to all!
>
>
> Mariana Ferrari Quijano
> Executive Advisor
> Especialista en Marketing, Estrategia e Innovaci���n
> +34 618 69 52 82
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tousif baig
> To: Imagination Club
> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Imagination Club] Challenge: In what ways might WE add
value tothe imagination club?
>
>
> i think there should be more quizes which require lateral thinking.
>
>
> On 7/23/07, Jeffrey Baumgartner <jeffreyb at jpb.com> wrote:
> Dear Creative Thinkers..
>
> It's getting quiet around here. So here's a new challenge..
>
> "In what ways might WE add value to the Imagination Club?"
>
> You will have noticed that I have emphasised WE. That's
> because I want YOU to think about ideas that YOU or WE as a
> group can do to add value to the Imagination Club. The
> Imagination Club is something I manage in my free time and
> with essentially no budget. So ideas that involve lots of
> my time and/or lots of money (unless you want to provide
> it!) are great, but not realistic.
>
> On the other hand, actions that you, I and others can take
> to make the Imagination Club a better place are more
> collaborative, more fun for all and more sustainable.
>
> So think away and share your ideas! (By the way, I do have
> some expansion plans under way for the on-line imagination
> club and local imagination clubs - more about that soon.)
>
> Jeffrey Baumgartner
> Your Fearless Moderator
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