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Every innovation problem requires a smart spunky solution✨. That's why we've enlisted the best and brightest for the 🌵Thorny Problem Contest🌵. Let's meet our Innovation Experts: ✨Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego (DBA): Oxfam America Chief Innovation Officer, Lifelong Learner, Activist and Innovator ✨Malaika Cheney-Coker: Ignited Word Founder, Creativity Expert, Storyteller Join us on November 13 at 10 AM (GMT-4) for a free collective brainstorming session to discuss your thorniest problems relating to creativity and innovation! Find out more about the Creative Sparks workshop here: https://lnkd.in/dh4TZHHe Send your thorny problems our way via this link: https://lnkd.in/enuXPuiB Register for the Thorny Problem event via this link: https://lnkd.in/e2QPXxzU

The Innovator's Perils – A Thorny Problem Contest #socialinnovation #futureofimpact #creativeai #futureofwork

✨Employee Spotlight✨ Meet our Research, Learning, and Impact Manager, Abbie Cohen! Abbie is not only a wizard when it comes to research ✍️ and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning📚, she's also a creative powerhouse🎨 💪 who never ceases to amaze us with her jaw-dropping visual designs and videos. We're lucky to have her talent and imagination in our team!

Is Your Road to Innovation Paved with Peril? Worry not, our Thorny Problem Contest is back! 🌵 You may be all in on the idea that teams must innovate in order to survive, and hopefully delight their key constituents. But from ideas that languish on post-it notes to pilots that run up against the brick wall of organizational bureaucracy, fostering creativity at work is a hard, even risky endeavor. How can teams and their leaders move past these obstacles? Join us on November 13 at 10 AM (GMT-4) for a free collective brainstorming session with innovation experts to discuss your thorniest problems relating to creativity and innovation. Submit your thorny problem, (creativity obstacle) through this form by November 8, 2024 to have your topic discussed (anonymously) on the call AND to enter to win a  FREE 1.5 hour virtual Creative Sparks workshop (worth thousands of dollars) for up to 10 participants! Our Creative Sparks: Gen AI+ Human Ideation Workshop is designed to boost your team's creative problem solving processes and familiarity with using Gen AI. Meet the Innovation Experts who will be judging the contest: ✨Dr. Laté Lawson-Lartego (DBA): Oxfam America Chief Innovation Officer, Lifelong Learner, Activist and Innovator ✨Malaika Cheney-Coker: Ignited Word Founder, Creativity Expert Find out more about the Creative Sparks workshop here: https://lnkd.in/dh4TZHHe Send your thorny problems our way via this link: https://lnkd.in/enuXPuiB Register for the Thorny Problem event via this link: https://lnkd.in/e2QPXxzU #creativityculture #genAI #socialimpact

How do you view Gen AI in its relationship to innovation? Do you perhaps think that GenAI is a secret ingredient to transformational ideas; that it will provide unforeseen eureka moments in and of itself? In this blog, we explore the idea that while GenAI cannot dream for us, it can spark the fires of imagination. https://lnkd.in/gznBjy8E

Many believe that creativity means coming up with something entirely unique, but this mindset can actually hold us back. As Anthony Fredericks reminds us, "Creativity is about making connections with what's already there." Dive into this eye-opening article: The Myth That Stifles Your Creativity. A must-read for every creative soul! #debunkingcreativitymyths #creativityculture https://lnkd.in/ebTXKrFM

What if ideating with GenAI could play a big part in your team's next breakthrough? Our Creative Sparks GenAI Workshop is designed to help you harness GenAI as a thought partner in ideating solutions to big, thorny problems. With this workshop, you will learn: ✅ Different types of GenAI tools to use for ideation ✅ How to improve prompts ✅ Dos and don'ts of GenAI ethics ✅ How to combine GenAI and human ideation for optimal results You can read more about our Creative Sparks GenAI Workshop here: https://lnkd.in/esy2JApJ Discover more about our workshop offerings here: ignitedword.com/workshops. #CultureofCreativity #CreativityCulture #GenAI

#cultureofcreativity #creativityatwork #goodvideo Ignite Your Team's Brilliance and Imagination

Not sure where to start with boosting your team’s creativity? We’ve got you covered! Our quiz helps you gauge where you’re at by focusing on key areas, like autonomy and experimentation—so you can confidently take the next steps in unlocking your team's potential. Check out the quiz here -- https://lnkd.in/eZUprmMD

We are in our element when we are helping teams think through the what, why and how of social impact. 😊 Thank you, Jon Toppen and Tapestry Development Group for inviting us into this fascinating conversation!