Thinking Through Innovation With Canisius College

Canisius College’s Center for Professional Development and I are offering.
Thinking Through Innovation
A highly interactive skills course transferring creative ideas into innovative practices.

2 Kinds of Workplaces. 1 of Paranoia 1 of Trust

The workplace has the capacity to develop paranoia and/or trust. Psychologically when aroused either mechanism in people readily takes over. They magnify and distort the reality that is separate from our perception and experience.

The Answers Are In The Box…STOP Looking Outside

You are not using this box to its capacity; that the box has much more to offer than you are giving it credit for. By learning and increasing your capacity to complete tasks, and by taking action in small steps using what you have right now. You will increase your utilization of the box.

When I Get Blocked I Walk On Rocks

Today is the day I blocked out to brain-storm and chalk work (I have a chalk-board in my office) the content for this project. Then about 25 minutes into starring blankly at my chalk-board and checking facebook & twitter (like some unseen inspiration is going appear) I know what I need to do.

Stop
Slow Down
Focus
Drink Some Water
Pace the Rocks…

Are you working to your capacity?

  Organizations that wish to remain competitive in the business environment must develop their capacity to generate creative ideas and then use their talent well to transfer these ideas into innovative practices. This leads to new processes and improved methods for the best use of existing resources, and increases the ability to solve problems and … Continued

Ropes Course Artwork

“The artist collaborative Type A has created the sculptural installation, Team Building (Align), which will consist of two 30-foot-wide metal rings suspended from telephone poles and trees, and oriented so that their two shadows will become one during the annual Summer Solstice. The designated time of alignment as well as the size of the rings … Continued