News and Breakthroughs

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Igniting Creative Potential Course, May 2008
Recapping ECCI X
Meeting the Innovation Challenge
Dr. Isaksen's Podcast with the Cranky Middle Manager
Situational Outlook Questionnaire (SOQ) Technical Manual
Creative Problem Solving (CPS) 101 Online
 

Recapping the 10th European Conference for Creativity and Innovation

The Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc. was well represented at the Tenth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation (ECCI X) held in Copenhagen during mid October 2007. The conference gives practitioners and researchers an opportunity to find out what is happening in the world of Creativity and Innovation. Scott Isaksen, the CEO, presented the opening keynote address with Dr. Joseph Tidd.  Their presentation was based on their book, Meeting the Innovation Challenge published by Wiley.

Scott and Dan Phillips of Alcatel-Lucent gave a well-received presentation on CPSB’s new approach to the front end of New Product Development.  This approach finds the unmet, unarticulated needs of consumers.  Scott talked about the approach CPSB is using and, as a client, Dan discussed the success of the process.

Other CPSB employees and associates presenting at the conference were:  William (Bill) Shephard and CPSB Associate Luc DeSchryver who spoke about the Situational Outlook Questionnaire and VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style.  Associate Barbara Babij presented a research paper at the event.

Bill Shephard, also assisted at the conference by helping to facilitate sessions and running a feedback group at the end of each day.


EXCCI Website

Meeting the Innovation Challenge

Meeting the Innovation Challenge provides a balanced and integrated approach to creativity, innovation, change and leadership. It is organized around a new model of creative leadership and offering a specific system that links people and situations with process and content.


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Podcast

Dr. Scott Isaksen discusses brainstorming, its roots and the processes involved in brainstorming efficiently. Scott also talks about the three main componets to effectively manage creativity, innovation and change (people, process and climate).


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Assessing the Context for Change: A Technical Manual for the Situational Outlook Questionnaire®

This new edition of the SOQ Technical Manual is thoroughly updated with the latest research and is designed to help scholars and practitioners understand how the measure was developed and how it can be effectively applied. The manual provides a single comprehensive resource that summarizes the more than 50 years of work by Göran Ekvall to develop the original Creative Climate Questionnaire, and the 25 years of collaboration to develop the SOQ.



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CPS 101 Distance Learning

Your time is precious and yet your need for creativity and innovation is more important to your success than ever before. In cooperation with IBM’s Executive Learning Center we have developed a solution that introduces you to creativity and innovation. The link below will take you to a free demo or to purchase please email us at info@cpsb.com



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