Creative Thinking is Needed yet very few are DEVELOPING IT

Creative Thinking is Needed yet very few are DEVELOPING IT

For 42 years I have attempted to help 
individuals, teams, departments, companies
to work on developing C,r,e,8,n,g! Communities
throughout from the front and back doors
to the top floors or CEO's office.



My working acronym for many years has been this

S-P-R-E-A-Dng

SUPPORTING CREATIVE THINKING
PROMOTING
RECOGNIZING/REWARDING
ENCOURAGING/EDUCATING
APPLYING/ATTITUDE CHANGING
DEVELOPING

The results so far?

Back in the 1960s David Frost emceed a comedy show:

THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS8ac4catVk sample clip from YouTube

One comedy bit was him interviewing a missionary who was working
in Africa to help with birth control

David
"What do you specifically due for the tribal people you work with."

Missionary
"We have talks, teas, meeting, show filmstrips and movies."


David
"Is producing results of lowering the rates of pregnancy?"

Missonary
"Yes during the talks, teas, meetings, and while we are showing filmstrips and movies."


Too often the only time CEOs, managers, supervisors, team leaders
truly focus on developing the creative thinking of employees
is during workshops, podcasts, webinars or when they
are being interviewed or surveyed about

THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY IN THEIR WORKPLACES

Hundreds of speakers, consultants, trainers, teachers, facilitaors, writers,
professors, researchers keep trying.
Some day hopefully a CRITICAL MASS will be reached
and true change will begin to take place

How are you S,P,R,E,A,D,ng creative thinking in
yourself, your team, your department, your company?

alan@cre8ng.com
http://www.cre8ng.com

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