When they get stuck, you can tell them about the creative cliff illusion. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week: “I have no idea what to do with 1,000 tennis ...

The dynamic Bill Strickland had the participants jumping up and applauding Saturday after the heartwarming story of his founding the National Center for Arts & Technology in Pittsburgh. Strickland, ...

1. Focus on quantity. The more ideas you produce, the greater your chances of hitting on something radical are. 2. Withhold criticism. There are no bad ideas in a brainstorm. 3. Welcome unusual ideas.

I have written several times before about the perils of traditional brainstorming. Getting people together in a group to throw out ideas leads to what is called “productivity loss from brainstorming:” ...

Nike announced today that it has awarded more than $1 million to Portland, Beaverton and Hillsboro schools to help teams of teachers and their principals to come up with better ways to teach. The ...