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Corporate Culture, Business Enhancement & Personal Training Resources Click to Show/Hide resources.

Sources Of Insight --- (Books. People. Quotes. Insight and Action for Work and Life!) - is the brainchild and blogging location of J. D. Meier who guides, teaches, and mentors people about his and others' insights and actions for work and life. His mantra of "Stand on the shoulders of giants!" echoes his approach to building on the world's best as he presents the tips and techniques used by successful people to change the course of their lives and tests the knowledge gained in real world scenarios.

Sly As A Fox --- (Creative Thinking for Business) - is the web site of Mark L. Fox, a former rocket scientist and Chief Engineer for the Space Shuttle Program. Mark teaches creativity, innovation, and marketing and has taught professors from CalTech (home of 30 Nobel Prize winners), engineers from NASA, researchers from Los Alamos National Labs (birthplace of nuclear energy), 100's of America's brightest business executives, and countless small businesses.

Michael Plishka, BSME, MA --- (Creative Thinking, Innovation, Entrepreneur, Brainstorming, Idea Generation, Speaker) - whether in the arts, or designing a new surgical device, Michael (a.k.a. Plish) brings expertise and a staggering breadth of experience to inspire the creative that is in every person by nature. ZenStorming - Where Science meets Muse...

Creativity Portal --- (an inspirational how-to Web resource for artists, writers, crafters, and creativity enthusiasts at all skill levels) - features creativity and life coaching perspectives, witty humor, free prompts and projects, insightful articles, and hand-selected instructional Web resources on hundreds of topics to encourage the exploration and expression of personal creativity while promoting awareness for unique self-care and spiritual issues facing creative individuals.

Mark Goulston, M.D. --- (Leadership Trainer, Innovative Educator, Author) - helps leaders mobilize their people from being "ready for change" to being "ready to change" and he works with directors, executives and senior managment to more effectively achieve "buy in" from their people. He has been a UCLA professor of psychiatry for over twenty years, and he has authored many articles and papers as well as several books, his most recent being Get Out of Your Own Way at Work and Get Out of Your Own Way.

Mycoted --- (Creativity Techniques, Innovation Tools, Books, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Training) - is dedicated to improving Creativity and Innovation for solving problems worldwide. It includes a wide range of Creativity Techniques (over 200) as well as fun puzzles to exercise your mind, and information / reviews on creativity related books.

Hazel Wagner, PhD, CMC --- (Author, Speaker, Consultant, Entrepreneur) - is an expert in helping organizations learn to effectively brainstorm for critical and creative thinking, problem solving, whole-brain thinking, and innovation in products and services. Her web site www.Brainstorming-That-Works.com is a continuously growing resource for learning about brainstorming. She is the author of Business, Brains, and B.S. from the Brainiance Business Book Series and is a contributing author for Speaking of Success.

Patti and Mike Taylor --- (Integral Life Solutions, Inc.) - lively presenters, innovative instructional designers, and effective coaches with original methodologies and tools for interactive learning. Their specialties include performance improvement for individuals and organizations, leadership training, health and wellness coaching, career advancement counseling, and teaching people how to apply strengths and resources to overcome every-day challenges.

Marty Baker --- (Creativity Central is a repository for all things creative ... creative thinking, innovation, ideas, and brainstorming) - is an award-winning creative director who provides practical tools and ideas for developing "the creativity habit." He has won over 100 regional and national awards for creativity in advertising and marketing, and he has worked with such companies as Disney, Toyota, Crystal Cruises, Yamaha, and Pioneer electronics. In 2007, he was nominated for the Innovation Idol Award.

Robert Alan Black, PhD, CSP --- (Creative thinking author/consultant/trainer, creative workplace consultant) - specializes in on-going development of creative thinking skills in ALL of the people throughout entire workplaces and in producing creative ideas for his clients. Alan also is director of CP3 (C,r,e,8,n,g! People, Places & Possibilities), a virtual organization of consultants, speakers and experts from around the globe focused on the development of creativity, creative thinking and creative problem solving processes

Jeffrey Gitomer --- (Creative writer/speaker with expertise on sales, customer loyalty, and personal development) - is a world renowned resource for helping you sell something, and his web site is a virtual and virtually changing library of sales, service and success information. His information works - fast. You can take it into the street a minute after you hear it and turn it into money.

Innovation Tools - helps busy executives to be more innovative in their businesses. Learn more about the tools, strategies and techniques you can use to be more creative in your business

ITS Corporate Training --- (IELTS, BULATS and other English exam preparation classes in Hong Kong) - provides tailored courses for individuals or corporations in Hong Kong for people preparing to take a wide variety of English exams.

Odyssey of the Mind - is a world-wide program that promotes creative team-based problem solving for kids from kindergarten through college.

Organization Culture Center --- (Corporate Culture) - helps develop high performance corporate culture and organization leadership, provides consulting and coaching to understand workplace culture, and creates and conducts workshops for cultural enhancements.

Michael Schulde --- (Quality Leadership Network) - provides business process improvement, leadership development training and supervisory training to enhance organizational performance and to maintain effective business and operational processes.

Terry Stickels --- (Renowned puzzle creator/author, syndicated columnist, acclaimed speaker) - has dedicated his life to the pursuit of improving one's mental flexibility and creative problem solving skills ... and making it fun. His books, calendars, card decks and newspaper columns are filled with fun and challenging puzzles that stretch the minds of even the best thinkers.

The Thinking Coach --- (Strategic/Creative Thinking, Mental Strength) - conducts advanced thinking skills seminars, training, and coaching to Fortune 500 companies. The Thinking Coach also provides keynote presentations and seminars on strategic and creative thinking, leadership thinking, paradigm changes, mental toughness and decision making, thinking under stress, and more.

Interactive Idea Sites Click to Show/Hide resources.

--- (Share the Load By Efficiently Tapping Your Network of Colleagues for Solutions) - is an open innovation idea exchange that enables collaborative problem solving and innovation. By joining ZooQ you can pose and solve challenges, create and join advisory boards, customer boards, and interest groups, and become an advisor to gain introduction to businesses and professionals seeking outside expertise.

Global Innovation Network (GIN) - A business think tank that's been helping organizations to think about the future since 1997.

global:ideas:bank - A unique organization that is part suggestions box, part ideas network, and part democratic think-tank, giving the "ordinary" person a chance to have their creativity recognized, rewarded and even put into practice.

L3xicon --- (Web Thesaurus and Lexicon) - contains references to this website, CreativeThinking.net, under the keywords "creative thinking," "creativity," and "creative thinking techniques."

halfbakery - A refreshing blend of creative thinking and humor.

Associations and Organizations Click to Show/Hide resources.

American Creativity Association (ACA) - Information about the American Creativity Association, a resource for learning and applying creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and ideation theory, tools, and techniques.

Creative Education Foundation (CEF) - A nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing creativity, innovation and problem solving in individuals from all walks of life, especially those in business, industry, education, government and the arts.

European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI) - strives to achieve a better understanding, practice, and acceptance of creativity and innovation in Europe by organizing conferences; building a network of interested persons in the subjects of creativity and innovation; stimulating research and distributing research publications.

Inventions and Inventors Click to Show/Hide resources.

International Federation of Inventors Association - dedicated to improve the status of inventors at national and international levels, and to promote cooperation between inventor associations.

Inventure Place: National Inventors Hall of Fame - dedicated to the creative process, its a museum and more, its a laboratory where you can explore your curiosity and creativity.

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance - dedicated to nurturing a new generation of innovators by promoting curricula designed to teach creativity, invention and entrepreneurship.

Ronald J. Riley's Kid's Inventor Resources - dedicated to helping young inventors (grades 5 through 12) develop their potential

Surfing the Net with Kids - "the best invention web sites for kids, teens, teachers, and parents."

University, College, and Other Academic Resources Click to Show/Hide resources.

Alden B. Dow Creativity Center --- (Northwood University) - encourages creativity in individuals and preserves the works and philosophy of Alden Dow.

Center for Research on Creativity and Innovation --- (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs) - conducts research on ways to improve creativity of individuals and teams in organizations.

Critical and Creative Thinking (CCT) at the University of Massachusetts Boston - provides programs of study and other activities that are directed towards "developing reflective practice and changing our schools, workplaces, and lives."

Future Problem Solving Program - teaches students creative problem solving processes through competitive and non-competitive instructional programs so they learn to work with others in designing positive futures.

Future Problem Solving of Virginia - follows the progress of the Virginia Future Problem Solving teams.

Mind Module --- (College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) - part of Discovery System Online, this module is designed to develop thinking skills.

New Hampshire's Incredible Creativity Connection (NHICC) - is New Hampshire Destination ImagiNation® (NH-DI), a non-profit organization designed to foster teamwork, creative problem solving, and innovation with students from preschool through college.

The Torrance Center for Creative Studies - is a research and instructional center concerned with the identification and development of creative potential, and with gifted and future studies.