“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.”

—Gail Godwin


Our Store features many innovation tools.

Our Video Programs teach the proven techniques of intentional innovation.

Our Workshop Trainings help organizations weave innovation into their everyday activities and consistently inspire the best from everyone on their team.

Our Strategy Sessions are immersive, entertaining, no-holds-barred experiences that deliver surprising new solutions.

We Speak at Events conferences, trade shows, and other keynote gatherings.

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About: “Innovation is a Verb!”

“The Innovation Center® has made it their business to help organizations foster cultures that promote innovation.”
—Manager
Idaho Small Business Development Center, Boise, Idaho

Books

Brain Boosters for Business Advantage : Ticklers, Grab Bags, Blue Skies, and Other Bionic Ideas
by Arthur B. VanGundy

Brain Boosters for Business Advantage : Ticklers, Grab Bags, Blue Skies, and Other Bionic Ideas

The difference between the right book about creative thinking and the almost right book is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. [This book] is the right book. It is lightning.
--Michael Michalko, Author, Thinkertoys and ThinkPak

  Here are 101 fun, enlightening games and activities for sparking creativity and creative problem solving in individuals and groups. These idea-generation techniques, or brain boosters, lead to the A-HA! in problem solving.

VanGundy knows the field [of creativity and idea generation] backward, forward, up, down, sideways, you name it. . . . We suspect VanGundy knows the field as well as anyone, and probably better.
--Wayne Kirchner, Personnel Psychology

  These proven idea-generators provide immediate results in: 

  • Meetings
  • Strategic planning
  • New product development
  • Continuous improvement efforts
  • Training sessions
  • And more . . . just use your imagination!

  Plus, this easy-to-read resource relates the major principles of creative thinking and explains how to successfully use the techniques. In no time, your organization will be on the road to greater productivity, ingenious problem solving, and improved bottom line results!

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