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September 2022 OpenSesame Plus Publishers

OpenSesame is excited to announce two new additions to our learning platform. Joining us is Assemble You, who is carrying the flag for audio, an underrepresented modality in learning. OpenSesame is also excited to bring you new courses by Dr. Roger firestien who has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world.

Do you want your entire organization to be creative?

Do you want your entire organization to be creative? Here are three lessons from someone who has been doing it for forty years.  Invest in your core principles for the sake of your employees, your product and your customers. If your company has the word “innovative” or “creative” in its vision or values statement, folks... Read more »

Creativity is a skill and it can be developed

To develop the skill of being creative, you need to think in three ways. Divergent thinking. Exploring lots of possibilities. Generating ideas that are novel, new, ridiculous, foolish-sounding, weird, goofy, exciting. Combinent thinking. Combine ideas across areas of knowledge. Connect ideas that seem to be unrelated to the problem you are working on to generate... Read more »

“I’m not creative“ Oh yes you are!

Most people believe that they are not creative. Or that creativity is only associated with artists and musicians. “I can’t draw. Therefore, I am not creative.”  This is a major misconception about creativity – and absolutely false. You were born into this world with everything you needed to create. You are wired to be creative.... Read more »

The top two reasons why brainstorming sessions fail

When brainstorming fails, one of these reasons is usually why.  The good news? They are easy to fix.   Reason #1:  Most teams don’t follow the directions.   Think about this analogy. The following are directions for riding a bicycle. Grab the handlebars of the bicycle with both hands. Place your right leg over the top of... Read more »

Creativity isn’t coming up with a great idea, it is solving the right problem

Albert Einstein was once asked, “If some imminent disaster threatened the world and you had one hour in which you knew you could save it, how would you spend your time?” Einstein replied, “I would spend the first 55 minutes identifying the problem and the last five minutes solving it. For the formulation of a... Read more »

September 2022 OpenSesame Plus Publishers

OpenSesame is excited to announce two new additions to our learning platform. Joining us is Assemble You, who is carrying the flag for audio, an underrepresented modality in learning. OpenSesame is also excited to bring you new courses by Dr. Roger firestien who has taught more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world.

Do you want your entire organization to be creative?

Do you want your entire organization to be creative? Here are three lessons from someone who has been doing it for forty years.  Invest in your core principles for the sake of your employees, your product and your customers. If your company has the word “innovative” or “creative” in its vision or values statement, folks... Read more »

Creativity is a skill and it can be developed

To develop the skill of being creative, you need to think in three ways. Divergent thinking. Exploring lots of possibilities. Generating ideas that are novel, new, ridiculous, foolish-sounding, weird, goofy, exciting. Combinent thinking. Combine ideas across areas of knowledge. Connect ideas that seem to be unrelated to the problem you are working on to generate... Read more »

“I’m not creative“ Oh yes you are!

Most people believe that they are not creative. Or that creativity is only associated with artists and musicians. “I can’t draw. Therefore, I am not creative.”  This is a major misconception about creativity – and absolutely false. You were born into this world with everything you needed to create. You are wired to be creative.... Read more »

The top two reasons why brainstorming sessions fail

When brainstorming fails, one of these reasons is usually why.  The good news? They are easy to fix.   Reason #1:  Most teams don’t follow the directions.   Think about this analogy. The following are directions for riding a bicycle. Grab the handlebars of the bicycle with both hands. Place your right leg over the top of... Read more »

Creativity isn’t coming up with a great idea, it is solving the right problem

Albert Einstein was once asked, “If some imminent disaster threatened the world and you had one hour in which you knew you could save it, how would you spend your time?” Einstein replied, “I would spend the first 55 minutes identifying the problem and the last five minutes solving it. For the formulation of a... Read more »