How can we use this most basic of resources, to coach a team or individual or even ourselves? Here are 5 ideas, all great in person or on zoom, that you can try with your team to get the creativity flowing and conversation started.

Strategy is a boring and slightly scary word- ‘Applied imagination’ feels exciting and full of potential. ‘Visual sense-making’ evokes a practice of communicating what matters most and ‘everyday delights’ connects to the motivation needed to make things happen. What if we replaced strategic thinking planning and doing with these three pillars?

And what have paper airplanes got to do with it? Collaborators are people who tackle, experiment and play with ideas to understand problems, explore challenges and create solutions, read on for my method!

Reflection is pulling back the arrow- creating space which powers momentum as soon as you decide to let go.

Exploring creativity and how to make more of it.

Rather than concentrating on trying to ‘catch’ ideas a better approach is to nurture ideas to ‘grow’.

Even if your canvas is a laptop and your tools are made of plastic, your creative characters are needed at work.