The Journal
The imagination advantage
The latest research demonstrates that imagination has a positive impact on both business outcomes and wellbeing.
The Kantar Insight 2030 report found:
72 per cent of companies primarily focused on imagination over-perform compared to their rivals
Seven steps to grow your imagination
If imagination and creativity are essential skills for the 21st century, what steps can you take to grow those skills.
Ten + skills linked to imagination
Did you know ‘imagination skills’ are increasingly recommended as criteria for recruitment and promotion purposes? And yet, how often have you been told you were 'wasting time' when you gazed out a window to go on a mind adventure?
From a crisis, big things grow … when we imagine
When our imaginings meet, when our ideas converge and sometimes, collide, I believe there are no limits. We see that often in a crisis, that change happens. In fact, the idea of imagining our way out of a crisis, like this pandemic, is not new.
Imagination: the experience
I was so pleased with the latest testimonial I received for Imagination Session®. “Dawn led us through the most delightful few hours of imagining; she has a unique process and our group was able to work together to find hilarity and truth as well as some truly contemplative moments.”
Imagination: we need it now
My heart goes out to all those suffering in the NSW floods. Especially those whose homes have been inundated multiple times.
We’ve seen it all before, too often.
How do we solve problems that just won’t go away?
What comes first: Imagination, innovation?
What comes first; imagination, creativity or innovation? And how critical is imagination to advance humankind?
Cultivate collective imagination across teams
How often do businesses include teams that rarely, if ever, meet? They work in silos that focus on particular tasks and require a defined skill set. That can be very effective for goal-driven activities but what if you want your teams to collaborate, share ideas, imagine other possibilities?
Awaken imagination: a core business skill
Why awaken your imagination?
Because 97 per cent of companies identified imagination as critically important for businesses in a recent BCG Henderson Institute report.
From idea to business; an imaginative journey
Imagination changed my world; it gave me an idea that crossed over from a thought, a rough gem, into reality to become a business. Today, Imagination Session® runs team-building workshops with a focus on collective imagination to promote creativity and innovation.
Imagine to gain a competitive advantage
Why nurture a ‘collective’ imagination’?
Because you might gain a competitive advantage.
Re-invent the wheel: why not?
‘Why would you reinvent the wheel’? Because you can. And you never know where your imagination might lead. Like the folks at MIT’s Media Lab who examined the wheel and came up with something entirely different.
Imagine to promote creativity, innovation
Why nurture imagination?
Because it promotes creativity and leads to innovation.