All friends, members and guests of the Creativity Consortium in the
Toronto area and vacinity are invited to the Oct 29th Meeting Creativity
Consortium-A network for Lateral Thinkers
Topic: Creating Climates for Innovation; Tools to help you diagnose &
design workplaces that are geared for Innovation and Creativity
Date: Oct 29, 1997, 6:30-9:30 pm
Location: Design Exchange, 234 Bay St, Patty Watt Conf Room, 4th Floor.
Toronto, Ontario Canada.
Are you concerned with improving the effectiveness of your work team?
Have you ever wondered why an individual will work very well on one
project and not so well on another ? Do you believe that organizational
climate factors can effect performance? As managers we often talk about
recognizing individual differences and the importance of diversity, yet
we also experience strong pressure from our organization to fit in. Find
out how you can recognize the value of differences in personal
problem-solving styles to achieve your business objectives and what you
can do to create climates conducive to building your intellectual capital.
Speakers:
Walter Derzko, Director of the Idea Lab, a pilot project at the
Design Exchange and Andrew Guido, a senior facilitator, Idea Lab will
discuss the Gregoric Learning Style instrument that the Idea Lab uses to
screen "outside expert" participants who sit in on idea generation
sessions organized by the Idea Lab at the Design Exchange. Creativity
Consortium participants will have the opportunity to do a self assessment
to see if the have a preference for dealing and working with abstract vs
concrete ideas or concepts and how they like to work with information,
ideas or concepts or have it presented to them - in a random or sequential
way.
Tracey Lawko, MBA, is the President of Tracey Lawko Consulting, a
management consulting firm that focuses on creating climates for
creativity that are appropriate to the organization setting. She uses
well-validated diagnostic instruments such as the Kirton Adaptor
Innovator (KAI) Instrument ( a measure of personal problem-solving) and
the KEYS Survey of Climate developed by Harvard professor Teresa Amabile
for the Centre for Creative Leadership in the USA.
To register for the Oct 29th meeting of the Creativity Consortium, call
Walter Derzko, Director Idea Lab, Design Exchange, Toronto at (416) 216-2139
No email registrations.
Meeting Cost: $30 guests, $20 members, $15 full time students
Material Fee for the Gregoric learning style instrument: $10 for guests,
free for Creativity Consortium members.