Curious George had this element but it turns out our CEO’s, employees and teachers need it too. If creativity is the driver of innovation, then curiosity is the driver of creativity. This includes Intercultural Creativity™ as well. Learn how this trait works, how to develop it and how not squash it in yourself, your team, your students and your own children. Further Research: Dr. Alison Horstmeyer on Curiosity Forbes on Curiosity By Dr. Alison Dr. Alison's Guest Podcast On Curiosity...
May 16, 2021•9 min
Being an effective leader requires more than just academic skill. Leaders must be imaginative, innovative AND know how to connect with their team members from various backgrounds. Dr. Platt helps us 'go under the hood' to learn how our brains can be better utilized to help us be more creative and lead well. His book, 'The Leader's Brain: Enhance Your Leadership, Build Stronger Teams, Make Better Decisions, And Inspire Greater Innovation with Neuroscience' highlights the tips, tools and strategie...
May 04, 2021•55 min
'Life doesn't come to you, it's up to YOU to come to LIFE!" - Tom Iland April is Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month and we have a special guest today who’s on the autism spectrum and he talks about the evolution of the conversation and narrative around autism, as it pertains to his life. This episode is packed with sound advice for parents, leaders and people on the spectrum on how to support Neurodiversity in our homes and workplace. Thomas Iland was diagnosed with autism at 13 years old. Si...
Apr 23, 2021•45 min
From fire breathing to supporting start-ups in Africa to sitting with the dying - this is the actual itinerary for Meghan Gardner. Meghan is the epitome of Intercultural Creativity™ and what it means to challenge yourself to grow, to be self aware and to push the boundaries of your comfort zones in order to connect with others and connect with yourself. As the founder and CEO of Guardian Adventures, she knows what it means to live and create an adventurous life. In this gem filled episode, she t...
Apr 20, 2021•47 min
Just because you can see, hear, taste, and smell doesn’t mean you are observing to your fullest potential. The main way to create is to combine the data you are experiencing, or have experienced, in new ways. If your observational skills are below par, you are missing a great deal of opportunity for connecting the unconnected and producing innovative ideas. Intercultural competence requires strong observational skills as well. Do you truly see your coworker or friend? Can you take in the data in...
Apr 18, 2021•10 min
Doing good is the new cool! The future of giving is here. Brad shares how SparkRise is changing the way we give and support charities. He also discusses the importance of having a background in theater for business, pitching and innovation. Brad Koepenick is Co-Founder and President of SparkRise, a game changing SaaS platform that provides businesses with a better, faster, easier way to engage with consumers while contributing to social good. He is also a Musician, Actor, Writer, Producer of fea...
Apr 08, 2021•34 min
Do you want more creative teams? No matter your answer, we NEED more creative teams! We then need to invest in leadership training and psychologically safe cultures. Studies show that bad leadership can erode the creative potential of your team members and evaporate any type of innovation. In this Diamond Mentor Moment we discuss the four zones - Apathy, Comfort, Anxiety and Learning Zones, that leaders create depending on their leadership style. In order for team members to develop their interc...
Mar 25, 2021•12 min
Can we talk for a moment? Communication is at the center of intercultural creativity and Melody Stanford Martin is here to share how we need to push past conflict resolution and head into conflict transformation. Disagreement, or creative abrasion, can push us into creative advancement and she highlights how to use conflict to get ourselves and our organizations to be our creative best! Melody is a social ethicist and communications expert. She is the author of Brave Talk: Building Resilient Rel...
Mar 24, 2021•34 min
2020 pushed conformity out the door. Celebrating the uniqueness of your employees is now your organization’s superpower. We are introducing the ‘Diversity Diamond’ has a metaphorical visual to make highlight the different demographic and cognitive diversity we all have. For this new era, we need to utilize our various talents and viewpoints to find today’s solutions. CAFFE Strategies, LLC equips organizations with strategies to build creative cultures that highlight the diamond facets of team me...
Mar 19, 2021•6 min
Is the face of leadership shifting? Well when it comes to politics, Jyoti Sarda thinks so and she is on a mission to highlight the shift. Jyoti Sarda is a major studio and blue chip brand senior-level global marketing executive turned producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur. Through her company Nimble Media LLC., she is shifting the narrative about women and their individual and collective impact by telling very real stories through projects like her award-winning docu series, And She Could Be Next...
Mar 16, 2021•55 min
What is functional agility? It could bring you your next million dollar idea! As a child you had functional agility but it might have turned into functional fixedness. Here’s what this means for your creativity, your intercultural competence and your ability to be innovative in this new era. Enjoy! CAFFE ‘InterCreative’ Strategies, LLC CAFFEstrategies.com
Mar 11, 2021•10 min
Unchecked biases can not only harm any attempts for a creative culture but can adversely affect your employees' well-being and ability to create and innovate. Sejal is here to help us be aware of these hidden beliefs and build a culture of civility where all employees are valued and respected. Dubbing herself "Chief Civility Officer", Sejal is not your average employment law attorney! Her more than fifteen years of experience advising clients, human resources personnel, and legal counsel regardi...
Mar 09, 2021•48 min
We need the individuality of you! Even though you might have gone through systems that forced you to conform, it is actually your individuality that will be your saving grace in this new era of work. I share research from HBR and USC Business school to prove the point that your unique perspective is what companies will need moving forward. CAFFE ‘InterCreative’ Strategies, LLC CAFFEstrategies.com
Mar 05, 2021•13 min
She's in the Business of Creativity Creativity is a capacity that we all have and Van is on a mission to drive workplace culture and performance by integrating creativity into team and leadership development. She is curious, creative, and thinks if there is ONE tool we should be teaching in the workplace - it's creativity! She's worked with Kaiser, Google, LinkedIn and Pandora to name a few companies who knows how crucial this is. Van invites clients to think with their hands and use creative to...
Mar 01, 2021•43 min
We love to invest in leadership training but did you know that being in a position of leadership can actually lower your creative thinking ability? Sharing discoveries from neuroscience and creativity research, Genein explains how creative thinking and curiosity can decrease if leaders don’t take initiative to development this particular skill to improve their creativity and ability to innovate. CAFFEstrategies.com Links to references: The Leaders Brain https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Brain-Leade...
Feb 26, 2021•8 min
Dr. Will Deyamport knows the importance of being agile in times of change. Creativity, intercultural agility and entrepreneurial acumen all intersect with Dr. Will's mission. As seen on Forbes.com , Schoology Exchange, District Administration, EdSurge, iNACOL, and TechEdge magazine, Will Deyamport III Ed.D. is an entrepreneurial educator who specializes in assisting educators in going digital. Dr. Will, as he is better known as, is a podcaster , writer , documentary filmmaker, and District Instr...
Feb 18, 2021•49 min
Looking to think more creatively? Increase your fictive learning! What IS fictive learning exactly? It's the ability to use your imagination to ponder alternative possibilities in the past and in the future. I explain how fictive learning increases your creative thinking and I give examples of what it looks like in real scenarios, which includes a story about the SUPER SOAKER!! Check out our intercultural trainings at CAFFEstrategies.com Happy Inventor's Day and Black History Month...
Feb 12, 2021•7 min
Is 2021 calling for 'InterculturalCreative Accountants' for this new future of work? Salma Hatim is a top CPA and entrepreneur, and is passionate about accounting, finance and business. In her career, she has served businesses from all over the world and with different accounting guidance, ensuring they are compliant, performant and continuously growing. She has worked with businesses of all shapes, models, industries - from start-ups to billion-dollar companies. After six years with PwC, Salma ...
Feb 08, 2021•36 min
Are you living in the intersection of fields, disciplines and cultures? If not, you should be - especially if you want to grow in creative thinking! Today I’m sharing about the Medici Effect which explains that creativity lives at the intersection of fields, disciplines and cultures and is affect by your association barriers. This is aligned with our ‘Intercultural Creativity™’ framework which trains employees on developing their intercultural competency and creative thinking skills along side e...
Jan 29, 2021•13 min
Did you know your ability to observe, create and innovate is affected by culture? This pertains to ethnic culture, work culture and other cultural influences you might not think are affecting the way you view and interact with the world. I'll share examples from my new book ' 7 Gems of Intercultural Creativity: How to Connect, Create and Innovate Across Cultural Lines' that is coming out in Spring 2021. Enjoy this learning gem! Genein CAFFEstrategies.com Images I mention in the podcast: Kentucky...
Jan 22, 2021•10 min
"Choose your own adventure," is the advice futurist Bian Li, founder of the global organization The Hungry Lab gives. She talks about Intercultural Creativity™ but also about the importance of "intra-cultural creativity' – the reconciling of the different cultures within oneself. With her entrepreneurship training programs in over 30 different countries, she drops some futurist gems in our conversation. Bian Li is an entrepreneur, global speaker, futurist, award-winning leader, educationist, and...
Jan 17, 2021•42 min
It is a tough time right now and intercultural competency is a critical tool to understand people who are seeing the same event but having different experiences. Our creativity is affected by how we see the world and how we see each other. Culture affects creative ability and dismantling biases is one step in the right direction to being unified and being able to connect, create and innovate together. Visit CAFFEstrategies.com for more information about our intercultural creativity training prog...
Jan 11, 2021•8 min
Getting a Mercedes at 16 was like getting new pair of shoes. Just a normal day. There was no need to pop his comfortable affluent bubble but he did. He saw the need to be a solution to the stark differences of people's lived experiences. Brian Ford is a wonderful example of intercultural creativity and how to use your creative ideas on purpose and for purpose. Brian is the co-founder of For Purpose , a social impact platform modernizing what it means to make a difference. He is also the host of ...
Jan 11, 2021•27 min
It's time to rebuild. 2021 is a rebuilding year for us, our nation and our world. In sports, when a team gets a new coach, there are no lofty goals. Why? It's a rebuilding year. It's a year to set the foundation and reset. It's a year to determine what is truly there.
Jan 06, 2021•8 min
The word 'hustle' means different things to different people. For Justin Colella, a successful serial entrepreneur, it's the commitment to make sure every human being has access to basic human rights. His organization is focused on defending all civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He has ideas on revamping education and unifying people across the globe to make sure everyone has a shot to develop their full creative potenti...
Jan 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min
What is Intercultural Creativity? This will be the top training for 2021 as organizations realize that not only is creative thinking the #1 skill needed in the workforce but team members will have to create across cultural lines - virtually and in person. This ability to connect, communicate, create and innovate across cultural lines is a developmental process, called intercultural competency and many of the developmental steps parallel creative thinking development. We combine them for a holist...
Dec 25, 2020•24 min
Sometimes the future can be puzzling but Matthew Goins, founder and CEO of Puzzle Huddle shares how he maneuvered through life's puzzles to start the profitable company that is making an impact. Creating diversity play games for children was a creative response to a personal and national problem. Matthew talks about the creative tools he implemented throughout his entrepreneur journey. In this episode you will learn: -How to take a personal family problem and turn it into a national business. -H...
Dec 21, 2020•42 min
This is make-up on a mission. Nimi, a mechanical engineer, took her analytical mind to 'beem' hope and joy into women around the nation. Her ability to share her intercultural creativity with women on different walks of life is a story CAFFE Strategies is proud to share. In this beeming episode you will learn: -How to balance two completely different types passions that could compliment each other -How to overcome setbacks and that feeling of being unfulfilled -How to spot creative gems in ones'...
Dec 04, 2020•37 min
Straight out of the banking world and into the creative world of mentorship, coaching and corporate training Lynda helps people, and especially women, build their creative capacity for productivity, continuous improvement and empowerment. Her organization, which has offices in Africa and London, serves clients on the continuum of growth of capacity building. Discover how she is changing lives for the better and getting our workforce ready for 2021. In this episode, you will learn: The importance...
Nov 04, 2020•38 min
Where does creativity show up in public policy? While our nation is gearing up for one of our most significant political events, Dr. Gooding brings an insight on the creativity within this process. He highlights the importance of creative civic growth, being aware of systems and the affect these systems have on our classrooms, our communities and ourselves. In this episode you will learn: -How to challenge your views of the systems you are in -How to increase the creativity within your own homes...
Oct 25, 2020•39 min
