Networking for Novelty
The network of people around you is an important resource. This pool of who you know, and who they know – and all the accumulation of collective knowledge of the people within your reach – can make a...
View ArticleMake Room
Where you meet sets the mood for your meeting, which is why the space matters. Put people in the same old meeting room and the chances of getting the same old output are pretty good. If it’s a big open...
View ArticleOnline Skill Building
Knowinnovation has run our fair share of two-day training workshops during which people get very enthusiastic about creativity, but when they return to their jobs and their busy lives, the excitement...
View ArticleThe Duck of Doom
One of the hardest parts of being a facilitator is the timekeeping. On one hand, our role is to guide people toward interesting conversations, to help them relax and get to know who’s in the room so...
View ArticleWorkshops and Introverts
A Sandpit or an Ideas Lab collects academics from a range of disciplines and mix them around, working in groups to solve a problem or develop ideas for research. It smacks of just what an extravert...
View ArticleConnect and Catalyze
The team of mentors - there can between three to five at an Ideas Lab - usually represents a range of different academic perspectives that have some bearing on the question that's central to the event....
View ArticleMentoring Stories
Whether as the mentor or the person being mentored, we've all experienced occasions when for whatever reason – timing, chemistry, opportunity – good counsel made a big difference. We also remember the...
View ArticleWhat Really Works
It all started in November of 2014, when ASM-Link invited Knowinnovation to facilitate a Mentoring Strategies Workshop. During this workshop, we used an Appreciative Inquiry (AI) approach to focus on...
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