"There is no greater resource than the creativity, innovativeness, and productive talents of our people. Our goal must be to harness and use our full creative talents, to grow the businesses and industries of the future, to use our openness, tolerance and diversity to gain economic advantage, and to invest in the infrastructure of the future in ways that enable more innovation and economic growth."

Martin Prosperity Institute

 

New book from Brian Dorval, President of Think First Serve

Creative Approaches to Problem Solving:
A Framework for Innovation and Change

 
With fellow authors and co-developers of the current version of Creative Problem Solving (6.1), Brian presents the most comprehensive and contemporary overview and description of the method available today. Friendly and highly practical for a broad base of researchers and practitioners, the book provides a framework, language, guidelines, and set of easy-to-use tools for understanding challenges, generating ideas, and transforming promising ideas into action. 

Creative Approaches to Problem Solving: A Framework for Innovation and Change.
Scott G. Isaksen, K. Brian Dorval, Donald J. Treffinger  

Third Edition. 2011. Available from Barnes and Noble, Amazon 
and direct from  Sage Publications.

Innovate, set yourself apart from the competition and grow

Discovering new ways to grow is the key to your organization’s success. Think First Serve can help you figure out how. The foundation for our approach is Creative Problem Solving 6.1™, an organizational change method built on more than 60 years of research, application and proven results.                                                                                                                          

What do you want to do?


Work more effectively with your customers

Applied Customer Insight™ 
is non-traditional research discovering deep-seated drivers of behavior, and how to use them in marketing, product and service development.
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Design your organization to grow

Designing for Growth™ integrates who you are with figuring out where you want to go and how you are going to get there.
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Boost your people’s performance

Delivering Innovation™ develops your business as you develop your people through High Performance Leadership training, Climate Creation and Creative Problem Solving.
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