Innovation - Jeff DeGraff - The Dean of Innovation

It’s Time We Invented a Holodeck

I have always loved living up north but this year winter sucked. The Great Lakes froze over completely for the […]

Last time we explored why Millennials won’t use the old Boomer innovation methods. This time we will discuss some of

If you have ever been to a TED talk or OpenCo conference or any other semi-chaotic gathering of clever Millennials

Intuitive Creativity: This final and most challenging level of creativity has often been promoted to the realm of spiritual and

Jeff DeGraff / February 24, 2014

Analogical Creativity: Great innovators from Archimedes in his bathtub to Einstein riding his elevator of relativity have used analogies to

Jeff DeGraff / February 17, 2014

Bisociative Creativity: Bisociative is a term coined by the controversial novelist Arthur Koestler in his celebrated bookThe Act of Creation to

Jeff DeGraff / February 10, 2014

Is everyone creative? Sure they are but in very different ways and to varying degrees. There is a big difference

Jeff DeGraff / February 3, 2014

“One cannot alter a condition with the same mindset that created it in the first place.” Albert Einstein Innovation poses

Jeff DeGraff / January 2, 2014

Innovation is messy. It’s about constructive conflict—not agreement. There are twists and turns—not straight lines. And it happens in gray

Jeff DeGraff / December 19, 2013

The Enlivened Self: The Art of Growing offers a new kind of learning experience. The Enlivened Self is a set of three