Author name: Darin Eich

Darin Eich is the author of Innovation Step-by-Step and Root Down & Branch Out: Best Practices for Leadership Development Programs and has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Darin is also the president and co-founder of InnovationLearning.org and BrainReactions. Darin gives keynote speeches, offers innovative workshops and online programs, and can help your institution facilitate, create, and develop innovation & leadership development experiences. Email [email protected] to get in touch.

Learning the Important Adaptive Leadership Skills: Education for Innovation & Creativity

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It seems like the perfect storm has been approaching in regards to creativity & innovation education. Two major articles have hit the news. The first is a Fast Company article about an IBM study that identified creativity as the most important leadership skill for the future, a skill we need to cultivate in a wide …

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How to Stimulate Innovative Thinking in your Organization to Sustain your Innovation Pipeline for Growth

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Authored by Darin J. Eich, Ph.D. If growth is a top priority, innovative thinking skills should be encouraged and developed at all levels of an organization. Sure, there should be a great emphasis on external or open innovation and many of innovative ideas can come from your customers or other subject matter experts. Nonetheless, it …

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Leadership Educators Institute at the University of South Florida

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The 2010 Leadership Educators Institute will be held in December in Tampa, FL. Visit this NASPA webpage for more information. NASPA’s Stated Overview of the Institute: Leadership education of college and university students is an important and ongoing process within higher education institutions. Student affairs professionals play an essential role in coordinating, shaping, and evaluating this …

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2010 National Leadership Symposium at the University of Richmond

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The National Leadership Symposium is my favorite conference or event for leadership educators. I’ve been a part of it for years and will be going again in 2010…the 20th anniversary! Great learning, great colleagues, and full days of interesting activities. Here is the information from the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs: 20th Anniversary National Leadership …

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Online Leadership Training Workshop: Strategies & techniques for memorably communicating your ideas and concepts

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Online Leadership Training Workshop: Strategies & techniques for memorably communicating your ideas and concepts Do you have problems of your new ideas, concepts, and innovations not taking off internally in your organization or externally to your stakeholders and clients? Could it be a problem of communication? Did people learn, understand, and get engaged with your …

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Utilizing the Labyrinth for innovation and convergent thinking in the Conceptual Age

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Authored by Darin Eich, Ph.D. A labyrinth is a reflective tool, a moving meditation if you will. It is a patterned path that you walk. While you walk, you think. You think very clearly. You gain insights. You think through things better. This is my experience walking labyrinths and utilizing them for my own personal …

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Owl Analysis: A Metaphor for a first round of analyzing ideas for innovation

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Authored by Darin Eich, Ph. D., President, BrainReactions LLC The increasing emphasis on the need to innovate is leading organizations and individuals to collect more ideas to start down the innovation pipeline. The increase of brainstorming sessions, idea submissions, and contests to fuel ideas for innovation are leaving individuals with significant lists of ideas. Many …

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Help others Hear and See your Innovative New Concepts

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Authored by Dr. Darin Eich I like this “cone of learning” visual. I understand and remember it more because it is something I see instead of just read. It is visual. This has relevance for innovators when they are trying to advance their creations by communicating them to others. When we are communicating our concepts …

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Use short online surveys to gain direction and validation from your stakeholders before generating new ideas

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Authored by Dr. Darin Eich, Ph.D., President of BrainReactions LLC We are about to innovate. Is there anything missing or something we hadn’t thought of? What direction should we move in? How do we gain quick insight and validation to decide which questions we want to generate ideas on when innovating for new products or …

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Developing employees to share in a culture of innovation: Insights from leadership program research

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Authored By Darin J. Eich, Ph.D. We hear from many organizations that they desire a positive culture of innovation within their organizations that relies on the collaboration, contribution, and shared leadership of all employees. At BrainReactions, we have created a program to achieve positive outcomes in this area. During the final three years I worked …

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