Interview by Pamela Muse, Western Regional Director with Craig Kocian, City Manager, City of Arvada, CO

Dr. Benest offers advice on developing the leadership skills necessary to advance, when your current position isn’t formally giving you the opportunity to build those skills.

Creativity is often viewed as a luxury that we no longer have time to explore, because we want the issue resolved today, if not yesterday, and permanently, too, please!

Great ideas do not sell themselves. You need to build a broad and engaging
case including data, stories, and influential partners in order to secure support for your
proposal.

Creativity is cornerstone to innovation. The ability to generate and harness great ideas and put them into action establishes a platform for progress that is directly linked to innovative organizations. Being deliberate in the creative process is essential to an organizations ability to apply innovation.

Building an environment fully engaged in positive change requires 360 degrees of innovation. To be successful at creating this environment we must welcome new viewpoints and insights. The 10 Faces is an exploration of the roles used at IDEO to combat the Devil’s Advocate, or negative perspective, and leverage the energy and intelligence of team members to generate a remarkably powerful force for innovation.