Idea Mapping

The last several weeks I’ve been reporting on a 3-day event I taught at Larimer County Government in late February. I’m still posting photos from the 2-day Idea Mapping part of this event. Today I’m sharing the portrait drawings completed by  the participants. Normally few people are able to complete this activity in the time […]

I’ve been taking readers through a series about a 3-day workshop I taught at Larimer County Government in Fort Collins, CO last month. The first two days I delivered my Idea Mapping Workshop. Day three was a focus on leadership and the development of an Idea Mapping Users Group. In preparation for a discussion about […]

On March 9 & March 11, 2009 I began a series featuring the participants of a 3-day workshop at Larimer County Government in Fort Collins, Colorado. The uniqueness of this event will be explained in further detail in A later post, but for now I’ll continue to work through the second day. One of the […]

Part 1 of this series was posted two days ago. So far no one has had the courage to guess the names of the participants from the name tents, so I won’t reveal the answers just yet! The first photo shows Mark Pfaffinger who is the leader who first brought Idea Mapping to this organization […]

In June of 2008 I paid my first visit to Larimer County Government in Fort Collins, CO. There were 24 people in the 2-day workshop. I’ve posted photos, successes, and examples from that workshop previously if you want to search on “Larimer County”. February 2009 the top leadership went through the 2-day workshop followed by […]

We are now taking enrollments for the May 18-19, 2009 Idea Mapping Workshop which is open to the public. In addition to the exciting learning experience, the venue is two short blocks from the beach, across from the grocery store, and surrounded by restaurants. Each guest room is equipped with a kitchenette and studios are […]

Last week I taught two workshops at MTSU (Middle Tennessee State University) for the 7th year in a row. Dr. Carol Ann Baily is the Director of the Adult Services Center and is the sponsor for these workshops. As part of my reference materials I brought with me the best book I’ve read in the […]

The first one was the most difficult. The picture is a raw piece of meat + N, so rawn becomes the name Ron. The others were Mark and Maggie and weren’t as tough.

Every six months or so I feature a name tent that my workshop participants create for their introductions. Today I decided to have a triple play for you to guess.  These are from two workshops I taught at Boeing last fall in Seattle. Photos are courtesy of Dave Ringer who directs the classes taught through […]

Dr. Tim Schweizer is a Professor of Management at Luther College in Decorah, IA. He is also a Certified Trainer: Six Thinking Hats™, Lateral Thinking™ (Edward de Bono tools), and Vice President, Altshuller Institute for TRIZ Studies. He is currently on a year-long sabbatical working as an independent consultant to the Energy and Environmental Security […]