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About Darin
Darin Eich, has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His work zeroes in on how people can learn leadership & innovation.
Darin is also the President & co-founder of BrainReactions, an innovation company recognized by US News and BusinessWeek. Darin also worked to establish Innovation Trip and InnovationTraining.org, the top Innovation Training website that offers web based workshops.
Darin can be hired as a consultant or facilitator to help your institution facilitate, create, and develop programs, workshops, retreats, and even conduct assessment or coach staff on facilitating innovation learning or developing innovation programs. You can email Darin (at) ProgramInnovation.com.
Category Archives: Tips, Tools, & Techniques
Ladder Infographic: Starting Innovation Thinking & Conversations
TweetA metaphor and visual model can help us get started with innovation and the important, frequent, and necessary conversations with others about what we are working on. I’ve whipped up an innovation ladder model infographic to help you think about … Continue reading
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Everyday Innovation: Applying 5 Innovator Skills to Building a Better Fruit Fly Trap
TweetThe Five Innovator’s DNA skills are observing, associating, questioning, experimenting, and networking. You can put these skills to use in everyday situations. The problem. I had fruit flies one summer day. This is fine in the 10th grade biology classroom … Continue reading
Plus One or Times Two Innovation?
Tweet Would you rather go +1 or x2 in your ideas and innovations? How about life? How about at work? When innovating and doing things better we have choices. Do we want a slight improvement, a +1, an incremental innovation? … Continue reading
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Reflect, assess, & innovate this year by creating a “year in review report” for your life
TweetYou may have to do a “year in review report” for your job, department, or organization at the end of each year. Why not do one for your own life? What if you were to take assessing and improving your … Continue reading
Sleep, Dream, Shower, & Exercise for Solutions: Subconscious Ideation
Tweet If I really want solutions, decisions, or insights I will sleep on the challenge, dream on it in the morning while half awake and half asleep, shower on it, bike to the woods with it in mind, and then … Continue reading