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Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.
Goethe

Best start to a sales meeting in 20 years.
Jeff Cohen, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
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Top 5 Speaker

Mitch Ditkoff, the Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions, has recently been voted a top 5 speaker in the field of innovation and creativity by Speakers Platform, a leading speaker's bureau.
Awake at the Wheel, Book about big ideas If you're looking for a powerful way to jump start innovation and get your creative juices flowing, Awake at the Wheel is for you. Written by Mitch Ditkoff, Co-Founder and President of Idea Champions.
See Mitch's keynote address Enjoy a 7-minute interview with Mitch at the Ethical Sourcing Forum in NYC: 3/28/11
Free the genie card deck A deck of 55 cards to spark new ideas, breakthroughs and extraordinary results. Buy now! Or brainstorm with our online genie.

"This is really, really good stuff." — Seth Godin

Featured in Alltop Guy Kawasaki's Alltop "online magazine rack" has recognized Idea Champions' blog as one of the leading innovation blogs on the web. Check out The Heart of Innovation, and subscribe!
Innovation Kits. Here's your one-stop shopping for everything you need (but forgot to ask for) in order to jump start innovation. Read More!
Face the Music Blues Band The world's first interactive business blues band. A great way to help your workforce go beyond complaint.

"In tune with corporate America." — CNN

Breakthrough Cafe.
A totally unique brainstorming salon. Great food. Great food for thought. Great people. Collaborate, have fun, get out of the box.

"Inno-waiters With Whine Lists" – The Breakthrough Cafe featured in January 2006 issue of
BrainTrust.
Idea Champions' "rent a brain" network of visionaries, wizards, and creative thinkers ready and able to conjure up breakthrough ideas, products and services on your behalf. Read More!
Seize the Future
Envisioning What's Next

What is this?
 
"If the best way to predict the future is to invent it," as one pundit put it, then what's the best way to invent it? That's what a Seize the Future session is all about. This hybrid of a search conference and creative thinking workout helps forward-thinking companies imagine, envision, conceive, and plan for exciting new possibilities - 3, 5, and 10 years out.

Here's how it works: Weeks before the session you invite a representative sampling of your workforce to participate - forward thinking people with a passion for organizational change and the willingness to enter into a collaborative process that requires creative thinking and genuine commitment. Ideally, participants will represent a wide range of constituencies, job functions, and points of view.

A Seize the Future session begins with participants identifying key future trends likely to impact the success of the organization. Participants then review your organization's history and identify key lessons learned. Drawing on the insights gleaned from reviewing your organization's history and interpreting future trends, participants co-develop a shared, compelling vision of a desirable future - along with a beginning plan for its realization.

The result of this upbeat, participatory session is a critical mass of employees committed to championing the new vision and leading the organization in its day-to-day efforts to make it real.

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