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How Are Einstein And Football Coaches Similar? – CWB Blog

Nancy K. Napier is a blog contributor to Psychology Today! She will post in her ‘Creativity Without Borders’ blog approximately once every two weeks.

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We need structure, we need order, we need schedules and we need our system taught a certain way. But within that there needs to be creativity to keep growing, to keep the energy and the enthusiasm. What new wrinkles do we need to make us better? 

Christ Peterson, Boise State University (more…)

BAT Series Book | It’s Your Business – KTVB

Watch Gundars(Gundy) Kaupins and Nancy Napier talk on It’s Your Business on KTVB about there new book series Business Aha! Tips and how it helps in your everyday business life.

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‘BAT’ Book Series Target Spooky Workplace Issues

For managers, there’s nothing spookier than not knowing how to handle a sticky situation, motivate employees or find new ways of doing things so an organization can improve. A new type of “BAT” might hold some answers.

The BAT book series — short for Business Aha! Tips — is a collection of snappy, easy-to-read books with tips and “Use it Now” sections for immediate application of ideas. Written by two Boise State University authors, the first book focuses on creativity and is now available at Amazon.com. (more…)

Go With the Flow…Or Fight It? – CWB Blog

Nancy K. Napier is a blog contributor to Psychology Today! She will post in her ‘Creativity Without Borders’ blog approximately once every two weeks.

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I just returned from a week in Hanoi and wonder if “going with the flow” may squelch creativity.

One night I sat with friends on a restaurant balcony overlooking one of the busiest plazas in the city. Nha Tho, or Church Street, is just over a block long and reflects the surface level economic change that defines Hanoi today. It’s full of boutiques like Ipa Nima, an international handbag shop that started in Hanoi, and eating places like Highlands Coffee Shop and Mediteranneo, the Italian restaurant that’s been in Hanoi since its owner and I both had brown hair. Now, we both have more white than brown.

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The Teen and the Traffic Ticket – New Ending? | CWB Blog

Nancy K. Napier is a blog contributor to Psychology Today! She will post in her ‘Creativity Without Borders’ blog approximately once every two weeks.

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One spring Saturday night, a patrol officer stopped two teenagers who were racing their cars along a highway near their upscale suburban homes. The officer ticketed each of the boys, sent them home and told them to talk to their parents about it. Normally, the story of law enforcement would end there. But this one doesn’t.

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Power Pack Workshop – Out Innovate Your Business Competitors!

Boise State’s Center for Professional Development Presents a Power Pack Workshop by Dr. Nancy Napier, Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation

New! Creativity and Innovation: Secrets from the Gang about the Best and How to Get Better

Out Innovate Your Business Competitors!

 October 26, 2012 | 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
The Imagination Lab – Room 2302, Micron Business and Economics Building
Fee: $60

     Drawing upon strategies developed by a group of high performing organizations call “The Gang” (which includes leaders from the Boise State Football Program, Healthwise, the Trey McIntyre Project, Idaho Shakespeare, and the Ada County Sheriff’s Office), you will learn how to build and use creativity in yourself and your organization to outperform your competitors. (more…)

Oops! Bloopers We Don’t Know We Make – CWB Blog

Nancy K. Napier is a blog contributor to Psychology Today! She will post in her ‘Creativity Without Borders’ blog approximately once every two weeks.

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Here’s a peek at her latest blog post:

Global business means more foreign business people are working in the US. While it might be home for us, it can be a cultural maze for them. We need to be creative and sensitive enough to see the situation from another perspective. In short, how do we un-baffle our foreign colleagues? Here are four areas that repeatedly confuse others:

  1. Language confusion
  2. Politeness masks reality
  3. Who’s in charge
  4. Personal relationships

Language confusion: How do you answer the following question?

Understand what this says?

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3 Powerful Words: Tell Me More! | It’s Your Business – KTVB

Watch Nancy Napier talk on It’s Your Business on KTVB about:

Three little words that encourage big ideas.

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3 Little Words that Pack Power – CWB Blog

Nancy K. Napier is a blog contributor to Psychology Today! She will post in her ‘Creativity Without Borders’ blog approximately once every two weeks.

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Here’s a peek of her latest blog post:

Think of the last time you tossed out a wild idea at work?  Did everyone jump on it and tell you it was terrific?  Or did some snicker and say, “you’re kidding, right?”  I hope you got more of the former, but I’ll bet you’ve had some snickering too.

When that happens, ideas stop cold. (more…)

Encouraging Aha Moments | Podcast with Nancy Napier

Nancy Napier does a Podcast with Calvin Zito talking about how to encourage aha moments and finding creativity in unexpected places.

Watch and listen to the podcast here: [click here to view the podcast]

Read about Calvin Zito’s thoughts on this topic on his blog here: [click here to view blog]

Centre for Creativity and Innovation    |    create@boisestate.edu    |    (208) 426-2567    |    Micron Business and Economics Building Room 2138