Think Jar Collective
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Helping people, organizations and systems to problem solve better. Est. 2010. Systemic Design & Innovation Lab expertise #thinkjar #systemicdesign
Canada and Beyond
Joined December 2010
Long overdue refresh to our Think Jar Collective website. Launched in 2010 to demystify what creativity and innovation is and help people, organizations, and systems to problem solve better. Check it out. #creativity #innovation #systemicdesign
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Think Jar Collective helps people, teams and organizations solve problems smarter. Since 2010 we offer proven methods, tools, articles and expert consulting to spark disciplined innovation and tackle...
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Vague asks, big expectations, and a whole lot of unknowns.... A handy framework for scoping complex challenges by @ActionLabYEG
https://t.co/tJH2IZtQRO
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As part of our knowledge share series, we're highlighting thinkers who have influenced Action Lab. On @thinkjar_, Ben Weinlick explores James Webb Young’s book 'A Technique for Producing Ideas'—a creativity method that still holds up today. Read more: https://t.co/VwjcHi8gnn
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Want to present somewhere fresh? Step out of the boardroom and into Action Lab! Our versatile space adapts to any workshop, gathering, or presentation. Need a classic setup or tables for notes? We’ve got you covered! #ActionLab #WorkshopSpace #InnovativeSpaces
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New article - Breaking Sets, Pattern Interrupts And The Wild Creativity of Buddhist Yogis — Think Jar Collective #seriousplay #innovation #buddhistyogis #mahamudra
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Think Jar Collective founder Ben Weinlick shares some insights on parallels between the wild Buddhist Yogis of old and Creative Provocations in innovation and systems change work for good.
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New article. Nudge Science: removing obstacles to make it easier for a desired change to emerge. Ben Weinlick explores the good and the bad in Nudge Science and ways it might be harnessed for innovation in systems change #nudgescience #systemicdesign
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Reflections on the new tools and practices of nudge science in innovation and systems change work.
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The Future of (Social Innovation) Labs! #SocialInnovation Labs hold space for change-makers to sense-make, generate, develop and test a portfolio of solutions to address complex societal challenges in a way that is collaborative, experimental, iterative, systemic #innovation
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Not your usual primer to social innovation labs - enjoyed the critical lenses, the provocations and the framing of key issues facing labs today https://t.co/Loql5EdX1A Kudos @ActionLabYEG
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Graphic Designer Paula Scher on Serious Play and Not Becoming Solemn — Think Jar Collective #seriousplay #design #paulascher
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Graphic design master Paula Scher shares interesting insights on creativity, serious play and the inevitability of great work becoming solemn once you gain success.
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Check out our new @ActionLabYEG podcast called Wicked Complex. The first 3 part series is on the Future of Labs. If curious about labs and systems change check it- also can be found on Apple and Spotify - https://t.co/KOVBpKeKq9
#wickedcomplexpodcast #futureoflabs
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At the Future of Labs, we are assembling some of the most experienced pioneers and innovators who steward and design collective problem-solving lab practices. Future of Labs will be a catalyst for...
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Join us Monday February 12 for SDX43 - Convener Callback! Founders @Weinbenlick, @BWellsch, @KerenPerla1, and @_missroya will share insights on #SystemicDesign #CommunityOfPractice & guide us through a few systemic design tools. More info and to RSVP here:
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SDX 43: Convener Callback - SDX founders share collective knowledge, experience, and walk you through their favourite design & systems tools
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Upcoming event- Action Lab founder Ben Weinlick, and colleagues @AleeyaVelji , @GCahill and Mark Cabaj all chat about evaluation of prototypes and what needs to improve in this area. @SICanadaTeam #systemicdesign
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Join us for an engaging session that explores the core principles of evaluating social innovation prototypes.
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With all the bad things it’s easy to miss what’s been hopeful. Here are 100 Positive News things from 2023 | Gapminder is a Swedish non profit dedicated to correcting misinformation and busting myths about progress. 100 Positive News from 2023 |
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Still tracks to this day for supporting creative ideas to emerge. Based on a now 90 year old Creativity technique from James Webb Young. #creativity #innovation
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One our social innovations we’re very proud of that has been stewarded by Action Lab leaders. Check it out.
New features. Way more affordable pricing. New website. Revolutionizing & Humanizing Social Service Case Management | MyCompass Planning| #socialinnovation #socialservices #casemanagement
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Training your mind in playful ways to make connections between disparate ideas leads to surprising insights, absurdity, & once in a while innovation. Richard Feynman being an example. Here was an experimental project grounded in a 1920s surrealist game
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Some Think Jar Collective contributors are experimenting with playing the surrealist game Exquisite Corpse to produce interesting soundscapes
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Fascinating website based on research from Oxford on The highest-impact career paths to shift complex challenges facing our world. #systemicdesign #systemschangeleadership
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Our list of the most promising high-impact career paths for helping others.
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Curious what you think @sbkaufman The Surprising Origins of Our Obsession with Creativity - By Samuel W. Franklin - Behavioral Scientist
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We tend to assume creativity is a timeless human value. But creativity as the concept we know today emerged in the 1950s and '60s, driven by the needs of the modern corporation.
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Did you catch the bongo playing enthusiast in the background of the new Oppenheimer movie? Well that was the legend of serious play and Nobel winning scientist Richard Feynman. Check out how he applied play to serious subjects. #seriousplay
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Think Jar founder Ben Weinlick takes a look at how Serious Play was a big part of Richard Feynman's creative process and led to nobel winning insights
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