Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

Creative Problem Solving Institute 2026

2:00pm EDT

Elevate Divergent and Convergent Thinking through PlayAlexandra Suchman • Laura Rentas Going Around the (Creative) BlockMagdalena Grohman Intelligent Collaboration: Human + AI for ELEVATE-ing your Creative Problem Solving PracticeHallie Brinkerhuff • Rush Bartlett Reframing Creativity at Work: Turning Pushback into PossibilityKim Marie McKernan, MBA, MS Roll for Innovation: What Dungeons and Dragons Can Teach Us About Innovative Facilitation through Collaboration, Failure, and Indomitable CreativityMark Bylancik • Rob Gelberg • Ed Rosini

4:00pm EDT

From Insight to Action: Measuring Creative Problem Solving Growth Through a Yearlong Innovation PathwayAndrew Ilnicki • Somiah Lattimore From ‘I’m Not Creative’ to ‘Let’s Try It!’Jen Verbakel • Cheryl Harris, PhD Implementation Lab: Getting Ideas—and Intentions—DoneKathy Goller Pattern Theft: A Cross-Domain Problem Solving ExperiencePrashant Anilkumar The Art of Exploring JudgmentDonnalyn Roxey • Annemarie Boss

2:00pm EDT

Co-Create to Elevate: Designing Better Services Through Shared CreativityPonja Hoxha Ocumarez Creative Thinking Profiles, Preferences, and PossibilitiesHana Mamnoon • Ryan Hammer Storytelling for Impact: Elevate How You Communicate Through the Creative Problem Solving ProcessChrista Heydt-Hernandez The Right Strength at the Right StageKathy Goller Unlocking the Power of Constraints: How Limits Make Us More CreativeNicole Wagner Your Third ThirdMary Ellyn Vicksta

4:00pm EDT

Beyond the Ordinary: Elevating Your Creative Identity Through ArchetypesAmie Dowker Elevate the Invisible: How What We Don’t Say Shapes Creative LeadershipKatharine Rumrill-Teece Elevate Through Play: Using LEGO® Serious Play to Unlock Creative Problem SolvingAndrew Ilnicki The Creativity Canvas: Mapping Your Creative EcosystemKim Macuare, Ph.D

2:00pm EDT

Disaster Quick Quests: Elevate Creativity for Social ImpactSusanne Jul • Garett Dworman Kaleidoscope of You - Dream, Share, Incubate, CreateKathy Frazier • Katie Ravich Language of Renewal™: Using Narrative Intelligence to Expand Creative CapacityMichelle Wicmandy • Frederik Hertel Possibility Books for Accessing Embodied Wisdom Before LogicKris Stanec

4:00pm EDT

A Historical Perspective of Divergence and ConvergenceJoette Field Be an Illuminator: Discover Ways to Bring Out the Best in OthersSari Gluckin Curiosity Is the New Mastery: Elevating Creative Confidence with Improv, Design Thinking, and AIBetsy Tuma Elevate Emerging Potential: Using CPS & Innovation Sprints to Build Creative ReadinessJessica Driscoll How to Create a Personal AI Assistant for Creative CollaborationDr. Greg Buschman • Debbie Buschman, MPA, CDO

2:00pm EDT

Charting Your Path Without a Map: Using Deliberate Creativity to Anticipate, Adapt, and Move ForwardTricia Garwood Wayfinding in Action: Tools & Moves for Dynamic FacilitationJessica Andrews-Wilson • Thom Gonyeau What’s Stopping You?Paul Reali • Haley Forest