Think Jar Collective

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 thinkjarcollective.com

Vague asks, big expectations, and a whole lot of unknowns.... A handy framework for scoping complex challenges by @ActionLabYEG actionlab.ca/blog/scope-or-…

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: thinkjarcollective.com/articles/cultu…

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

New article - Breaking Sets, Pattern Interrupts And The Wild Creativity of Buddhist Yogis — Think Jar Collective #seriousplay #innovation #buddhistyogis #mahamudra thinkjarcollective.com/articles/serio…

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 thinkjarcollective.com/articles/nudge…

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 linkedin.com/posts/kumli_in…

Not your usual primer to social innovation labs - enjoyed the critical lenses, the provocations and the framing of key issues facing labs today actionlab.ca/future-of-labs… Kudos @ActionLabYEG

Graphic Designer Paula Scher on Serious Play and Not Becoming Solemn — Think Jar Collective #seriousplay #design #paulascher thinkjarcollective.com/articles/graph…

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 - actionlab.ca/future-of-labs… #wickedcomplexpodcast #futureoflabs

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 eventbrite.ca/e/evaluating-s…

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 | gapminder.org/news/100-posit…

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 thinkjarcollective.com/tools/creativi…

One our social innovations we’re very proud of that has been stewarded by Action Lab leaders. Check it out.

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 thinkjarcollective.com/projects/exqui…

Fascinating website based on research from Oxford on The highest-impact career paths to shift complex challenges facing our world. #systemicdesign #systemschangeleadership 80000hours.org/career-reviews/

Curious what you think ⁦@sbkaufman⁩ The Surprising Origins of Our Obsession with Creativity - By Samuel W. Franklin - Behavioral Scientist behavioralscientist.org/the-surprising…

Interesting innovation Venn from @nesta_uk #systemicdesign #innovation

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 thinkjarcollective.com/articles/richa…