Thinking faster on my feet

I don’t want to talk about commercials again, as I did a few blogs ago, but I have to honestly say that they are the things that really get me thinking about innovation – like who thought that type of marketing would work, does it work, why didn’t they do it a different way or spend more on their budget? Maybe that means I’m more of a visual person when I thought I was more intuitive. I always was more of a thinker, I was one of those type of people that when presented with something, especially in a meeting, couldn’t think fast on my feet, but after thinking about it for awhile, processing it in my head, turning it around and around, looking at different angles (like that awful dodecahedron, as soon as I saw it in the Whack on the Side of the Head textbook – I KNEW I was going to have to put that thing together - p.s. thanks Dan for helping me finally get it together) and then come back to you with all my ideas, suggestions and questions. I suppose it’s something I need to work further on – thinking quicker on my feet. If you have some suggestions on how I can work on that, please post your comments!

I think that by taking the Workplace Innovation class, it’s helped in several ways. I definitely feel more confident to speak up; I’m finding more ways to think outside the box. I’m not instantly discouraged if my idea isn’t the “right” one. I like the group projects because I’m always stunned when two things happen – when I think of something someone else hasn’t and when someone else thinks of something I haven’t. I hope that made sense.