by Jennifer Phillips | Sep 20, 2025 | Creativity, Resources |
Psssst. Check out the book giveaway at the end and enter by Oct. 31! A quick story as we explore the benefits of everyday prototyping: While on a work trip to Japan several years ago, my healthcare colleagues and I studied how lean thinking quality improvement works... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Jul 14, 2025 | Creativity, Resources |
I occasionally write about ways to make time for creative activities and share how this quest is going for me. Those posts are about units of time – minutes and hours in a week where you can intentionally pursue creative work that fills your cup. This post, however,... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Oct 1, 2024 | Creativity, Resources |
Creative Problem-Solving With Six Thinking Hats Recently, I came across a file tucked away in my published articles folder that gave me an “oh, yeah” moment. The children’s magazine article was about Six Thinking Hats. This creative problem-solving method is something... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Oct 13, 2023 | News Updates, Resources |
Childhood mental illness seems to be having a moment in children’s literature. Hopefully it’s not just a moment, of course. Hopefully it involves accurate portrayals and information. And hopefully it includes more works that go beyond topics like anxiety and... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Apr 9, 2022 | Creativity, News Updates, Resources |
Books Can Help Nurture Young Inventors Several years ago, while I was leading innovation work at my healthcare organization, I helped judge projects entered in a college incubator competition. The students were vying for funds to further develop their innovative ideas... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Nov 11, 2021 | Creativity, News Updates, Resources |
Get Creative with Constraints There’s a quote out there in the Internet world that I’ve pinned and come back to periodically: Creativity is subtraction. This is a concept I find useful to remember in my writing, work and everyday life. Imposing constraints is one way...