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 | 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 | Jan 22, 2022 | Creativity, News Updates |
When You Need Creative Problem-Solving I presented a session last fall at the state of Washington’s annual improvement conference titled Quick and Easy Creativity Techniques to Get Unstuck. The participants were from public agencies and other organizations in need of... 
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... 
by Jennifer Phillips | Sep 30, 2021 | News Updates, Resources |
New Website, New Blog Welcome to my updated website! Two big reasons I tackled this refresh were: • To streamline the site so you can quickly find helpful information and resources • To make it easier to share news and tutorials through a WordPress blog I’m excited...