Dan shares with listeners that his purpose in life is to help businesses solve complex problems by using visual art. With inspiration from Jeffery Campbell's "The Hero's Journey," Dan encourages listeners to take bold moves when solving present-day problems and emphasizes believing in new solutions to spark growth and change for the future.  

Dan shares with us the details of his book, "The Pop-Up Pitch," and explains how, in just 7 minutes, teams can collaboratively solve complex business problems by drawing simple pictures and teaches listeners how to become the most persuasive communicators in the conference room. 

 Join us today on a journey into the world of storytelling and visual art.  

Internationally acclaimed creativity expert Michael Michalko joins me today to discuss his creative thinking techniques that have inspired business thinkers around the world to create the innovative ideas and creative strategies they need to achieve unimaginable success in today's changing business environment of complexity and uncertainty. He says change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

If you always think the way you’ve always thought, you’ll always get what you always got. The same old, same old ideas over and over again. The future belongs to those thinkers who embrace change, break new ground, forge new paths, and transform the way they think. Discover how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different by using the creative thinking techniques and strategies that creative geniuses have used throughout history.

An awesome podcast with Michael Michalko discussing Brainstorming | Michelangelo | Socrates | Einstein | Applied Imagination | Adversity | Addiction to Comfort | Pattern Recognition | Problem-solving | Conceptual Blending | Creative Thinking | Thinking Patterns | Associations | Eureka Moment | Process of Incubation | Journals | Note-taking | Creative Ideas | Positions of Comfort | Revisiting Ideas |Navy seals