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The Think Like a Genius Program has been used by leading organizations such as IBM, Chase Manhattan, and the World Economic Forum to rapidly generate strategic plans, new products, dynamic marketing programs and other needs. This Program was created by Dr. Todd Siler, resulting from two decades of research and testing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the application of that research to business, communities, schools, families and individuals.
The Think Like a Genius Program involves creating a variety of symbolic models, allowing participants (from 2 to 500 people) to physically see their ideas and clearly communicate them to others. This is similar to what architects create to show the physical representations of their ideas and blueprints. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a model is worth a thousand pictures. The models are far more powerful than brainstorming, mind mapping, and other text and picture based methodologies.
These models quickly show a teams' creative solutions and ideas concerning their business issues and opportunities. The models lead to practical action plans with concrete outcomes. Applying the Program to management issues will produce a more cohesive, coordinated, committed team of individuals intent on realizing the goals and vision of the organization.
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Leading organizations who have employed the Think Like a Genius Program:
Agilera
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Brain Reserve
Buckman Laboratories
Campbell Soup
Centennial Ventures
Chase Manhattan
Chevron
Colorado Venture Capital Association
Compaq
Equiva
Hansen, Jacobson, Teller & Hoberman
Home Depot
IBM
M/A/R/C Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MAXIMUS
McDonalds
Nabisco
Procter & Gamble
Prosavvy
Raindance (Evoke)
Rocky Mountain News
RealNetworks
Security Life Reinsurance
Texas Instruments
TurboChef Technologies
USWEST (now Qwest)
World Economic Forum
World Knowledge Forum
Young President’s Organization
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"Todd inspires us to energize the least used talent of our brain: exceptional creativity, so readily activatable and rewarding."
Robert W. Galvin
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Motorola, Inc.
"A rare combination of scientist and accomplished visual artist, Todd Siler invites each of us to rediscover the scientist-artist in ourselves. Siler?s approach is simple, practical, fun, and most importantly, highly productive."
Peter Senge
Author, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization
"The Metaphorming Workshop was a fun, fast, and highly effective way of creative thinking, which helped us shape the future of our venture capital association. It enabled us all to explore the potential of our ideas, knowledge, and viewpoints in insightful ways. It was remarkable to watch business leaders from different organizations all contribute and drive toward a shared understanding of our strategic plan with the help of Dr. Siler. Very powerful stuff!"
Rick Patch
Chairman
Jim Conboy
President
Colorado Venture Capital Association
"At BrainReserve we pride ourselves in thinking like geniuses and that's why we know it when we see it. Todd Siler really has the methodology down to help everyone think smart."
Faith Popcorn
Future Forecaster
Author, The Popcorn Report, Clicking
"We have been able to break through significant roadblocks and achieve peak performance because of the work we did with Psi-Phi Communications."
Christy Doherty
Vice President
US WEST, Inc.
"We found the program to be very effective in helping to clear the cobwebs and see issues and solutions in a different way. It brought clarity to our thinking as a group. We are continuing to work on implementing our big idea and are well on our way to achieving our goal."
Susan A. LaMonica
Senior Vice President
Chase Manhattan
"Our diverse, cross-company team was looking at a complex problem and had been unable to get away from a linear, incremental approach to solving it. The Think Like A Genius Program helped us jump into a new dimension and see many different possibilities."
Linda Swift
General Manager, Integrated Lab Technologies
Chevron Research and Technology Company
"Think Like A Genius is an innovative, thought-provoking way to synthesize a team around a common goal and set of objectives. It works - and it is amazingly fun in the process."
Gerri Elliott
Vice President
IBM
"When the pressure is on, the team is stressed and you're all out of creative ideas - call Psi-Phi Communications. Together, you will make a REAL difference."
Brendon Riley
Vice President
IBM
"The Think Like A Genius Program enabled us to quickly generate creative solutions and approaches to addressing our key priorities while engaging over 300 of our managers. Our managers found the exercises to be stimulating and fun. We also identified other areas of application for the program and look forward to more successful creative endeavors in the future."
Rich Vosburgh
Vice President Human Resources
Compaq North America
"Extraordinary! Todd Siler had our Fortune 500 CEO board members working side-by-side with our non-profit staff, building incredible models of our organization for the future. Through metaphorming, he catapulted our planning process ahead by months, enabling us to complete a vision statement and long range goals in a day-and-half. We never could have accomplished this much, this quickly and creatively without his powerful guidance."
Pat Loewi
President
Special Olympics Colorado
"I can recommend you and your program, without qualification, to any group searching for insights on how to work together and how to find creative solutions."
Thomas B. Smith
General Manager
US WEST Communications, Inc.
"Dr. Siler's workshop literally teaches people how to 'think outside the box,' how to work with imagination, and how to connect seemingly unrelated topics to gain new insights and perspectives. I highly recommend Dr. Siler's Think Like A Genius Program to any company wanting to generate fresh ideas and approaches to standard business processes such as strategic planning, team building, or new product development."
Barbara Trenchard
Director of Leadership Development
Jones Intercable, Inc.
"The workshop created instant teamwork, but also made each participant think on their feet. The workshop encouraged us to dig deeper into the solving of problems and helped us to not be afraid of the challenges that lay ahead. This should be part of both small and large companies- management 101."
Jan Helen
CEO
Janco Partners, Inc.
"The Think Like A Genius Program can be an important tool to facilitate reinvention."
Phil Kruse
Senior Vice President
Security Life Reinsurance
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