"Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of the things that May be only?"             - Scrooge to the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (A Christmas Carol by Charles...

In this blog post we examine various aspects of how to facilitate effective meetings. It’s a topic clients ask us about a lot.  But why?

Written by Janice Francisco, CEO, Principal Consultant, BridgePoint Effect If you're wondering what kind of organizational culture supports innovation this blog outlines the defining features of a...

This article was originally published on the Innov8rs blog, October 14, 2018. The research focused on in this article will be released at the Innov8rs Miami conference, February 20-21, 2019. What...

    Written by: Janice Francisco, Founder & Principal Consultant, BridgePoint Effect A common misconception about innovation is that it’s all about technology; it’s so much more than that. So, if...

We're poking fun at scary meetings. As an extra treat, we’re sharing some tricks of the trade on how to facilitate a meeting that drives greater value for participants.  As we're seeing a shift in...

As an adult educator and organizational development/change consultant with a Master’s of Science in Creativity and Change Leadership, I’m fascinated by how people in organizations learn to be more...

  To answer the question, why is innovation important for society, I'm going to take you on a Thanksgiving themed innovation journey that shows some love and appreciation for Canadian Innovators. 

By Janice Francisco, CEO, Principal Innovation Consultant, Facilitator and Coach, BridgePoint Effect

Written by: Janice Francisco, Founder, BridgePoint Effect Globally, leaders typically rank “innovation” as one of their top three organizational strategies, and in Canada, our leaders rank innovation...

This week, on July 10, the 2018 Global Innovation Index was released. You may ask, “What is the Global Innovation Index?” The Global Innovation Index (GII) report is a leading indicator of a...

Community meetings are often held to engage community members, hear more voices and get more viewpoints. The question is, how to facilitate a community meeting so that these goals are achieved?

Have you noticed – there’s a lot of interest in having “innovative Ideas” in our workplaces. Many people wonder about how to create innovative ideas, or worry if their ideas are “innovative enough.”

World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) April 15 – 21 and World Creativity and Innovation Day, April 21 (WCID) advocates solving problems in new ways an annual event.

How to Generate Innovative Ideas: Guest post by Helen Cahen

Guest post by Dr. Brett Richards, Founder and President of Connective Intelligence, and author of Grow Through Disruption: Breakthrough Mindsets to Innovate, Change and Win with the O.G.I.

How to become an innovative company is all about powering people to innovate.

Written By: Janice Francisco, Founder, BridgePoint Effect  Answering the question why do companies innovate is fairly straight forward. Most do it to increase productivity and create new value for...

Imagine a senior leadership team telling their entire department to “go take a risk.”