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Marian J. Thier
Founder of Expanding Thought® and creator of THINK TANK: The Game of Creative Problem Solving®, and The Journey, a Fable, and OutThink (co-developer)

Marian J. Thier began her career in commercial and public television as a producer and on-air personality. She moved into higher education as a faculty member and eventually became the Coordinator of Academic Support Services, including adult education, non-traditional learning, and faculty development.

A consultant since 1984, Marian's work focuses on:

  • coaching executives to become clear about their direction, and the direction of the organization they lead
  • developing a team's competence to use idea generation, and idea evaluation tools during the creative problem-solving process
  • assessing an organization's climate for creativity, and individual's personality, creativity, and thinking styles
  • educating people about change, creativity and innovation, leadership, communication and culture

Marian has fourteen years experience in the fields of creativity/innovation, leadership, team dynamics, and organizational change. She like to share how her works has been applied to organizations in her broad, on-going client relationships. She will customize her lectures and interactive workshops to your audience - this is not a canned presentation because she is eager to listen to what you and othters are doing and apply it to your organization.

Speaking Topics

  • How to use a coach to increase creative thinking in individuals and teams

  • Thinking beyond the obvious-how to enhance original thinking during both idea generation and idea evaluation (moving theory to implementation)

  • What is the relationship between leadership and innovation?

Interactive Format Presentations

  • How to improve the quality of thinking through the Dialogue process

  • What is the climate for creativity in your organization?

  • How to use idea generation and idea evaluation tools to solve problems

  • How to use games, think starts and stress relievers in training designs

What Clients Say about Marian J. Thier:

"Thank you for a lively and informative session. I think the true story is to be found in the many positive verbal comments I received from virtually every participant. Most often, they said, 'I had fun. And, I learned a lot, too.'"
-- Dr. Tom, Mullen, NY University Graduate School of Business, Management Simulation Projects

" Much better self awareness of the impact (for better or worse) of my style/personality on those around me (at work and home). Marian helped a lot with this in the feedback she provided, but also this became very clear in the project team. I've remained in contact, and would consider that I have a workable relationship with each member of the team despite the clear differences we uncovered. I've become keenly aware of just how critical to a business success the leaders are. I could see a correlation between the quality of the leaders and the quality of their business."
-- James C. Romine, Dupont Corporation Executive

"(It gave each team member) the opportunity to learn new technologies for creative problem-solving in a way that he or she will not only learn, but remember them."
-- Participant, Fortune 500 Consumer Food Company

Marian J. Thier is presenting a Pre-Conference Workshop on "Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Problem Definitions" at Convergence 2000. Click here for more info.



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