by Eva | Apr 10, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Create, Creativity, Innovation, Interviews
Get to know Jill Wachholz, GroupStir principal, and one of our workshop leaders for Juice on the Loose – World Creativity and Innovation Week: Who am I: I’m an experimenter, explorer, and evolver… seeking to make a sliver of a positive difference. The work I...
by Eva | Apr 9, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Innovation, Meet
Facilitator and coach Jill Wachholz shares tips to capture and capitalize on what was learned from a project or initiative. (if viewing via email, watch the video here.) See her in action at our World Creativity and Innovation Week event Juice on the Loose on...
by Eva | Apr 8, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Creative Spaces, Meet, Meetings
Our whole philosophy at Catalyst Ranch is based on new ideas sparked from a creative, non-typical space. Over the last few years we’ve expanded our business into the qualitative research industry and have been delighted with so much positive feedback from our...
by Eva | Mar 26, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Inspire
With cases of marriage of equality hitting the Supreme Court today, we couldn’t help but get nostalgic and reflect on the many same-sex couples who have started their lives together here at the Ranch. Whether they had a commitment ceremony or a civil union (like...
by Danny Bernardo | Mar 21, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Creative Spaces, Creativity, Meet, Meetings
The debate about “working from home” continues. Last week, Chicago Ideas Week shared the video “World of Work,” a conversation between 37Signals co-founder and CEO Jason Fried and James Warren of The Daily Beast/Newsweek. (if reading from email, click here to view...
by Danny Bernardo | Mar 19, 2013 | Catalyst Ranch, Creativity, Innovation, Meet, Meetings
As we prepared for our friend Brendan Sullivan’s workshop Why Didn’t We Think of That? Ideas for Generating a Culture of Innovation in Your Workplace on March 21st, I couldn’t help wonder what my own “Why didn’t I think of that?” moment...