Each morning we’ll have several concurrent Trailhead sessions to set the tone for the day. The balance of the day will be structured as Open Space to allow whoever is interested to propose hosting one or more sessions.

Tool Clinic
Ordinary magic in your pocket
Every Mindcamper is a magician — they can pull out of their (metaphorical) pocket one, ten, even a hundred little tricks, tools, or techniques that help them perform Ordinary Magic in any situation requiring creative thinking, from Inovation sessions to family feuds.Let's do what Mindcampers do best: share what we know. Come together to share your favourite creativity or facilitation tool in a small team. Then together your team will select a tool to present to the larger group. By the end of this session you will have magically learned (or re-learned) at least half a dozen tricks to keep in your magic pocket!
Got a tool or two you'd like to share? Come prepared to describe and possibly demonstrate it. If not, just come and enjoy learning the magic other people have discovered.
The Skinny: 3 things you will do in this session
- Explore a range of creativity/facilitation tools
- Share your favourite tool
- Road-test a new tool
Tim Hurson
Toronto, ON
Tim helps organizations and individuals think more productively. His experience is the basis for the principles and tools in his book: Think Better.Tim speaks around the world about how to develop creative leadership to manage change rather than be swamped by it, and has guest lectured in business schools in the US, Canada, UK, Mexico, Chile, and Australia. He is a founding director of Mindcamp and father to four wonderful human beings, Emily, Branwen, Peter, and Max, and grandfather of Joseph.
Tim thinks the phrase “out of the box thinking” should be put back in the box and buried in a deep hole.
www.timhurson.com
Tim is a returning presenter.
Sessions Released So Far
Subject to change. What isn't?Click on a session to learn more about it. More to come! Keep checking back as we post more sessions.
- The Art of Presence Using magic moments to connect (Anthony Hyatt)
- Beyond the Obvious Meeting constraints with confidence (Nicole Flynn)
- Biodanza Awaken your natural curiosity (Sophie Harvey)
- Creative Conflict TKO Optimizing conflict for creativity (Paul Fleming)
- From Bystander to Ally How to Shift from Standing by to Standing up (Deepika Grover)
- Hatch Ideas Incubation as a creativity tool (Liz Monroe-Cook)
- Power and Purpose Opening a window into your true you (Deron Essex)
- Tool Clinic Ordinary magic in your pocket (Tim Hurson)
- Your Mother's Eyes Climate wisdom from real and imagined ancestors (Denise Pinto)
- Watch this space as more are released...