Focus on: Russ Schoen M.S.
Chicago, IL
Russ Schoen works as a facilitator, speaker and trainer in the areas of deliberate creativity, innovation, high performance and change leadership. He has facilitated programs worldwide including Singapore, Italy, Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the US.
Russ is a contributing author to a number of creative leadership related materials including the FourSight and Ingenious Thinking suite of materials. In addition, Russ is adjunct faculty at the Center for Studies in Creativity where he teaches graduate courses in facilitating creative process.
Russ holds a Master of Science in Creativity from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory specializing in improvisation. He is a specialist in the field of individual, team and organizational innovation and leadership and holds certifications in a number of additional training programs including Polarity Management and Emotional Intelligence. Russ also serves as a leader at the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute, the annual Creativity European Association conference in Italy and the Mindcamp Creativity Conference in Toronto.
Russ is a co-founder of the Creative Youth Leadership Academy which helps train young people to adopt a mindset and apply a toolset to help them see more options in their lives and to make healthier choices.
When not working, Russ spends his free time in Chicago improvising, learning Italian and practicing aikido.
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Russ Schoen has presented:
- WTF!! The Element of Surprise (2014)
- IMPROVation™ (2013)
- IMPROVation™: Using communication, collaboration and improvisation techniques to enhance teamwork, build problem-solving skills and explore opportunities (2012)
- Mindcamp Youth Program: The Rhythm of Creativity (2006)
- Listening is a Choice: If your listening isn't supporting creative thinking, it's inhibiting it (2005)
- Nurturing the Creative Self through the 5 L's: Using the Arts to Experience Problems as Opportunities (2005)
- IMPROVation™ (2003)