Change is happening faster than ever. And businesses must innovate to keep up. But most organizations are stuck in habitual thinking. So, how can leaders learn the creative problem-solving skills we need to make better business decisions in this rapidly changing world? Ellia Harris is Chief Innovation Coach at The Potential Center, where she specializes in demystifying creating thinking and innovation to help organizations solve sticky problems faster than ever before. An international Organizational Development Consultant for more than a decade, Ellia helps leaders and teams let go of habitual thinking and uncover creative solutions they didn't see before. On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Ellia joins Anjel to explain how her experience as a manager in the nonprofit world inspired her interest in creative problem-solving. Ellia walks us through the four phases of her trademarked Light Bulb Thinking framework, describing how to innovate in a way that aligns with your organization’s mission and values. Listen in for Ellia’s insight on building a culture of innovation and learn how to apply creative problem-solving to make decisions in your business! What You Will Learn  How Ellia’s experience as a manager inspired her work around creative problem solving Ellia’s transition from working in the nonprofit sector to becoming an entrepreneur How Ellia employs creative thinking to deliver training in an innovative way What Ellia does to help people let go of habitual thinking and build a culture of innovation How to create conscious change in alignment with your organization’s mission and values Ellia’s 4 phases of Light Bulb Thinking—planning, ideating, choosing, implementing/innovating Who Ellia serves best through her work at The Potential Center The success story of a technology college Ellia helped improve its student engagement How Ellia applies creative problem solving to make decisions in her business Connect with Ellia Harris The Potential Center Resources Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell Wickedly Smart Women Wickedly Smart Women on X Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic The Wealthy Life Mentor The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343 Email [email protected]