Amy Climer
Dr. Amy Climer teaches teams to be creative and innovative. Amy's clients refer to her as open, engaging, and inspiring. Using research-based practices, she teaches real tools and techniques teams can use to innovate on demand. She delivers keynote speeches, workshops, and in-depth training programs on creativity, innovation, team development, and leadership skills.
Amy earned her Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University in 2016. Her dissertation research led to a new model and assessment scale for team creativity. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Outdoor Education from University of New Hampshire and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is trained or certified in Creative Problem Solving, Immunity to Change, and the FourSight Thinking System.
In 2016, Amy developed the Deliberate Creative™ Team Scale to help teams understand how to increase their creativity. Her 2018 TEDx Talk on the Power of Deliberate Creative Teams summarizes her research and philosophies about team innovation. Amy is also host of The Deliberate Creative, a podcast and blog designed to teach others how to facilitate innovation in teams. She designed Climer Cards, a creativity and teambuilding tool used by thousands to deepen team conversations and generate ideas. In 2016, she won the Karl Rohnke Creativity Award from the Association for Experiential Education.
Amy has worked with for-profit companies in a range of fields including health care, finance, insurance, and technology, as well as restaurants, family foundations, non-profits, associations, government, universities, and summer camps. Her teachings are relevant to any industry or organization serious about getting creative and wanting to innovate. Her diverse background helps her quickly build trust and engage participants in a meaningful, relevant, and often fun, experience.
Dr. Amy Climer teaches teams to be creative and innovative. Amy's clients refer to her as open, engaging, and inspiring. Using research-based practices, she teaches real tools and techniques teams can use to innovate on demand. She delivers keynote speeches, workshops, and in-depth training programs on creativity, innovation, team development, and leadership skills.
Amy earned her Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University in 2016. Her dissertation research led to a new model and assessment scale for team creativity. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Outdoor Education from University of New Hampshire and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is trained or certified in Creative Problem Solving, Immunity to Change, and the FourSight Thinking System.
In 2016, Amy developed the Deliberate Creative™ Team Scale to help teams understand how to increase their creativity. Her 2018 TEDx Talk on the Power of Deliberate Creative Teams summarizes her research and philosophies about team innovation. Amy is also host of The Deliberate Creative, a podcast and blog designed to teach others how to facilitate innovation in teams. She designed Climer Cards, a creativity and teambuilding tool used by thousands to deepen team conversations and generate ideas. In 2016, she won the Karl Rohnke Creativity Award from the Association for Experiential Education.
Amy has worked with for-profit companies in a range of fields including health care, finance, insurance, and technology, as well as restaurants, family foundations, non-profits, associations, government, universities, and summer camps. Her teachings are relevant to any industry or organization serious about getting creative and wanting to innovate. Her diverse background helps her quickly build trust and engage participants in a meaningful, relevant, and often fun, experience.
The Deliberate Creative: How to Innovate on Demand
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