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Creative Teamwork
with Dr. Yoram Solomon
You used to know how to argue. You weren’t afraid of
it. A good argument leads to good outcomes, but you lost that ability when you became overrun by political correctness, liability, and litigation. Those hold you back from greatness and leave you at mediocrity.
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Dr. Yoram Solomon is a thought leader and an NSA Professional Speaker who specializes in passionate creativity, innovation, and teamwork. He has published ve books, owns nine patents, penned more than 100 articles, and is one of the creators of Wi-Fi and USB. Dr. Solomon was named one of the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers in 2015 (#12), and is a columnist at Inc. Magazine and Innovation Excellence. He spent years studying why people are creative in startups more than in large companies and learning the cognitive processes that lead to generating creative ideas, and earned his PhD for that study.
Dr. Solomon was host of the rst TEDx Plano in 2014. He was elected in 2015 to the Plano Independent School District Board. Dr. Solomon also served in the IDF 35th Airborne Paratrooper brigade and as a USAF CAP pilot.
Understand why people move from constructive to destructive con ict
Understand the forces pushing you toward con ict avoidance
Learn how to ask stupid questions, and how they can help
Develop a team dynamic of transparency, trust, and ef cient creation