Jennifer Battan

Founder at Spark Collaborative, Spark Collaborative Academy

Member since February 2024

Information Technology and Services

Education: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Saint Paul, MN, USA

Biography

With an unwavering passion for infusing creative problem-solving techniques into everyday work, Jennifer Battan has dedicated her career to helping teams transform their problem-solving and teamworking skills.

Jennifer is a serious thought leader with an international reputation as a speaker and educator. With certifications in a variety of design and facilitation techniques, Jennifer can guide teams to think, learn, and work in new and exciting ways. From the VIEW Assessment of Problem-solving Style to LEGO® Serious Play®, PlayMobil ProPlay and Gamestorming, Jennifer's toolkit is expansive and always evolving.

With Jennifer as your guide, you'll have fun learning, exploring your potential and building your problem-solving skills. Jennifer can energize, enlighten, entertain and inspire from the stage, helping you to become the team member you were meant to be.

Passion

My passion is in applying creative problem solving and innovation/creativity approaches in any aspect of work. Everything we do is problem solving in some way. If the team tackling a problem isn't effective, the struggle will be real. When we know ourselves deeply as individuals, from how you work, how you push yourself and how you influence the area around you, we can face any challenge head on.

I am also a firm believer in play. We spend most of our waking hours at work, we should still be able to have a little bit of fun. We can use play to learn, solve problems, and simply approach life in a way that allows us to create the world we envision, no matter what it is.

Topics/Keywords

creativity innovation leadership teamwork product management play creative problem solving creative problemsolving view assessment lego serious play play mobil proplay design sprints design sprint agile methodologies motivational speaker business analysis

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I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
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I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions
I am willing to travel more than 100 miles
Yes
I generally get paid for speaking but make exceptions

Topics/Keywords

creativity innovation leadership teamwork product management play creative problem solving creative problemsolving view assessment lego serious play play mobil proplay design sprints design sprint agile methodologies motivational speaker business analysis