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Our 37th episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features\\xa0William Shepard, a\\xa0thought leader who worked closely with Sid Parnes and many greats in the field of Creative Problem Solving.\\xa0

Bill\'s first exposure to Deliberate Creativity was in 1972 when he provided technical and logistical support at the\\xa0Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), which impacted him personally and professionally. He later obtained a\\xa0Graduate Certificate in Creativity from the Center for Applied Imagination, SUNY Buffalo State, and served as Director of CPSI and its programs for 18 years.\\xa0

Bill masterfully walks us through how the history and evolution of the field of Creativity have changed from the beginning to the present day. He describes traveling around the world with\\xa0\\xa0Sid and Bea Parnes and working with many of the seminal thought leaders of Creative Problem Solving, such as Ruth Noller, Paul Torrance, and Edward DeBono.\\xa0He discusses his own emotional breakthrough as he found the side of him that could be creative and the tools to do it deliberately.\\xa0

Don\\u2019t miss this discussion of how he uses the principles and tools personally and professionally for individuals, teams, organizations, and executive coaching.\\xa0As the Group Vice President of the\\xa0Creative Problem Solving Group \\u2013 Buffalo (CPSB), he worked on projects with leading firms worldwide.\\xa0For him, the most personally and professionally rewarding activity was training individuals within organizations to address problems and challenges better.\\xa0Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.