Gregg's diverse background includes everything from founding and managing high-flying technology companies to working as a television producer. Now he's the author of the first ever business fable about creative problem solving, "Jack's Notebook." He's currently working on a graphic novel about making deliberate creative life choices.
He's faced a variety of creative challenges in his life. He's been everything from a photographer to a stand up comedian and improvisor. Primarily he's been an entrepreneur, and now an in-demand consultant, ideation facilitator, and speaker. Gregg knows how to speak directly to the heart of a group and he inspires the teams he works with to come up with innovative ideas. His ideation sessions have produced market leading products. Gregg works with newly released prisoners as well, helping them find work, and teaching them to use creative thinking to solve their problems.
He is one of the best ideation/brainstorming facilitators available -- his sessions achieve client business results. He has developed unique "Innovisation" tools and techniques for getting teams to think up breakthrough ideas. These tools are adapted from the world of improvisational comedy to apply directly to thorny business challenges. These tools fit within a structured problem solving model and the tools work, even with inexperienced ideators. Many ideation facilitators can take a group through a structured session. Gregg is one of the few that can introduce spontaneity into the structure and have people truly thinking differently. If you've been unhappy with brainstorming results in the past and want to try someone with a fresh and effective approach, try Gregg Fraley.
A pioneer in the development of interactive television, Gregg worked with Warner Cable's QUBE project in the early 80s, where he won an Emmy award and a cable ACE award for Innovation. He moved into technology. He helped develop the first wireless prescription writing system for doctors, as well as numerous computer applications in healthcare, manufacturing, finance, and field service.
Gregg has been quoted as an expert in the following publications: Successful Meetings, Skyline News, Redbook, Crain's Chicago Business, The Chicago Tribune, Chicago's Daily Herald, and US News and World Report.
Gregg has extensive experience in marketing, sales, and qualitative research. He's a leader and speaker at the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI), a former board member of the Creative Education Foundation, and an improvisor trained at Players Workshop of Second City. He is a professional member of the National Speakers Association.
Persistence of effort is a requirement for creative excellence.
Gregg Fraley
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithfulservant. We have created a society that honors the servant and hasforgotten the gift.
Albert Einstein
The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas.
Linus Pauling
Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.
Elvis Presley
“Narrative brings an emotional component, and when there’s an emotionalcomponent, people learn better. Stories are a very human way to learn.People see themselves in the characters…they think, oh, it could happento me – or thank God that hasn’t happened to me!”
Gregg Fraley