Exploring Creative Problem Solving: The Orange Room

The Orange Room

The Orange Room is creative consulting, an idea for group problem solving to implement finding the problem the emphases begins with observations following up with Brain Storming, then implementing the problem. My interview with Jeanette sparked in her a memory of a sweet time in her life as she recalled the working through the process of the Orange Room with her co-worker, Dan. The Orange Room was created in the mid 1990’s out of the desire to coach others to creatively connect during the process of problem solving.

Jeanette is creative and deeply cares about people. I know this because she is my spiritual mentor and she teaches Spanish at Grand Valley University. At the time The Orange Room was being formed Jeanette was working for Cornerstone University as the Creative Director. Jeanette has a passion for working with people

Jeanette recalls the hard work of marketing that Dan took on, not because he had to, but because it was Dan’s gift. Jeanette would say this was her biggest mistake. She believes that they may have done better if Jeanette joined Dan in the Marketing.

Dan and Jeanette both worked full time and The Orange Room was a side job. Although on the side the curriculum proved to be an outstanding merging curriculum with a Reggio-Emilia approach to education. The Reggio-Emilia approach to education. Reggio-Emilia is in Italy, and that is exactly where the term came from. Even though Reggio-Emilia is for children, Jeanette and Dan found it also true of Adults. The four principles of Reggio-Emilia I found in The Wonder of Learning Website address: http://www.wonderoflearning.ca/reggio-emilia-philosophy.html.

1. Children must have some control over the direction of their