The OZ Creative Thinking Network is a volunteer group of Du Pont emplo
yees devoted to educating themselves and others in the field of creati
vity and innovation. This network was organized in 1986 and has a curr
ent membership of over 600 employees. It illustrates the power of gras
s roots support for learning and applying the skills of creative think
ing, a field that people intrinsically value. An OZ project led to pub
lication in 1990 of a book entitled ''ARE WE CREATIVE YET?'' that coup
les essays expressing concepts in creativity and innovation with Bob T
haves' Frank and Ernest cartoons.