Awaken your senses to spark creativity
Awaken your senses to spark creativity A fun way to spark creativity is to awaken your senses by listening to music and painting what you ...
Book Review: The Age of Insight By Eric R. Kandel
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present If you are ...
What happens after you’ve ignited your creative spark?
Marshall Goldsmith, a renowned business coach, observes when people initiate a personal campaign to improve themselves — for example, shed a bad habit, exercise ...
Fostering Creativity: Tips for Leaders
How do you encourage creativity in your workplace? Companies that embrace creativity outperform peers and competitors on key business performance indicators, including revenue growth, ...
What Makes Creative Companies Outperform Competitors?
“Creativity is good business and ultimately drives productivity and efficiency.” If you are reading my blog, then chances are you already value creativity in the ...
7 Keys to Encouraging a Culture of Creativity and Innovation
7 Leadership Practices for Encouraging a Culture of Creativity and Innovation There's a huge disconnect on the subject of innovation between leaders and lower-level employees, ...
Are you too Busy to Innovate?
When I ask corporate clients what their biggest barrier to innovation is, they mostly say they are too busy to innovate —must be why this widely-circulated cartoon struck ...
April is Poetry Month: Celebrate With These Ideas
What is Poetry Good for? Here’s what Dylan Thomas had to say about poetry: "Poetry is what in a poem makes you laugh, cry, ...
What is Creativity? And why is it crucial for success?
What is creativity and why does it matter? First, some definitions Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity ...
What really fosters innovation in the workplace (infographic)
This handy infographic* captures findings from the latest in research on what fosters innovation and what impedes it. A holistic approach to innovation ensures success As you can see, taking ...