Finding Creative Clarity Out of Chaos
Jon Kolko on managing 'wild and unpredictable' creative chaos in business I believe creative chaos is the biggest fear business managers have about creativity. Whenever [...]
Spark Creativity in Your Team by Question-Storming Before Problem-Solving
Try this powerful question-storming technique when you are looking for innovative solutions. Give your team a brain jolt to kickstart creativity, by asking them [...]
Re-Awaken Inspiration, Capture Your Aspirations and Create Your Future
4 Practices to re-awaken inspiration and create your future It’s a New Year and with it brings the invitation to review the past and [...]
Why Design and Systemics Are Crucial to Sustainable Innovation
Gain insights into creating sustainable innovation by learning from architects such as Bjarke Ingels In previous posts I have written about applying Design Thinking to your [...]
How Do You Resolve the Clash Between Creativity and Effectiveness in the Workplace?
Is Management the Enemy of Creativity? Teresa Amabile, Harvard Business School professor and author of The Progress Principle (2011) says there’s a crisis in corporate management. [...]
Whatever the Problem, Love Is the Answer: Even in Government! (A true story)
A true story of how one innovator in government resolved seemingly insurmountable emotionally charged conflicts regarding change, and how you too can lead with [...]
Celebrated Authors Share Their Secrets To Creativity in “Light the Dark” (And We Can All Benefit!)
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Creative Process What inspires you? That is the question Joe Fassler asked 48 of the most celebrated authors [...]
Design Work Experiences to Create a Winning Company Culture
Your Workplace Culture Matters. Here's why: It's easy to copy ideas, technology, creativity, and innovation, but what gives a company its most potent competitive [...]
Can Art Inspire Creativity in the Workplace?
When I watched a PBS documentary about the Medici's role as the godfathers of the Renaissance, it occurred to me that wherever there is [...]
Are You Stuck on a Problem? Start Questioning Your Assumptions
A great way to get unstuck and find breakthrough ideas is to question orthodoxies and reframe flawed assumptions that rule your business. Assumptions are [...]