Creativity and innovation techniques, tips and tools
Dr Shelley Carson has devised a useful framework for developing your creative brain, based on findings from neuro-imaging, psycho-physiological studies, and her own research [...]
Richard Diebenkorn: Seawall When I studied art at CCA in Oakland California, Richard Diebenkorn was one of my [...]
What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. The Progress Principle describes the [...]
When it comes to putting creativity to work, the biggest challenge usually isn’t about coming up with ideas, it’s getting those ideas listened to, [...]
How do innovators come up with groundbreaking new ideas? If it were possible to discover the inner workings of the masters’ minds, what could [...]
How do you promote creativity to a boss who is averse to creativity? I've been asked variations of this question a few times lately. Here are some [...]
How to Converse like Socrates: Guidelines from Socrates’ Way by Ronald Gross and Michael Gelb Until recently, when I listened to an audio-course on [...]
If you want to see the future coming, 90 percent of what you need to learn, you’ll learn outside of your industry. There is [...]
Seven Habits of Highly Creative People is an homage to Stephen Covey (Oct 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) Make a habit of these [...]
Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work: Available on Amazon Here are some terrific examples of connecting diverse stimuli to generate creative [...]
An Interview with inventor Dr Nakamats by Chic Thompson Nakamats (AKA Nakamatsu) In my country, the drive to succeed-and the competition-is unbelievably intense. From early [...]
By Harold D. Stolovitch and Jean-Gabriel Maurice Capital: Any form of wealth employed for the production of more wealth. Human Capital: The sum total of [...]
Instructions for Brainwriting By Arthur B VanGundy Brainwriting is the silent, written generation of ideas in a group. It was originally popularized in [...]
Air Cliché is a fun ideation (brainstorming) tool that will energize your group By Arthur B. VanGundy This creativity technique is the combination of [...]
1. CAPTURE YOUR DAYDREAMS Daydreams are fertile ground for your imagination to soar. As you sit absorbed in a problem, notice when you get [...]
By Douglas Eby Life is shaped as much by the future as by the past. The best moments usually occur when a person's body [...]
By Arthur B VanGundy "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers." —James Thurber New product development [...]
Art is an expression of our innate creativity, which is the language of the soul Art is a creative act, a spiritual journey. It [...]
photo credit: JoelMontes How Handwriting Trains the Brain Forming Letters Is Key to Learning, Memory, Ideas Handwriting is a building block to learning. Using [...]
Does this scenario sound familiar? "Business’s infrastructure is not keeping up with us. That which was supposed to help us now dictates too much [...]
