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Sunday 4th September 2011
I was talking to a client last week about how she loved to come up with ideas, but was less interested in the follow-through. Her creative satisfaction came in the gestation of the idea, not the hands-on making part. I used some material I have had for ages, about creative archetypes, to contrast the 'Generator' and the 'Maker'.
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Tag: creativity
Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Recently I came across this TED talk by Steven Johnson, talking about where good ideas come from, spaces and places that foster creativity. Inspiring talk. Well worth the investment of 17.46 minutes of your time. I promise.
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Tags: creativity, ted
Monday 8th August 2011
A big part of creative thinking is about fuller awareness, really being open to what is around you. Scientific American Mind has published at least two studies in the last seven or eitght years about the link between creativity and filtering out less of your surroundings. And a famous Harvard 2005 study found that daydreamers were seven times more likely to be eminent creative achievers....
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Tag: creativity
Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last week I spent a few hours waiting at the international terminal, and in the process was reminded of an important aspect of productivity and creative thinking. I didn't learn this from the airline or even from airport management (which probably won't surprise you). Here's what happened...
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Tag: creativity
Tuesday 31st May 2011
Many will know that the quote above is attributed to Blaise Pascal, a seventeenth century mathematician, inventor and creative thinker. Awesome guy, really. (And yes, he said 'letter' not 'blog post'.) As a creative type, he understood that it takes time and effort to strip back an idea to its bare essentials, to distill complex ideas into simple ones, to get really clear about what you want to say it - and then to say it only once. Years of time, buckets of effort.
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Tag: creativity
Tuesday 24th May 2011
Last week I went to Melbourne for the launch of Creative Innovation 2011, a conference at which I'll be presenting a Juicy Thinking masterclass in November. I attended last year's conference as a participant, and one of the things I loved about it was that some things didn't work very well.
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Tag: creativity
