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Tuesday 22nd September 2009
Do you ever feel that you have only two speeds - fast forward and dead stop? I'm going to argue the case for 'slow' as an alternative, at least occasionally. Slow can reduce stress, as you'd expect, but did you know it can actually increase creative thinking - and even your productivity?
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Tags: rushing, creativity, slow
Thursday 17th September 2009
Have you ever run out of ideas? Or become caught up in your own assumptions (about materials, time, markets, budgets, or...?) Or felt like having a simple structure to work through your problem with - instead of all that chaos in your head? Enter SCAMPER! It's brilliant.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips, scamper
Tuesday 25th August 2009
Today my blog post is about other people's blogs, some of the places I hang out for business and creative inspiration.
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Tags: innovation, thinking, creativity, blogs
Tuesday 4th August 2009
You know how it happens...you have an idea, or think of a way to solve a problem then after working on it for a while, you get stuck. It's not happening any more, the ideas run dry and you panic. Familiar?
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips, stuck
Wednesday 22nd July 2009
In many circles it is considered old-fashioned to be fully 'committed' in work or life... But in the creative life, a fierce commitment to your work may be your most effective strategy to ensure you finish your project, or create that new career, or come up with a winning idea at work.
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Tags: creativity, tips, commitment
Wednesday 15th July 2009
A couple of years ago I had the privilege of interviewing one of the world's top neuropsychologists, (currently Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine) Elkhonon Golberg. I was talking to him about age-proofing the brain and staving off dementia, but (naturally) couldn't resist slipping in a question about how to maximize the brain's capacity for creative thinking. His immediate answer: 'Novelty and diversity, and more novelty'.
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Tags: creativity, tips, adventures
