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Tuesday 27th April 2010
We all got to play with crayons when we were little kids. But as we grew up, our teachers and our parents took them away or talked us out of using them - instead, we had to learn 'serious' and 'sensible' stuff. We (mostly) turned away from our creative, right-brained way of looking at the world, knuckled down, did what was expected and worked hard. In doing so, gradually we put away the things of childhood, crayons included.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, play
Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Last week's post on asking questions to develop your curiosity seems to have struck a chord (thanks for all the emails and comments...). So I thought I'd follow up with the other half, which is about actions you can take to stimulate your creative thinking. These also work brilliantly to help you get unstuck when the inspiration dries up or your project is just going round and round in circles.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips, actions
Tuesday 8th December 2009
When something goes wrong in business (or in our personal life, for that matter) we tend to spend little time on analysing the reasons, but jump straight in to find the quick fix. Of course, if we haven't worked out why the problem occurred in the first place, this approach is really an experiment that has an almost random chance of success.
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Wednesday 18th November 2009
It's a great technique: Whenever you have a problem to solve, or need to come up with a fresh idea, challenge yourself to come up with at least three ideas, not just one. Or if you are a team leader, challenge your team to find three ways of doing something, not just settling for their first plan.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, solutions, tips
Wednesday 28th October 2009
Yesterday I went to my first networking lunch with the Athena Network, and excellent fun it was, too. The week before, I was emailed a template so I could prepare a one-minute pitch about my work, and being a good girl, I followed it. (You know the thing, 10 seconds on your name, 30 seconds on what you do, a quick call to action then repeat your name.)
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Tags: innovation, thinking, creativity, rules, tips
Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last month I painted our backyard. (OK, if truth be told, I hired some guys to paint our backyard...) Choosing the colour was tricky and I'd put the whole thing off twice because I couldn't decide. Finally I found it, a washed-out pale verdigris, aqua, dirty green colour. All was well. Except that on the wall it turned into a very strange neon baby blue...
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips
