The Creativity Project

Seth Godin explores a new standard for meetings and conferences and how to justify the increasing cost and time commitment of travel. Face-to-face contact is much more effective than internet-related conferencing tools and Seth hits an important point that we need to address this effectively.
One powerful method Seth missed in his analysis is Open […]

Where does creativity come from?

The brain
The yet un-manifested realm of possibility
Action taken to create something new
Random chance
Edward de Bono
Hard work
TPS reports

This week’s video is an insightful talk by copyright authority Larry Lessig about the creativity blossoming from access to content on the internet, and the conflict with copyright law which hasn’t caught up this new form of creativity - and the implications.

A bit of good advice came to me today from the Creative Generalist (via Leslie’s super premium blog) - especially needed after working non-stop: the best way to boost creativity is to slow down, because:

efficiency kills creativity
speed denies you any change to think
systems, by definition, throttle innovation
a firm, disciplined focus stops people going […]

Management Innovation is emerging as a new focus for companies struggling with intense competition. It is a topic that is gaining a lot of attention, as can be seen by the annual Management Innovation Forum in Dubai.
Fortunately for the world, it seems it is much more valuable for a company to focus on creating engaging […]

Here is an interesting insight into the right-brain from Jill Taylor:

Jill seems to suggest that creativity comes from the right-brain, whereas logic and language belong to the left-brain. I’m not sure if it’s as much a distinction between the left and right hemispheres, as a mode of […]

Just caught this new ad for the discovery channel (via the Creative Generalist)

It reminds me of one of my favorite clip, the Caral Sagan tribute - Pale Blue Dot:

What a wonderful […]

Or so they say. The Creative Space search engine is like viewing images in OSX’s finder on the web.
Looking for random images? There is are great repositories for free stock images at the Stock Exchange and many other nooks and crannies on the web. Go knock yourself out.

Being creative is more than letting people run wild with their ideas, as uncovered in an insightful interview with Brad Bird on Innovation lessons from Pixar, where the McKinsey Quarterly examined issues around creating a successful creative environment:

The Quarterly: How important is team dynamics to innovation and creativity?
Brad Bird: Making a […]

An insightful and entertaining reflection on our educations system from TedTalks, by Sir Ken Robinson, and the essential need for schools to learn how to promote creativity.

Both the education system and the corporate work environment are not conducive for creativity, and that the structure favors […]