Image by Johanne Brunet Cambridge University, 1953. At two o'clock in the morning, a student is sitting at his desk. He has been there for hours. In front of him is the beginning of an essay. He …
The Crucial Difference Between Creativity and Innovation
Image by Hugh MacLeod Hugh MacLeod recently published an interesting take on the difference between creativity and innovation: One of the buzzwords you hear a lot in the business world these …
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An Interview with John T. Unger – Artist and Impossibility Remediation Specialist
This is the first of an occasional series of interviews with creative entrepreneurs who are living the principles we write about at Lateral Action. We are delighted to start the series with John …
Find Your Muse by Getting Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation came out just before I went to Japan for the first time. Watching it in the cinema, I was entranced by the otherworldly atmosphere I was hoping to find in the real Tokyo. Now, …
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Roger von Oech Talks about the Creative Whack Pack for the iPhone
Roger von Oech is one of my favourite writers about creative thinking, so when I heard he had produced an iPhone version of his Creative Whack Pack cards, I asked if he'd be willing to answer some …
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Can You Tell a Masterpiece from a Fake?
If you take your creative work remotely seriously, you probably pride yourself on your good taste and critical judgement. Just like Max Harris. In the 1940s, Harris was one of the leading …
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