Creativity guru Roger von Oech recently listed his choice of 10 Blogs to Stimulate Your Creativity at Blogs.com. It's a great list, featuring several of my favourites plus some new …
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Creativity guru Roger von Oech recently listed his choice of 10 Blogs to Stimulate Your Creativity at Blogs.com. It's a great list, featuring several of my favourites plus some new …
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By Rajesh Setty
Activity is not productivity - we all know that. But why do we keep engaging in activities that are not productive? One answer: Simply because it is easy to engage in activities that are not …
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Photo by Simon Blackley A few months ago a psychologist and conductor collaborated on an unusual psychological experiment - using a full symphony orchestra. In an article for Miller McCune …
Hugh MacLeod's book Ignore Everybody has just landed. Not content with giving Lateral Action a terrific interview about his work, Hugh was kind enough to send me an advance copy of the book a few …
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By Rajesh Setty
Blogs and Twitter have almost eliminated any barrier to publishing. You have an idea and in a few minutes your thoughts can be online. Think about it – with every person thinking about more than …
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This TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson is one of the most popular videos about creativity on the internet. In it, Robinson argues passionately that as children we are all naturally creative, yet by the …
By John Unger
Image by Marcie Vargas I see lots of things that no one else does. Some of them are even really there. I get a lot of my ideas by looking at things and wondering "what isn't it," or "what didn't …
Image by hyuku As a child, I remember being shocked to learn that Walt Disney was a person. To me, Disney was a mysterious entity, symbolised by the magical castle that appeared at the start of …
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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 …
Of all the writers I know, I have learned the most about how to be a productive creative person from Mark. His tips are always realistic, accessible, and sticky. It’s not just talk, this is productivity advice that will change your life.
~ Jocelyn K. Glei, author, host of the Hurry Slowly podcast, and Founding Editor, 99U