Category Archives: Creativity

Daydreaming: Imagining Creates Reality

in Creativity, Innovation
Imagining creates reality

Ilustration by Christian Laborin

We live in a society that values and rewards efficiency over creativity. Yet, the tasks that lead to efficiency are slowly being taken over by robots and bots leaving us humans to do things that are not repetitive in nature. As this happens, we’ll have more time to do what leads to creativity: daydreaming.

And while this may sound like fun, in this day in age, daydreaming gets a bad rap; often seen as frivolous and waste of time. Those of us who are called dreamers get criticized for spending too much time in our heads and not a lot on actually doing. And while some of it might be true, we’re simply misunderstood for daydreaming holds great power and benefits over the long run for both people and the organizations they work for. …

I’ll be Speaking at the Innovation & Creativity Summit 2017

in Creativity, Innovation

innovation & creativity summit 2017

Hello peeps! Just a quick post to let you know I’ll be speaking at the Innovation & Creativity Summit 2017 hosted by Nick Skillicorn, founder of Improvides Innovation Consulting, from 2 – 9 of April.

Along with 45+ other innovation experts, I’ll share with you my knowledge on how to come up with and develop game-changing ideas as well as how to build high impact teams inside an existing culture.

You’ll also learn to understand your creativity, how to manage innovation and how to create and lead innovation teams. What’s great is that there’s not travel required, it’s all only; and access is free for a limited time only.

So, hurry up if you want to get some knowledge from both other innovation experts and myself.

Sign up for the Innovation and Creativity Summit 2017

 

Inspiration Comes from Anywhere

in Creativity, entrepreneurship, Innovation
Inspiration Comes from Anywhere

Illustration by Christian Laborin

A common innovation challenge inside established organizations is the Not Invented Here syndrome, where you block ideas that come from outside the four walls of your organization; denying yourself of inspiration and a fresh perspective.

So, as a business leader, how do you overcome this challenge and jump-start innovation in your business? You take to heart and practice the principle of “ideas come from anywhere”, not just the people inside the organization. …

You Are What You Pay Attention To

in Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Psychology
distraction sickness

Illustration by Christian Laborin

Fake news is killing people’s minds! This is what Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said and he wants to do something about. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that fake news isn’t new.…

Generalists Are Hardwired for Reinvention

in Creativity, Economics, entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership

unlearning

My last post on the challenges Generalists face in a society that rewards specialists got a lot of attention from people who are Generalists themselves (from healthcare); not from Specialists.

One of them is Dr. Jonathan Griffiths who spoke at a TEDx about how healthcare needs to embrace Generalists:…