We need to design less stuff
A couple of months ago, the brilliant Pete Trainor from Nexus wrote a great article on how to create for chatbots. Before he wrote that article, the two of...
Looking for inspiration? Just search for it.
Over the years, technology has transformed how we execute ideas. When I started as a musician in the late 80s, I worked in recording studios with racks of effects, expensive...
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One of the things you’ll occasionally read on Open for Ideas is the importance of making sure you’ve got the brief right. Over the last few months, we’ve talked...
Happy New Year. May 2017 be your scariest year yet.
A very happy New Year to you. Let’s hope this one is filled with more uncertainty, fear and uncomfortable moments than last year. I’m not talking about the East...
Looking back at 2016 with our top 10 articles
First of all, I trust you’re having a tip top festive break filled with joy and peace and love and all that good stuff. Just in case you want...
Our notion of creativity and innovation simply doesn’t reflect reality
Mark Earls is an absolute legend. I knew of him long before I actually knew him. His book, Herd, is a fantastic handbook on behavioural science and what it...
Innovation seems a bit geeky to some people
We’re continuing our Silicon Beach special interviews this week with a conversation with LV’s Fast-Track Director, Rod Willmott. The first thing I asked Rod was what the heck a Fast-Track...
Christmas wish list: Give the beautiful gift of empty pages
This is the last of our festive gift lists. If you’re still looking for presents this time next week, it’ll probably be more of a last minute scramble along the...
Playing to innovate – learning to do things just for the hell of it
This week our Friday film is an interview with the lovely Matt Ballantine from Stamp London, done at this year’s Silicon Beach (one of my favouritest conferences in the...
Our holiday reading list: the tastiest stuffing for your brain, this Christmas
If watching stale old festive films and TV reruns isn’t your bag, you might want to pick up a few books to see you through the Christmas break. We quizzed...