We’re now also on Medium and Flipboard (and Facebook too)
In this modern age of the web, it’s not so much about luring people to a single digital destination to read your stuff, it’s more about getting the stuff...
Would Clinton or Trump be better for innovation in business?
This is the first of our Sunday Surveys. And it makes sense to focus it on the most important issue of the moment: who’s going to be the next...
Can we please stop referring to people as left or right brained?
In the second episode of our Creative Lies series, we’re taking another myth around the back of the barn in an effort to put it out of our misery....
What is creativity? No, seriously, we want to know.
For something that’s apparently so important for people, businesses and the economy, we surprisingly don’t have an agreed definition of what creativity is. Dictionaries say one thing, academics say...
Why you struggle to come up with ideas
Welcome to Creative Lies – our very first video series. Right here is the first of 10 videos debunking lies and misunderstandings that surround the world of creativity. Many of...
7 ways to come up with ideas you wouldn’t normally have
When you’ve been working in an organisation for some time, it’s often hard to think beyond the politics, assumptions and perceived restrictions of the workplace. These mental barriers limit...
100% proof that alcohol is good for thinking
When I started off in the advertising industry of the early 90s, I caught the tail end of the decadent era. Those stories about fancy cars, Colombian nose-candy and...
A welcome from the editor
Hi there. I’m Dave Birss – Editor of Open for Ideas. It’s a new online magazine focused on helping people and organisations come up with better ideas. And it’s...