Christmas wish list: Santa, please bring me some ideas
OK, it’s the first day of December so I guess it’s now alright to get a bit festive. We’ll be doing a few run-downs of gifts for creative thinking....
How play leads to great inventions
Steven Johnson is a prolific writer, thinker and speaker. His book ‘Where Good Ideas Come From’ is a brilliant look at how innovation is often a gradual process rather...
Four good reasons to fail
We don’t just want to take our Monday talks from TED. There are plenty of other fascinating speakers who would be unlikely to ever deliver a talk from the...
What being ‘trans’ taught me about branding
If celebrating my own identity were a pitch it would have gone to another agency by now, so long has it taken me to get to grips with things....
Success and how to get over it
Getting Cosy with Creativity – with Aran Rees Last week, while drowsy and sad on Wednesday morning I wrote a short piece for this website entitled “Trump won. What...
How to solve problems in your sleep and other tips
The talk we’re sharing this week is another TEDx beauty. It was delivered in Copenhagen last year by Balder Onarheim, the founder of the Copenhagen Institute of NeuroCreativity and...
Trump won. What else are you wrong about?
This year I’ve been on something of a strange and alarming journey. I’ve remarked time and again that the world seems to have stopped making sense and, this morning,...
Remembering your presentation is elementary, my dear Watson
Memory is not just about remembering things. It’s a survival instinct. It is who you are at this moment in time. Your memories shape your character and help you...
Here’s why your innovation engine has stalled
Last week, we kicked off our look at creativity talks by posting a TEDx video from our editor, Dave Birss. This week, we’re going to talk about another TEDx...
Learning isn’t enough. You also need to unlearn.
It is no longer safe to follow the path. The days of loyally serving a company (or two) for 40 years and obediently climbing the prescribed career ladder to...