Long Term Goals are like arseholes; it’s good to have one but best not to go on about it
This is the time of year when I often lose heart halfway through writing a sentence about what time of year it is. As...
We want to be more useful to you. Please tell us how.
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...
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...
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....
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...
A Corporate Christmas Carol: a tale for the modern office worker
Since it’s Christmas, Instead of my usual rantings and ravings about creativity I’ve written you all a story. Any similarity to famous works by...
Lacking creativity in your organisation? Start a little war.
Quarrel, discord, conflict… these are not exactly words that you would associate with great teamwork. Because we learned to listen to each other, to...
Responding rationally to a world that no longer exists
Eddie Obeng works with companies, teaching them a management theory that’s all about adapting to change. And in this talk, he showed how businesses...
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...
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...