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...
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...
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 defer our judgment and 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 are approaching innovation wrong. He...
Stepping Stones: a meditation on the nature of creativity
Getting Cosy with Creativity – with Aran Rees Today’s post is very short. That’s because I want you to spend less time reading and more time reflecting on what...
Come up with ideas while you hurt your legs
Welcome to our new video series. Slip your shoes off. Make yourself at home. A couple of months ago – while there was still a little whiff of English...
Spotting the dots – inspiring input leads to inspired output
A Beginner’s Guide to Human Insight by John J Sills In the second part of John’s series on A Beginner’s Guide to Human Insight, he looks at the importance...
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...
You don’t need a Eureka moment to have a good idea
I can’t believe it’s been a whole week since we posted the last creative lie. And here we are again wrestling another misunderstanding to the ground and kneeing it...
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...