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...
Being a great idea-generator isn’t about talent
It’s Friday. Thank crikey! Which means it’s time to gather round and stick the boot in another myth. It’s time for episode four of our Creative Lies series. This...
When you’re judging ideas, don’t trust your gut
Over the years, I’ve seen countless great ideas die from bad judgement. The decision-makers will often say things like ‘I’m just not feeling it’ or ’that makes me feel...
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,...
Want to drive away talent? Send them to creativity training.
Getting Cosy with Creativity – with Aran Rees Last week you will have read, agreed entirely with and begun immediately to implement my recommendations on why you should stop...
You don’t need to be intelligent to be creative
Time for episode 3 of our Creative Lies series, where we delicately handpick a common misunderstanding and unceremoniously ram it down the waste disposal unit. And this week, we’re...
When to murder your ideas
Good creative teams have innovative and brilliant ideas. Great creatives know when an idea has run its course and needs to die. For everyone’s sake. When ideas are plentiful,...
Why you should stop recruiting for creativity
Getting Cosy with Creativity – with Aran Rees When I talk to people about creativity it can be like playing whack-a-mole with myths and misunderstandings. If you stick with...
A device that’s guaranteed to give you better ideas
You won’t be surprised to learn that we’re big fans of TED here. There’s such good thinking on there about creativity (as well as some misguided stuff, Elizabeth Gilbert)...
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....