It’s time to make workplace stress history
Let’s take a trip back 10,000 years. You’re a hunter-gatherer living on the plains, trying to provide for your young family. While tracking a deer, you hear a sound...
I’ve just killed my brand. Here’s why.
Two months ago I launched a new business. I’d spent months developing it and refining it. I’d created assets for it, a twitter account, a website, films. Hundreds and...
Great ideas aren’t enough: the inside story of how Kodak missed the digital boat
As you sow, so shall you reap. You’ve heard this proverb before, and you’ve undoubtedly had the experience of realizing its simple truth: the initial conditions of a process...
Brexit means Crexit
I’ve always hated the term Brexit. But I’m not a fan of portmanteau words in general. You can keep your ‘infomercials’, ‘edutainment’ and ‘dramedies’. But linguistic foibles aside, I...
Listen to our editor on the Creativity Cultivator Podcast
A few weeks ago our editor, Dave Birss, was interviewed for the brilliant Creativity Cultivator Podcast. And yesterday, it went live so you can fill your ears with his...
The discipline of free thought
Discipline. Freedom of thought. Two apparently contradictory concepts that, when it comes to innovation, are more synergistic than separate. Throughout history, the notion of creativity has been associated with...
How could Donald Trump impact the world of creativity?
Today the world is a bit more nervous than it was yesterday. The new POTUS brings with him policies and attitudes and opinions that make millions of people feel...
Looking for inspiration? Just search for it.
Over the years, technology has transformed how we execute ideas. When I started as a musician in the late 80s, I worked in recording studios with racks of effects, expensive...
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...
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...