Keep Your Sole Forever Young
This is an extract from Iconic Advantage by Soon Yu and (our founder) Dave Birss. It’s already a best-seller on Amazon. And you can get your hands on the...
Creativity craves variety. It’s time to turn off your auto-pilot.
Exposing yourself to new experiences and ideas boost creativity. Science says so. Even better, building teams from an eclectic mix of knowledge and perspectives drives constructive debate and innovation....
Why your innovation-lab is not working – and what you should do instead
All over the world, established companies are joining the race to develop disruptive and customer-centric innovations. Looking at successful startups from the likes of Uber, Airbnb, Amazon and Facebook,...
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...
It’s harder to unpick things when they go wrong
Our Silicon Beach interview specials continue. This time with Peter Smithson from Kingston Smith accountants, who specialise in entrepreneurial and creative businesses. I caught up with him to find...
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...
The CV is getting a little outdated
Last year at Silicon Beach, I managed to catch up with Martin Pardey from Hays Recruitment, who were one of the sponsors, to talk about creativity and recruitment. I wanted to...
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...