Visual thinking. 8 Creativity Lessons from a Pixar Animator : zenhabits. What Is Creativity? Cultural Icons on What Ideation Is and How It Works. Maira Kalman on Art and the Power of Not Thinking. TEDxBOULDER - Jake Nickell - Never Stop Making. Margaret Boden - Creativity and AGI - Oxford Winter Intelligence. Creativity and Connectivity Key to Productive Workplace. Kevin Kuske, Skipper and Chief Brand Anthropologist, turnstone , contributed this article to BusinessNewsDaily's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Dare we finally say — 'the cubicle is dead? ' Many have wanted to, but in the world of the entrepreneur it has finally met its match. Work is changing. Lynda Gratton , author of "The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here" said, "The speed at which the nature of work is changing is staggering … What we are witnessing now is a break with the past as significant as that in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries …" However, one thing has not changed — the importance of people to the success of great entrepreneurs and small businesses. The information age is giving away to what we like to call 'the networked age of distributed work'. Free Desk Here: Connecting Creatives with Free Desk Space.
One of the best things about freelancing is the freedom of mobility it allows.
Many freelancers can work wherever there is wi-fi and a desk. As this mobile freelance community grows, so to do the methods of connecting its members to workspaces around the world. Free Desk Here is an initiative that connects creatives with studios that can offer them free desk space. Jeffreydavis.sharedby. How To Tell If You're Creative (Hint: You Might Be A Bit Of A Jerk) Forget Myers-Briggs.
A study out of BI Norwegian Business School has determined the signposts of a "creative" personality. Conducted by Professor Øyvind L. Martinsen, the study posed 200 questions to 481 people. The subjects fell into three categories. Malcolm Gladwell: Creative Types: Embrace Chaos. 3 Paths Toward A More Creative Life. Everyone can learn to be more creative, but to become very creative, I’ve come to believe you need to lead a creative life.
In watching my best students, in examining the lives of successful entrepreneurs, and in seeing the process of the great Native American artists who I know, it is clear that how they live their daily lives is crucial to their success. I realize that it sounds very “zen-y” (which is OK by me), yet I come to this realization not through a search for spirituality or clarity but from simple observation. Creativity is in such demand today that when we apply for jobs, when we join organizations, or when we just meet other people, we are asked to present our creative selves. A More Resilient Species. “A playful brain is a more adaptive brain,” writes ethologist Sergio Pellis in The Playful Brain: Venturing to the Limits of Neuroscience.
In his studies, he found that play-deprived rats fared worse in stressful situations. In our own world filled with challenges ranging from cyber-warfare to infrastructure failure, could self-directed play be the best way to prepare ourselves to face them? Learning and Creativity in 2100.
NZ Creativity. The Science of Genius. Identifying genius is a dicey venture.
Consider, for example, this ranking of “The Top 10 Geniuses” I recently stumbled across on Listverse.com. From first to last place, here are the honorees: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Leonardo da Vinci, Emanuel Swedenborg, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, John Stuart Mill, Blaise Pascal, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bobby Fischer, Galileo Galilei and Madame De Staël. What about Albert Einstein instead of Swedenborg? Creativity in Business Telesummit. Einstein On Creative Thinking: Music and the Intuitive Art of Scientific Imagination. "The greatest scientists are artists as well," said Albert Einstein (Calaprice, 2000, 245).
Neuroaesthetics: Discovery and Disappointment with Psychoanalysis. Then Kandel discovered an entirely different way of accessing the world of his childhood.
He was fascinated by the main psychological theory and model of the day: psychoanalysis, which, like himself, originally came from Vienna. Kandel eagerly devoured everything that Freud had written about sexual instincts, the unconscious and suppression. With the intent of becoming an analyst himself, he studied medicine, subjected himself to analysis and explored the emotional scars that remained from the time he had spent in Vienna. Kandel was dissatisfied, though, with this new approach to gaining knowledge. Indeed, he felt that the Freudian model lacked convincing evidence: "Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it," Kandel argues. Nobel Laureate Examines Neuroaesthetics and Broken Relationship with Vienna. Editor's note: SPIEGEL ONLINE has also published an interview with Eric Kandel about his new book, which can be read here.
When Auguste Rodin visited Vienna in June 1902, art critic Berta Zuckerkandl invited him to spend an afternoon in her famous salon. As the hostess later recalled, the great French sculptor and Austrian artist Gustav Klimt had seated themselves beside two remarkably beautiful young women -- Rodin gazing enchantingly at them. Richard Florida sets out his case for why #creativity is the new #economy #RSAFlorida.
The Neuroscience of Creativity and Insight. The Internet has a terrible habit of misquoting Einstein on energy and creativity until he sounds like he’s the author of , not the theory of relativity.
Here’s something he actually did say . Describing the effect of music on his inner life, he told a friend: “When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to the conclusion that the gift of imagination has meant more to me than any talent for absorbing absolute knowledge.” At times, he explained, “I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.” Creativity links- Think Jar Collective. Home. 6 Ways To “Riff” Daily. Artists, musicians, comics, speakers, trainers, athletes, performers all do it-they “RIFF”. That “rapid energetic often improvised verbal or non verbal outpouring especially one that is part of a performance”. Most of us remember “Riff’s” of great rock, jazz and yes classical musicians, bands and performers, we listen to and are fans of. What we love about them is the spontaneity, take, variation and interpretation of their passion.
That’s classic personal branding. 9 Extreme Creativity Questions from Peter's Laws. Waiting for my wife in a New Orleans shopping mall years ago, I was killing time looking at a poster store display. A poster of “Peter’s Laws” caught my eye. Subtitled unflatteringly as “The Creed of the Sociopathic Obsessive Compulsive,” the 19 “laws” were pretty accurate descriptions of decision making, negotiating, and implementation strategies used by the extreme creative talents I have worked for during my career. While I’d always had great success pairing up with and interpreting these creative geniuses for co-workers, it occurred to me the laws could help others who struggled working with them.
I bought the Peter’s Laws poster and subsequently passed the list along (sans subtitle) to new people who just couldn’t seem to get the hang of working with an extreme creative talent. If you struggle in working with a creative genius, check out Peter’s Laws for yourself. Nine Extreme Creativity Questions. Extreme Creative Ideas – 50 Lessons to Improve Creativity Dramatically. Extreme creative ideas are fascinating, and I always wonder about the processes people who consistently display extreme creativity use to come up with what they do. This fascination with extreme creative ideas prompted a series of “Extreme Creativity” Brainzooming blog posts starting back in 2010 to identify some of the lessons we can learn from these folks for how to dramatically improve creativity.
We now have 50 extreme creative ideas sprinkled across 10 articles on the Brainzooming blog. You will notice a definite reality TV theme to these extreme creativity sources. Included in these 10 articles with extreme creative ideas are also some focusing specifically on where extreme creativity can fits as a strategy and drawing your team into the possibilities. Social creativity: re-qualifying the creative economy. You are the creative type. David Kelley: Creativity isn't something that only a few can do, it's natural human behaviorHe says sometimes creativity gets blocked and we lose the confidence to createA series of small successes can help people develop creative confidence, he saysKelley: Creativity can turn the world around, as it did at an MRI unit for sick children Editor's note: David Kelley founded the global design and innovation firm IDEO and led the creation of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University.
He spoke at TED in March 2012. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to "Ideas worth spreading," which it makes available through talks posted on its website. (CNN) -- Creativity, the ability to see things differently and come up with new breakthroughs, isn't some God-given gift to be enjoyed by the lucky few. 4 Ideas for Cultivating Creativity. I had the pleasure of interviewing several artists and authors on how to break out of a creative rut. (Here’s that piece.) In addition to sharing valuable tips and techniques, they also shared their wisdom on cultivating creativity in general.
Today, I wanted to share their inspiring words on how to start and keep creating. 1. Realize that, yes, you are creative.
Creativity to innovate in the body of organizations. The philosophy of creativity. Health - Hans Villarica - Study of the Day: Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your Creativity. About Creativist Society. Why Weird Experiences Boost Creativity. Creative people think differently. How Geniuses Think. 10 Awesome Videos On Idea Execution & The Creative Process. Improvisation May Be the Key to Successfully Managing Change, Says MIT. Improvisation May Be the Key to Successfully Managing Change, Says MIT January 10 2012 by ChiefExecutive.net. The Complexity of Creativity. Make Something 365 & Get Unstuck. Talent, Passion, and the Creativity Maze - Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer - HBS Faculty. By Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer | 12:25 PM February 27, 2012.
The Age of the Artist–Time for a Revolution. I’ve said many times before that it is an amazing time to be a writer. Yet, I think this age, this new Digital Renaissance might actually be more than we can imagine, and age of empowerment artists have never before experienced. The Creative Benefits Of Exploring The Uncomfortable. Einstein, music lessons and opening the mind. This story is from Jerome Weidman, with no known copyright info. Resources. Dance. How Entrepreneurs Can Unlock Creativity. Resources for Developing Creativity and Innovation. Links to a variety of sites with articles on creativity research by multiple authors, plus courses, programs & books for developing creativity and innovation. Sites / Blogs- – - - Creating in Flow – “Insights and advice about all forms of creative expression” – By Susan K.
Perry, PhD, a social psychologist, writer, and writing consultant. Creativity at Work: Developing creativity and innovation in organizations Founder: Linda Naiman – a creativity and innovation consultant. Jonah Lehrer on How Creativity Works. The Artist's Road. The Cost Of Creativity. Maker Faire: Kansas City - Home. Making the Most of Creativity. Jonah Lehrer on How to Be Creative.
9 Ways to Support Your Child’s Creativity. Unlocking The Right Brain. Welcome to c3. c3visionlab.org. Reflexivepractice. Europe's artists can make sense of the chaos and create hope. Creativity Tapas_ART. How the Mind Creates Ideas. Creativity in Work. The Right Kind of Visualisation. Intuition and creativity – A “pas de deux” Creativity Tweets of the Week – 02/17/12 « The Artist's Road. Are We Being Creative Yet? Cultural Engineer Profile. Systems thinking, Systems being and Love. Da Vinci's Ghost: How The Vitruvian Man Came To Be. Porcelain Unicorn. The Complexity of the Creative Personality.