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Tag Archive for Creativity
Jun 2, 2015
Public Speakers That Add a Unique Twist to Their Presentations
While there are so many reasons that a presentation can be successful, there’s one major reason that it will fail: it’s boring. There’s nothing worse…
Aug 2, 2014
One Astronaut’s Wish for the Holidays
From orbit, the Earth is so beautiful. But for many who live on our planet, life is a terrible struggle with hunger, thirst, and disease. When we look at the Earth from space we are faced with a sobering contradiction. On the one hand, we see the indescribable beauty of the planet we have been given. On the other hand, we know that millions of people on it do not have access to clean water, go to bed hungry at night, and die from preventable and curable diseases. It is truly moving to look at the Earth from space. And...
Aug 2, 2014
Originality Is Not All That Original
What do William Shakespeare and Led Zeppelin have in common? They both pinched much of their material from artists that came before them. The Bard, who added a few thousand original words to the English language and gave us our most unique phrases, was unabashed in his thievery of complete tracts from well-known poets and playwrights of his day. Most of his plays recycle stories from history and other literary works, and his stylistic flourishes are inspired by things that his contemporaries were already doing. Now it appears that Led Zeppelin, those icons of originality for a generation in motion,...
Aug 2, 2014
Innovation Starts In Dark Places
There is a dark, untold back story of innovation that may disturb you: many of the earliest forms of the world’s biggest technological advancements were pioneered by bad people in morally corrupt contexts. The most radical innovation in video streaming started in the pornography industry. The most sophisticated uses of messaging technologies started with drug traffickers and terrorists. Counterfeiters have pimped digital technologies to such an advanced state that governments are rethinking the use of paper-based currencies. Why does innovation often start in dark places? When you’re working in the fringes, the normal risks and rewards associated with radical change...
Jul 23, 2014
Seeing The Ordinary As Extraordinary: Techniques for Unlocking Your Creative Potential
Creativity. It’s not surprising it’s the latest business buzzword. Our world is altering at an ever-quickening pace; companies are finding that last year’s solutions — even last month’s solutions — are no longer relevant to today’s challenges. Change is the hallmark of the 90’s, and everyone is being asked to find solutions that offer something new, something different, something… creative. And there’s the rub. Because most of us simply don’t think of ourselves as being creative. For most of us, creativity is something difficult to define and even harder to implement. It is a word reserved for artists, and there...