by Drew Boyd | Jun 21, 2021 | Podcast
One of the biggest barriers to your creative output isn’t your ability to be creative but your fear of being creative. I’m sure you’ve experienced that at one time or another. We all harbor some sort of fear about being creative or generating creative ideas. It’s...
by Drew Boyd | Jun 14, 2021 | Podcast, Systematic Growth
I love a good analogy. They help us explain things, make comparisons, and bring clarification to complex issues. I use them a lot in the classroom and with my corporate clients. It’s likely that the people you know who are best at explaining things use analogies too....
by Drew Boyd | Jun 7, 2021 | Podcast
Today I have two challenges for you. One of these challenges is fairly easy while the other is comparatively hard. Can you guess which one is which? My first challenge will be to take an everyday item and find an example of a creative pattern in it. The second...
by Drew Boyd | May 31, 2021 | Podcast, Systematic Growth
You’ve heard it a million times: “There is no such thing as a bad idea.” Well, as hard as it may be to hear, that’s just not true. We’ve all been in meetings or brainstorm sessions where a colleague raises his or her hand to give an idea and it ends up being awful....
by Drew Boyd | May 24, 2021 | Podcast
What is the most creative invention of all time? That’s a profound question. You may be scratching your head trying to find the answer. However, I actually get this question from my listeners, clients, and students quite often. In your mind, the smartphone might be...