Creative people are those who have the ability to Google their own minds. What does that mean? Well, it all ties back to the SIT method (systematic inventive thinking). When you use this method for innovation, there is a very specific process you follow inside your...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
