As one thing changes, another thing changes. That may sound like a simple (and perhaps obvious) phrase, but if you can remember it, you will have added a very powerful tool to your creativity arsenal. It is the basis of the fifth tool in the SIT method of innovation....
There’s an old saying that goes like this: “Never look inside a woman’s purse.” Boy, do I know that to be true! I do everything I can to not look inside my wife’s purse because, when I do, it’s horrifying. It’s truly mass chaos in there. But, what does any of this...
The title of this episode reveals the question on many of our minds: is it creative to copy someone else’s idea? At first glance, that wouldn’t seem very creative. If you were to take someone’s idea and claim it as your own, few would label that “creativity.” However,...
If you’ve been tuning in to the podcast for a while, you probably remember the one thing I always say: creativity is a skill that anyone can learn. Just like any other skill, creativity can be taught and it can be learned. This may be hard to believe for those of you...
“Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play!” You probably recognize that lyric from the very popular song, Home on the Range. That song is top of mind right now because my wife and I just returned from Yellowstone National Park....
We all want to improve the quality of our ideas. If you didn’t, you wouldn’t be here. So let me give you one quick tip that will help you improve all of your ideas: forecast that idea’s future. Taking an idea and thinking about how it will play out far into the future...
