Organizations are wising up to the value of hosting their own dynamic conferences. And these conferences aren’t the drab, flat talking-head, name tag, cheese-n-crackers affairs. You’d be wise to add “Attend Creative Conference” to your Creative Action Checklist for 2011.
Note: Many of my clients (writers, freelancers, web-reneurs, entrepreneurs) and workshop participants struggle with this thing called “voice.” We all do. It’s elusive. Professional writer or not, you likely rely on words to cast a portrait of who you are…
Oh, you like your creative life and work now? You execute your work exceptionally well? And you live a life of passion? Well, just wait until you’re married or in a committed relationship. Oh, you and your partner support one…
Mabel Dodge knew something about putting talented, engaging people from different backgrounds and creative media in the same room. With the right atmosphere and combination of people, ideas could ignite that might inspire creative action (including, yes, a few love…
What will President Obama say this week when he highlights education reform at the State of the Union Address? If he wants to speak beyond platitudes and programs, then I have six big ideas. Call them the MAKE WONDER FIRST…
Note: A recent article discussed how Mind Rooms can shift how you organize tasks and desired creative actions into meaningful, pleasurable categories. This piece follows up with what to do next with those Mind Rooms and what tools can help…
Fear and doubt can take over our bodies like obnoxious house guests whom, after a few years, we’ve unintentionally allowed to move in for the long haul. You can take a quick survey, sort of like a house carbon test,…
The questions still come up among the writers, designers, and entrepreneurs I work with: Is the muse out there somewhere or within? Doesn’t the very idea of the “muse” imply I’m at the whim of something else? Two clients last…
How many snowfalls are blanketed in your memory? Isn’t there a lyrical stream still running under ice? If so, is it so cold it’s hot? When you let thoughts stop falling into slots, do they make snow, tears, a stream,…
Do you find anything unusual about this photograph? It appeared in David Segal’s excellent recent New York Times Magazine’s article on how creativity thought leaders are changing the way creativity happens in corporations. The article features Dev Petnaik’s innovative team…
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