Once there was a girl who learned to say “yes” to her mother’s requests to please her and “yes” to her friends so as not to make waves and “yes” to her teachers to get good grades.   As a…

Andrii Nikolaienko on Pexels Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. It’s simple. Just be human. That’s this month’s advice given by experts who are studying the shifts…

In our work with numerous professionals, CEOs, and creative entrepreneurs, we hear a common tension: They want to take charge of their brand but they do not want to appear fake. You probably know that feeling. In this engagement economy, you…

Consider this scenario. On Week 1 of an experiment, I sent a book to Person A that they love, and a book to Person B that they did not love. On Week 2, Person A got a book they liked…

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will. Charles Baudelaire When it comes to the idea of the Young Genius, it can be easy to dismiss as an ethereal, intangible idea. But the most influential and the…

Photo by sebastian soerensen on Pexels Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. This month is all about individualizing your company, your personal life and even your wardrobe. An…

It took me 42 years to make a podcast. A fantasy surfaces when you’re a child, and maybe you follow it. You want to be a fierce warrior or a wood fairy. Or both. More than likely, you don’t follow…

As business artists, we are blessed and cursed with a generative mind – the ability to come up with lots of ideas. But this comes with a specific problem: which idea is the right one for us to pursue, and…

In working with so many creatives and entrepreneurs over the years, I’ve found that typically humans react to rejection in one of two ways. The Stiff Upper Lip: We put our heads down and try to carry on as if…

Photo by Kaique Rocha on Pexels Every month we bring you the best articles we find in brand, innovation, and creativity. March’s digest applies theory and philosophy to creativity and branding. And while one author pushes…

We all know the excitement of planning. It allows you to create the perfect set of circumstances for the realization of your idea. And that idea – whether your book, a product, or change in career direction – could, without…

In her latest book InGenius, Tina Seelig of Stanford University says failure is really just “collecting data.” Creative, innovative people and small business owners must put themselves “out there” and risk failing. Imagine building your flexible, agile, and evolving brand or business in…