Lateral Action

JUNE 26, 2012

Illustration by Oscar Ramos Orozco We all know vegetables and exercise are good for our health – but who’d have guessed boredom was good for creativity? My latest piece for The 99% is about Why Boredom Is Good for Your Creativity, and explains a harsh truth about the creative process – and what to do […].

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Faster Ideas

MAY 19, 2021

So said Nietzsche, who happened to know a thing or two about thinking. Rowling, Ernest Hemingway, Steve Jobs, David Mitchell, Snoop Dogg - all have gone on record to say how important walking is to their creative process. Nikola Tesla, J.K. It's rhythmical in nature, which is an action known to lower brainwave frequency.

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Lateral Action

MAY 4, 2009

Robert Dilts uses this statement as the basis of a brilliant analysis of Walt Disney's creative process, in his book Strategies of Genius: Volume 1. Another classic problem is the Dreamer who is great at creative thinking but lacks the Realist's focus on action. The Disney Approach to Team Creativity.

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Lateral Action

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

For example: right now you’re reading this blog post so you’re probably in ‘reading mode’ which makes it easy to absorb these words and relate them to other things you’ve read - whether in books, blogs, journals or other sources. But you don’t spend your whole life reading blogs (do you?). Your Creative Rituals.

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Lateral Action

AUGUST 31, 2009

I'm sure there are plenty of people reading this who would love to be able to focus on their creative process all day long, and hand over the messy business of business to someone else. You could also argue that Johnny is in the fortunate position of having someone else to worry about marketing and shipping the 'product'.

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Lateral Action

APRIL 13, 2009

But creativity is about life. And the creative process moves in mysterious ways. Whatever else they do, Bob and Charlotte will never forget those few days they spent together in Japan. They've left an indelible impression on each other. Sometimes getting nothing done is the most productive thing you can do.

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Lateral Action

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

In his thinking the 'art' stage of creative production, which he identified with the careful procedure of making studies, sketches and working drawings, was the menial and mundane side of the business, where is true merit was to him displayed in the rapid and apparently effortless execution of a painting or sculpture. The Art of Work.

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Lateral Action

JANUARY 14, 2009

Writing this, it's just struck me that I must be a creativity otaku. I didn't enter the Darwin exhibition with a completely open mind - I went looking for evidence of Darwin's creative process. But this passage shows that Darwin did not think so. When I found it, I had to start scribbling in my notebook.

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Lateral Action

OCTOBER 5, 2009

"To suspend criticism and think any idea is possible or good may ultimately be destructive to creativity," said Dr. Goldenberg. As we saw last week, critical thinking is central to the creative process.

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Lateral Action

JANUARY 26, 2009

(Gordon Torr, Managing Creative People ).

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Lateral Action

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

It feels counterintuitive, but in the context of your creative process, sometimes the most 'productive' thing you can be doing is chilling out at a barbecue, lying on a beach, watching a DVD or mucking about with your friends. Apart from any effect on your career and your business, it will do you the world of good.

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Lateral Action

MARCH 2, 2009

Now you might find this account hard to believe, but I've heard about - and seen - very similar creative processes when working with artists in one-to-one coaching sessions. I originally trained as a hypnotherapist, so I know how easy it is for people to experience vivid auditory and visual hallucinations.

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Lateral Action

JULY 9, 2009

Let yourself be a vessel to fill with new encounters and see if you can use these experiences in your creative process. Look for things that incite a reaction and remind you you’re alive. Tap into Unexploited Resources. Not trying might not be walking away from your work, but creating without a specific purpose.

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Lateral Action

JANUARY 12, 2009

Because of the way the exhibition is arranged, and the incredible array of exhibits, including Darwin's original specimens, notebooks and even the furniture from his study, it displays his entire creative process in mesmerising detail. Edward de Bono, New Think ). Darwin's Own Explanation.

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