Best Books for Creatives
The Creative Life
MAY 16, 2022
The best books for creatives: read on for help with process, productivity, marketing and inspiration! The post Best Books for Creatives appeared first on The Creative Life.
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The best productivity books for creatives
The Creative Life
JUNE 26, 2023
Time management, even defining what counts as work is can be hard for creatives. Here are some books that understand The post The best productivity books for creatives appeared first on The Creative Life.
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Jon Kolko on Creative Clarity & Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your Company
Creativity at Work
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Jon Kolko on Creative Clarity & Bringing Creative Thinking Into Your CompanyManaging 'wild and unpredictable' creative chaos in business I believe creative chaos is the biggest fear business managers have about creativity.
The best books I read in 2022
The Creative Life
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Books I read this year that are worth sharing. The post The best books I read in 2022 appeared first on The Creative Life.
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Keep Going: sustaining a creative practice
The Creative Life
MAY 1, 2023
Austin Kleon's little books are packed with wisdom for creatives. Keep Going is about sustaining a creative practice – with kindness and fun. The post Keep Going: sustaining a creative practice appeared first on The Creative Life.
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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING
Imagineer7
MAY 14, 2022
What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.
Developing Creative Thinking with Popular Psychology Books
The Creative Mind
MAY 27, 2022
A number of stimulating, even provocative, books in psychology can provide insights into developing creative thinking. The post Developing Creative Thinking with Popular Psychology Books appeared first on The Creative Mind. Here are a few examples.
Creative Thinking and Perfectionism
The Creative Mind
JANUARY 19, 2023
” Martha Stewart added, “I have proven that being a perfectionist can be profitable and admirable when creating content across the board: in television, books, newspapers, radio, videos… All that content is impeccable.” The post Creative Thinking and Perfectionism appeared first on The Creative Mind.
Conflict at Work: How to Help Your Remote Team Do Conflict Better
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 8, 2024
We’ve created an easy-to-facilitate exercise in our FREE Collaborative Conversations Guide (a companion toolkit to our new book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict). This may require creative thinking and flexibility, especially in a matrixed organization where priorities and incentives clash.
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Our Teeming Mind and Creative Thinking
The Creative Mind
MARCH 27, 2023
Our inner experience as talented, creative people could be called “teeming” – as in the title of a book by Jane Piirto, PhD: My Teeming Brain: Understanding Creative Writers. The post Our Teeming Mind and Creative Thinking appeared first on The Creative Mind.
Your Second Brain: the answer to information overload
The Creative Life
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Building a second brain manages that, and frees your mind for creative thinking. The post Your Second Brain: the answer to information overload appeared first on The Creative Life. We're all drowning in information.
What to do when the work dries up
The Creative Life
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
No bookings. The post What to do when the work dries up appeared first on The Creative Life. Sometimes, the work just dries up. No new freelance jobs. Don't panic. Do this instead.
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Artists at work (saving the planet)
The Creative Life
AUGUST 8, 2022
These artists are quietly trying, with a new book showing how they bring sustainability into their work and practice. The post Artists at work (saving the planet) appeared first on The Creative Life. Can art save the world?
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Some Notable Creativity Research and Books
The Creative Mind
NOVEMBER 26, 2022
In a recent Creativity Post article, science writer Sam McNerney provides a stimulating and encouraging overview of a “renaissance in creativity in both the lab and the pages of popular books and magazines.” The post Some Notable Creativity Research and Books appeared first on The Creative Mind.
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Why Creative Thinking Doesn’t Cut It
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
There's a saying that we all have a book inside us. Now, if that saying has motivated you to actually sit down and start writing your book (or making your film or building your prototype or starting your company) all well and good, no harm done. It's a dangerous fantasy that’s blocking your creativity. Photo by timsnell.
Curiosity and Creativity are innate to us
ReNew Business
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Curiosity and creativity are innate to us. Many people believe that they aren’t creative as if it would be a bone or a gene they do not have. The sad truth is that many of us have been shamed out of even trying to access our creative spark. Some of us have even been taught out of our creativity. Be curious.
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Staying Creative as a Parent (Even in a Pandemic) with Kay Lock Kolp
Lateral Action
AUGUST 7, 2022
Welcome to Episode 5 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. Click the icon below to listen.
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Stagnation vs. Innovation
International Coach Academy
MARCH 21, 2024
What do you need to do to be more creative? The state of mind where we open up to new creative possibilities, put aside our fears, and invite the unexpected and unexplored. Innovation is the condition where we let go of the belief that every solution has been explored and we allow ourselves to be creative. Penguin Books.
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10 Strategies For A Creative Company Culture With Examples You Need To Know
Vantage Circle
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Creativity is intelligence having fun. Albert Einstein Behind every successful company lies a secret ingredient: a creative company culture that fosters innovation and empowers its employees to think outside the box. Companies embracing and prioritizing creativity pave the way for continuous innovation.
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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
Imagineer7
APRIL 13, 2022
Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part. Similarly, you and your organization will become more creative if you start acting the part.
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My New Book: Productivity for Creative People
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
My new book, Productivity for Creative People, has just been published. How to get creative work done in an “always on” world The book starts from the realisation that 21st century life presents a […].
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My new book: Motivation for Creative People
Lateral Action
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
After 18 months, four drafts and countless cups of coffee, my new book Motivation for Creative People is finally complete. The post My new book: <em>Motivation for Creative People</em> appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. So what’s the […].
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My New Book: 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Today I publish my new book, 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives. So what’s the book about? It’s a compilation of the most powerful insights that have emerged from my coaching conversations with creative professionals over the past two decades, and also from my own practice […].
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Best Business Books 2015: Strategy
Strategy+Business
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
This year's best business books on strategy take divergent approaches to the fundamental challenge of how to develop the human capacity for innovation. Hollywood producer Brian Grazer makes a convincing case that simple curiosity is the most effective tactic for spurring creative thinking.
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Creative Passion or Just Doing What You Really Want
The Creative Mind
AUGUST 13, 2023
Passion can be a deep motivator for creative people, but being too concerned with “finding our passion” can be self-limiting. adds in her book “Talented Children and Adults” that “A useful [.] The post Creative Passion or Just Doing What You Really Want appeared first on The Creative Mind.
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Shelley Carson on enhancing our creative brain [audio interview]
The Creative Mind
JULY 18, 2023
“Learning to loosen up this mental filtering system to allow more novel ideas and stimuli into conscious awareness is one of the biggest challenges for people who don’t think of themselves as creative.” ” (Read more from Q&A about her book below.) Read more from Q&A about her book below.)
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Is Lateral Thinking Necessary for Creativity?
Lateral Action
MARCH 23, 2009
Lateral thinking is such a familiar concept that it's virtually synonymous with 'creative thinking'. The phrase 'lateral thinking' is frequently used interchangeably with 'creativity'. We take it for granted that creative people think different to the rest of us. It's what makes them creative.
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7 WAYS TO WAKE UP YOUR IMAGINATION
Imagineer7
MAY 14, 2022
Following are tips on how to loosen up the group to energize their creative thinking. Ask participants to draw a personal symbol that metaphorically symbolizes their view about creativity. SIX WORD BOOKS. A six word description of creative thinking could be: “Last night confused. CREATIVE COLLAGES.
Writing a World-Changing Book with Cynthia Morris
Lateral Action
AUGUST 9, 2020
Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Cynthia Morris, a coach for creatives who shares insights on the book-writing process, based on her latest book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book. Click the icon below to listen. Comments In reply to Diane Reesor. Hi Diane, Thanks for taking the.
Seth Godin on Creativity at the Edges
Lateral Action
JANUARY 30, 2009
Seth Godin posted some interesting thoughts on creativity this week: What does it mean to be creative? You could watch the most non-creative, linear-thinking, do-it-by-the-book cop work to solve a crime and you'd be amazed at how creative her solutions seem to be. It's not creative at all.
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WE DO NOT SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, WE SEE THEM AS WE ARE
Imagineer7
MAY 23, 2022
That is, why are the letters of a book backward but not upside down, and why would Feynman’s double behind the mirror appear to have a mole on the wrong hand? MICHAEL MICHALKO is the author of Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.”
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Roger von Oech Talks about the Creative Whack Pack for the iPhone
Lateral Action
APRIL 8, 2009
Roger von Oech is one of my favourite writers about creative thinking, so when I heard he had produced an iPhone version of his Creative Whack Pack cards , I asked if he'd be willing to answer some questions about it for Lateral Action readers. How does the iPhone version of the Creative Whack Pack work? What can it do?
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Opportunity vs. Obstacle
International Coach Academy
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Flight, hotel, and excursions were booked as soon as Sandi got approval for her time off work. Funds were reimbursed, and Sandi desperately checked other airlines, but flights were already booked. Positivity will fuel energy for creative thinking and problem-solving. she felt hopeless as her tears began to flow.
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The 3 Critical Characteristics of the Creative Entrepreneur
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 18, 2008
In the last article we saw that the creative economy opens up a brave new world of opportunity - but a world that is also full of uncertainty and risk. Marla is the consummate creative entrepreneur. She's a bright creative thinker who follows through and gets things done. Creative entrepreneurs are not freelancers.
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Is Everyone Creative?
Lateral Action
MAY 11, 2009
This TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson is one of the most popular videos about creativity on the internet. In it, Robinson argues passionately that as children we are all naturally creative, yet by the time we reach adulthood, our creativity has been 'educated out of us' by the barriers of school, society and corporate business.
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The Secret of Walt Disney’s Creativity
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. The critic helps to evaluate and refined the products of creativity. Disney wasn't just a creative thinker. How You Can Use Disney's Creativity Strategy. The Dreamer.
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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY
Imagineer7
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Creativity special: Ten top tips Tom Ward senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior “Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. When you become an expert, move on.
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Every Creative Project Is a Revolving Door
Lateral Action
AUGUST 19, 2020
The post Every Creative Project Is a Revolving Door appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. by FJR Related Stories Writing a World-Changing Book with Cynthia Morris Video: Forget the Career Ladder – Start Creating Assets You Have to be Bad to Get Good. Famously, Guy Kawasaki even said […].
Marcus du Sautoy on AI and the Future of Creativity
Lateral Action
JUNE 28, 2020
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is the eminent Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who takes us on a voyage through the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, drawing on insights from his latest book The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think (Amazon US […].
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Elizabeth Gilbert: Is Creativity Divinely Inspired?
Lateral Action
MARCH 2, 2009
Regular readers of Lateral Action will know we're pretty sceptical about the idea of creative genius. You've probably noticed we preach a gospel of creativity-as-hard-work rather than the proverbial flash of inspiration. This is one of the most inspiring and practical talks I've seen about creativity for a long time.
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What’s Your Excuse for Not Succeeding as a Creative? with Deborah Henry-Pollard
Lateral Action
AUGUST 18, 2019
This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Deborah Henry-Pollard, a creative coach based in London who describes her work as ‘Using my skills to support creative people who make us see the world in another way’ She is also the author of a great book called What’s Your Excuse for Not Succeeding as […].
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CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND THE THINGS YOU LOOK AT CHANGE
Imagineer7
JULY 26, 2022
Michael Michalko’s creative thinking techniques give you the extraordinary ability to focus on information in a different way and different ways to interpret what you are focusing on. Creativity consists of seeing what no one else is seeing, to think what no one else is thinking, and doing what others had wish they had done.
14 Ways to Increase Creativity, Backed By Research [And Why it Matters]
She Owns Success
MARCH 6, 2023
Creativity isn’t just about creating art; it’s a skill that’s highly sought after and valuable in every aspect of our life and business. Creativity is about inventiveness, original ideas, innovation, and new and unique approaches. Here are 15 science-backed ways to increase your creativity 1.
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Stillness vs. Running
International Coach Academy
MAY 1, 2023
This is a similar concept to one referenced in Peter Senge’s famous book “The Fifth Discipline” in which he says, “Faster is slower”. The module states, “Lightness creates a space of a different emotional state, and with that may come to rest creative thinking or mindful acceptance”.
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