Creativity

Science Explains Why Our Best Ideas Come in the Shower

Ever wonder why some of your best ideas seem to come out of the blue (while you're in the shower, for example)? Creativity, while seemingly a very vague activity, is actually a distinct process triggered by a few key factors.

9 years, 5 months ago

Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists

Think Salvador Dali or Vincent Van Gogh have nothing to do with the world of business? Think again.

9 years, 7 months ago

Creatively Drained? 8 Tips to Recharge

Get the inspiration flowing again. It's not as hard as you think.

9 years, 8 months ago

How Clutter Affects Your Brain (and What You Can Do About It)

A few years ago, I worked at a web design agency as a product manager.

9 years, 9 months ago

How to Bust Out of a Creative Rut

What kills creativity? Knowing the answer can nurture the innovator within.

9 years, 10 months ago

What Marketers Can Learn From Artists

People in business increasingly seek inspiration through creativity. Jim Stengel, former global marketing executive at Procter & Gamble, recently coined the term “business artists” to describe leaders who can breathe a sense of purpose into their organizations.

10 years ago

Need to Be Creative? Simple Tips to Spark Your Imagination

Under pressure to come up with a great idea? An expert gives a few quick tips to help you and your employees get back on track.

10 years ago

Rewrite That Boring Job Description

Want to attract the A-players to work for your business? Here's what needs to be in the job description.

10 years, 2 months ago

3 Paths Toward A More Creative Life

Everyone can learn to be more creative, but to become very creative, I’ve come to believe you need to lead a creative life.

10 years, 2 months ago

Five Inspired Ideas Emerging From TED2013

I’m streaming this year’s TED Conference as the ideas confab unfolds live in Long Beach, California. For the past several years, I’ve attended in person at TEDActive, a satellite event to the “big TED.”

10 years, 3 months ago

Balance Creative Free Time with Structure

It's a well-established principle that people need slack time to work through their ideas. Companies like 3M and Google have given innovation “time off" to their scientists and engineers. But perhaps your company struggles to justify that level of slack, or you aren't confident that your employees would use such time effectively.

10 years, 3 months ago

Fake Amazon Resume Proves the Power of Personal Branding

A French job-seeker has "sold" himself with an online resume made to look like an Amazon page, proving that some creativity and attention to personal branding can go a long way.

10 years, 4 months ago

How to Spark a Great Idea: 5 Steps

There is a simple method for creating great ideas. And it really works.

10 years, 4 months ago

Knowing a Little of Everything Is Often Better Than Having One Expert Skill

Creativity and innovation seems to flow from dedication to a particular type of work, but productivity and ideas blog the 99u noticed a trend: the best stuff seems to come from generalists, or people who know about a wide variety of topics.

10 years, 4 months ago

The Power of Naive Questions

Nobody really wants to ask naive or stupid questions, but as the blog Creative Something points out, those questions are often the best way to spark a creative insight into problem solving.

10 years, 5 months ago