My Creative Teams Big List Of Creative Links 2011

My Creative Teams 2010 Big List Of Creative Links We have pulled together all of our 2010 links and placed them in a single document. 7 Steps To Creativity How To Have Ideas How do you keep ideas flowing? How do you create a wealth of ideas to choose from? How do you make sure you get to the one killer idea that will make your advert, novel, article or blog post really stand out from the rest? What Makes Kids Creative? - Researchers believe growth in the time kids spend on computers and watching TV, plus a trend in schools toward rote learning and standardized testing, are crowding out the less structured activities that foster creativity. 101 Great Books On Creativity Here are 101 Creativity and Innovation Books for your creativity library. 30 Ways To Increase Your Creativity As the title says, here are 30 things to do that can help you be more creative. 10 Creative Uses Of The New Facebook Profile Facebook users are showing off some serious creativity by taking advantage of the new profile page photo layout. 11 Free Resources About Creativity - Want some ideas about creativity? Some files and ebooks that might be of value to you. Note: these are all PDF files. What Mythology Tells Us About Creativity No matter what account of creation you believe you cant deny the overpowering creativity of the worlds mythologies. How Play Sparks Creativity This TED Talk from designer Tim Brown is about how playfulness is crucial to creative thinking.

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Finding Innovation in the Flattened Organization Integrating expertise and experience across functions is a powerful route to innovation in todays flatter businesses. Structure Will Set You Free Some Resources to Help You Focus - Most people think a disciplined approach to life is the opposite of a creative approach to life. The Idiots Guide to Launching Successful Innovation Task Forces - Twenty tips for innovation task forces. Brainstorming: Are You Asking The Right Question? Theres a simple reason why so many brainstorm sessions are a waste of time. The problem statement being pitched to participants is the wrong one. How To Channel Creativity At Any Time Creativity is a lot like oil. Society needs it in ever increasing amounts, yet as time progresses it seems to be quickly diminishing. No matter who you are, or what you do, you need creativity. 13 Great Creative Meeting Places - Space matters when it comes to spurring on creativity. Is Creativity The #1 Skill For the Future A raft of recent research demonstrates that creativity is vital from the shopfloor to the boardroom and at the level of the individual to the organisation as a whole. What is more our economic fortunes at a societal level probably rest on creativity too. 37 Creative Uses Of A Vacation Day Lets suppose that you have a full day to yourself without chores or expectations. How can you use this time wisely and make the most of this little slice of freedom? Is This A Piece Of Your Brain? Monty Pythons John Cleese on the creative process (video). Turn The Genie Loose You get three wishes. How will you use them to find a unique perspective to problem solving given unlimited possibilities and no restrictions? 10 Creative Contradictions Creative people have complex personalities with sometimes contradictory traits. 5 Things Managers Can Do To Keep Creatives Honest Creative people can be dishonest, says a new study from Harvard. Im not lying. Thinking Cap Invented Scientists device promoted creativity. Again, Im not lying.

How Pepsi Accelerates Innovation Dr. John Johnson of PepsiCo described how the company uses fast-cycle IdeaJams to quickly focus the efforts of a crowd of innovators on a specific challenge and quickly generate usable ideas. Nine Ways Of Being For Amplified Creativity There are a lot of ways to be more creative. This article focuses on fundamental Ways of Being that lead to that boost were all looking for. 37 Articles To get Your Creativity Brainzooming A list of 37 great articles on boosting your creativity. 21 Quotes On Creativity - Children are happy because they dont have a file in their minds called All the Things That Could Go Wrong. Marianne Williamson 13 Ways Of Looking At A Story Experienced storytellers will tell you there are no new stories, just endless variations on old tales. How To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci - If you want to be a Renaissance Man (or Renaissance Woman), you can learn a lot from how Leonardo da Vinci lived and thought. Creative Thinking Exercises Lets wake up those little gray cells today with some mental calisthenics. Five Reasons To Borrow Your Next Big Idea If you are starting up a business, its better to take a proven idea and improve on it than to come up with something entirely new. Why Daydreamers Are More Creative - Research shows that when most of us fall asleep, the brain network that involves attention to the outside world deactivates, and reactivates when we awaken. Not so of creatives and schizophrenics. Brainstorming vs. Braincalming - The origination of great, new ideas doesnt take place in the storm, but in the calm before the storm or the calm after the storm or sometimes, even in the eye of the storm itself. Creativity Isnt All In your Head - According to a new study, people are more creative when theyre thinking on someone elses behalf.

The Five Habits Of Great Innovators Historys most creative thinkers have five thinking habits that stand out. Creative Constraint - We falsely think that if our world or profession is constrained, we cannot enjoy wild creativity. Cultivating Creativity Every Day - Want to be more creative? Then do something creative every day. Think Like A Jazz Combo - To win today, you and your team need to function more like a fluid jazz band than a tightly controlled orchestra. You must constantly reinvent your work and seek fresh, new approaches. Responsible risk taking and originality now trump compliance and rigidity. 9 Ways For Schools to Allow Creativity - If schools are to break out the crushing conformity that has resulted since technocrats and politicians captured the education agenda creative leaders will have to emerge. Have The Courage To Step Backwards - When we think of innovation, we tend to associate it with forward motion. Sometimes a step backwards is what we need. Squirrel! Are People With ADHD More Creative? A new study by researchers has found that those with attention deficit hyper therapy disorder are more creative. Innovation Requires Execution, Not Creativity Ideas are dime a dozen unless they can be monetized. And its the execution not creativity that makes this happen. Six Ways To Increase Creativity - Creativity is usually an aspect of a business that is overlooked as its difficult, if not impossible to quantify. Here are Six ways to increase your creative powers. Eight Ways To Measure Innovation Potential - Im always a bit skeptical when I read about any definitive list, whether its six things to improve my complexion or seven myths of innovation. But here we go anyway with one on innovation. Splitting Cherries For Creative Purposes This is a creative process from Thinkertoys. 12 Sparks For Heads Up Creativity - For extra spark, gain insights from leaders and designers to jumpstart your creativity. Consider the following 12 ideas.

Harness The Power Of Focus Success is not determined by IQ or creative talent, but by concentrated effort. Weird Ideas That Boost Creativity What is right for routine work is not right for work requiring creativity. The Sound Of One Hand Clapping If you always think what you have always thought, then you will always do what you have always done, and you will always get what you have always gotten. What Bill Gates Could Learn From Chris Rock Our schools neglect the development of the types of skills that actually lead to discovery, creativity, and innovation. 12 Sparks For Personal Creativity - Do you find your creativity at a lull and needing a jolt at times? For extra spark, gain insights from leaders and designers to jump-start your creativity. The Gippers Guide To Innovation How to tear down the walls to innovation inside your organization. Why Curiosity Is Your Best Guide To A Remarkable Future Have you ever wondered what to do with your life? Get curious to find your sense of purpose. The Apology Approach To Innovation - Silicon Valley is renowned for its culture of innovation. There a common, renegade approach is to send products out into the world while theyre still half-baked, in the belief that its better to improve them based on real-world use, rather than trying to perfect them behind closed doors. Creativity: The Number 1 Skill For The 21st Century - A raft of recent research studies demonstrates that creativity is vital from the shopfloor to the boardroom and at the level of the individual to the organization as a whole. How To Steal Like An Artist Advice from an artist: learn to steal with style. Why Innovators Need To Think, Not Blink What really matters in determining success of the innovation effort is not so much intuition skills but rather, having a more systematic approach something that resembles classic critical thinking skills.

The Eight Emotional Barriers To Creativity - While there are skills that you can learn and employ to become better at various parts of the creative process, there are some barriers that arent really about skill building at all. Three Steps To Innovative Business Ideas When Youre Very Experienced - After achieving some seniority, could it be that you are becoming the NO in innovation? Are You A Creative Warrior? - There are four basic personality types necessary to create and implement a new idea: The Artist, the Judge, the Warrior and the Accountant. When It Comes To Innovation, Your Company Isnt Apple - Innovation often fails because companies try to emulate successful companies in industries. 11 Personal Innovation Tune-Ups Need to enhance your personal innovation perspective? Here you go. What Coffee, Bleach & Bondi Blue Can Teach Us About Innovation So you believe silicon chips are superior to potato chips? Well, then you need a change of innovation attitude. 51 Reasons Why You Are A Creative You say you arent a creative. We think otherwise. Crafting A Creative Life Is A Challenge - Crafting a creative life requires work. And patience. And skill. And a whole lotta self-love and world-love and imagination. Innovating With Price Boring pricing and radical innovation dont seem t go together. But pricing can be a powerful tool to help you maximize profits. Three Reasons You Should Treat Creativity Like A Game - The key to creativity is replacing linear thinking with a more organic framework the circle of the playground. The Back Of The Napkin (Video) In his book, The Back Of The Napkin, author Dan Roam asserts that that everyone is born with a talent for visual thinking, but that we especially in the business world are never encouraged to develop it. One Line Tips To Stay Creative This list of one-liners is worth keeping in your back pocket for the next time you feel run down or youre suffering writers block.

Top 10 Ways To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing - The headline says it all. Education & Creativity - Does school kill creativity? Lets examine that premise. Ideas & Trust To Experimentation - Trust moves in all directions and allows us to experiment without fear. Four Tips For Developing Engaging Story Ideas - Here are four paths to develop creative and engaging content ideas for your magazine or website. 201 Ways To Arouse Your Creativity Different things spark creativity in different people. There is probably something in this list that will spark yours. How Power Influences Creativity - Powerful people process information more abstractly and flexibly, are less influenced by situational cues, take more risks, act more swiftly when facing a challenging obstacle, behave more in a goal-consistent manner, and are more approach-oriented. The Wise Open Mind - The greatest singers, dancers, painters, writers, and filmmakers recognize that the most original, and even transformative, ideas actually come from the core of our being, which is accessed through an open-mind consciousness. Innovation Tips From Architects Architects sketch or create physical or computer models to bring their ideas to life. What can we learn from this approach? Creatives You Should Know Meet some creative folks, profiled by Adweeks Creativity Magazine. No Negativity There are few rules when it comes to creativity, but when brainstorming one rule rules: no negativity. The Best Lesson For Kids? Teach Them Imagination - The growing consensus is that we need to shift schools toward to fostering creativity and conceptual thinking abilities. Does Everyone Need To Be Creative? If you are happy just taking orders and not contributing ideas, should we foist creativity on you?

Creativity And Innovation Definitions In a world where so many forces seem hell bent on stifling creativity and innovation, complex and rigid definitions of these terms seem more likely to contribute to stifling than instigating them. Innovation: Big Vs. Small Companies - Anyone who has worked for both a large corporation and a small, entrepreneurial company can talk endlessly about the differences in the two cultures and mindsets. 10 More Ways to Be Creative Like A Kid A list spawned by kids of ways to be creative. A 12-Step Guide To Fostering Creativity - One skill that every designer must learn and quickly is how to be creative on-demand. The Link Between Creativity & Eccentricity - Research has corroborated the connection between creativity and eccentricity. And it starts, interestingly enough, with schizotypal personality. Conan OBriens Guide To Creativity One key is to prepare like crazy, so you can wing it. Innovating When Personal Creativity Is Uncomfortable - Is your mission to make everybody comfortable with their personal creativity? Is this even possible? 63 Brilliant Examples Of Packaging We love the Panasonic earbuds. Which one do you like best? The Big Idea Myth Ever heard of David Hilbert? He and Albert Einstein had the same idea. Meditation, Mental Habits And Creativity - We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation helps us to creatively engage with our thoughts and not fixate on them. SCAMPER Your Way To Innovation - The SCAMPER technique can take you right back to the limitless creativity you had in Kindergarten. This structured approach has you start with a concept and then try out different variations on the theme. Brain Differences & Creativity - There are a number of intriguing examples of notable creative ability and expression related to changes in brain structure and function from disease, stroke, injury, developmental disability or other conditions.

4 Steps To Design Inspired Innovation - Nicole Chen sketches out the top four values that business leaders should adopt from design thinking. Why Man Creates (Video) This animated documentary film created by Saul Bass, the iconic graphic designer, won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1968. Dont Ideate Faster. Ideate Differently To be more successful at getting ideas from employees, organizations need to change their modus operandi. 5 Ideas To Make Ideas Take Flight - For those of us who are working with clients, we have to generate ideas for our clients and we want our clients to team up with us and trust in those ideas. How do we make that happen? Can Creativity Be Taught? Creativity is dynamic, unpredictable, flexible and always changing, so should be the methods in which we can help ourselves and others to unleash their natural creativity. 5 Creativity Exercises To Find Your Passion - For todays aspiring entrepreneur, exploring avenues of creativity to find your passion is likely the quickest route to increase your chances of launching a successful business. Paper Toys As the name implies, this site provides you with directions for making toys out of paper. Thomas Edison Edison was one of the most successful inventors of all times. This very cool site puts his achievements into context. Curiousity Shoppe Crafts, kits and curiousities for the creatively inclined. Scirus The most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 410 million scientific items indexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists homepages, courseware, pre-print server material, patents and institutional repository and website information. Is Creativity A Bad Trait For A Senior Leader? - A recent study warns leaders not to be too creative. Unless you have plenty of charisma to complement your creativity, thinking outside the box could keep you out of top management.

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How To Be A Faster Writer - Its no secret that writing is hardbut why cant you be one of those special few for whom it comes easily? A little training and you, too, can join the speedy writers. 5 Rules For A Creative Culture Rule #1 avoid rules. Ideas: Perhaps The Last Inexhaustible Commodity - The story of development is the story of identifying and exploiting seemingly inexhaustible commodities. We are still shifting to discover the next inexhaustible commodity, even though it is right in front of us. Ways To Keep Innovation Alive In Your Organization - When your company has an existing, proven method of conducting business, it can be a struggle to keep innovation alive. How Good Stress Breeds Creativity Those of us in the trenches know a little good stress can actually help boost creativity and innovation. Failing To Innovate While Surrounded By Ideas - We have an inexhaustible source of creativity, ideas and innovation, which if applied correctly can create solutions to many challenges. How To Thrive In A World Of Elusive Creativity - Very few companies actually know how to develop, retain, and unleash creativity to drive their business. Idea A Day You never know what idea will pop up here. For instance, encourage more men to visit the dentist by opening topless clinics. Creativity Brain Games Games, questions, and challenges to improve creative thinking. 20 Points A 20-point checklist developed by Wen Winger to help you solve problems. Heads Up! - New ideas from all areas of human endeavor to get your little gray cells jumping. Lingzini The online naming application to help you develop product and service names. Creativity Not As Well Received As We Think - Using creativity to solve problems is usually encouraged and championed as companies secret to success. But researchers have questioned whether people actually welcome creative tastes with open arms.

How Important Is Creative Learning In Early Education? - Children exposed to creative learning in Early Years Education are the key to a prosperous modern economy, according to a new collection published by the think tank Demos. How To Tap Employee Ideas - Seven experts in tapping employee creativity share these tips to get the best ideas from all parts of the company. Dilbert On Creativity Are you creative? Better think about it twice. Whats The Alternative? - How to generate alternative solutions when faced with a problem. To Cultivate Innovation, Work Like An Artist - How do we put ourselves in a frame of mind where we can receive inspiration when it comes to us? Think like an artist. Writers Block: How To Break Through Sometimes to break writers block, you need to start at the end and not the beginning. The Creative Power Of Thinking Outside Yourself New research shows that we can think of more creative ideas for other people than for ourselves. 23 Reasons Why Brainstorming Fizzles- How many times have you participated in a brainstorming session, only to be underwhelmed by the utter lack of follow up? Unfortunately, in most businesses, this is often the norm. Why Visualizing Creativity Is The Road To Marketing Success Spontaneity and expression that are the hallmarks of inspiration and the creative mind can sometimes conflict with business environments that look for understanding, deliverables and accountability, meaning that the time spent on brainstorming ideas and gathering inspiration is limited. Getting Started - Whether we plan to create a performance, composition, essay, or mousetrap, we have to launch our project and work on it regularly. Need A Brilliant Idea? Steal It - When you can borrow and build off of ideas from other entrepreneurs and companies, do it.

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How To Train The Aging Brain Can an old brain learn, and then remember what it learns? Put another way, is this a brain that should be in school? Are Introverts Better At Fostering Innovation? - Introverts tend to be responsive rather than reactive, avoiding costly mistakes and giving employees the confidence they need to be creative. 5 Ways To Kill A Brainstorming Session - As brainstorming has become customary, has it also lost its sparkle, and value, for your company? Heres where you may have gone wrong, and what to avoid in the future. 7 Types Of Creative Block & What To Do About Them - When you rely on your creativity to pay the bills and build your reputation, you cant afford to be short of ideas or the energy to put them into action. A Message To Those Who Believe They Are Not Creative - Saying you arent creative is like saying you arent human. Sorry to blow your cover, but youre hiding something great about yourself. Marissa Mayer: Idea Connector - Companies need formalized processes for people with ideas to get to people with the influence to move on them. Google VP Marissa Mayer discusses her role as Idea Connector at Google. How To Innovate More Like the old joke about how you get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice. 6 Ways Social Networks Can Boost Creativity - There are six important things to look for when evaluating a new social network for its creative thinking potential. Why Education Without Creativity Isnt Enough To compete long term, the US needs more brainstorming, not memorization; more individuality, not standardization. Mashup Culture Gets Innovative - Sometimes innovation is as simple as turning a ketchup bottle upside down. But what about putting bug repellent in clothing or carbonation in milk? Its convergence culture gone wild.

The Six DNA Strands of Innovation Leaders The traits of innovation leaders can be acquired; none were born exceptional innovation leaders, rather, many have adjusted their skills, communication styles, work disciplines and cognitive capacity to get to where they are today. Creativity Apps For iPad The iTunes store is crammed with apps. Here is a list of some very good ones to help boost your creativity. 20 Ways To Encourage Creativity In Children - If you want to encourage children to use their imaginations, to not be afraid of a blank page, to think for themselves, and to try new things; give this list a look. Some of the activities are for older children who already can read. Solving Problems The Soviet Way TRIZ was developed in the Soviet Union over 2 decades by a man named Genrich Altshuller who studied 40,000+ patents in order to reveal how invention runs in patterns. It teaches you to look at problems in a different way. The Answer Is In Your Dreams - By thinking about specific dilemmas before bed, we can increase our chances that we will dream a solution. 17 Ways To Be More Right Brained - For all those who feel stuck in the left-side of their brain, and who desperately want to create something and begin to awaken their right-brain hemisphere, here are 17 resourcessome free, some notthat will help get you started. Post-it Brainstorming - Using the power of Post-it Notes and brainstorming. Focused Daydreaming - Imagine going into a meeting with the Board of Directors and suggesting that employees should spend some of their time in work daydreaming. How would they react? Brainwriting - Enter the brainwriting technique an idea-generating process that enables EVERYONE in the group to participate in a nonthreatening way. 11 Things Entrepreneurs Should Know About Innovation - An innovation that revolutionizes your life is the dream of every entrepreneur. But that dream may die hard if you dont have the right expectations. The 7 Deadly Sins That Prevent Creative Thinking - The seven most common reasons why people are not creative thinkers.

Cool Gadgets For Creative Offices - Each designer or agency office should be filled with creative and innovative gadgets that surprise our clients and stimulate the imagination. Clorox Involves Fans In Innovation- Clorox is doing some exciting things in community management. Its latest initiative is designed to get fans, customers and professionals to submit ideas to build new and better products. 10 Innovation Myths Josh Suskewicz and Scott Anthony have come up with the 10 innovation myths they encounter most often in the field. 16 Creative Ways To Make Your Facebook Timeline Cover Photo - When Timeline is rolled out, your personal profile will be organized in reverse chronological order, as a timeline of your life, like an online scrapbook. The Beatles: Lessons in Business Innovation - What can we learn from the Beatles about Creativity and Innovation in Business? How To Think Creatively - The first key to intentionally nurturing our creativity is to understand how it works. Need To Create? Get A Constraint - One of the many paradoxes of human creativity is that it seems to benefit from constraints and restrictions. Thinking Like Leonardo da Vinci - Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci Can Business Be As Creative As The Arts? - There are several ways you could make a case for business as a genuinely creative field. Lets explore them. Putting Your Imagination To Work - Here are some terrific examples of connecting diverse stimuli to generate new ideas. Creativity Rated #1 Trait In IBM Poll - Creativity is now considered the most important leadership quality for success in business, outweighing even integrity and global thinking, according to a muchreferenced recent study by IBM.

Difference Between Artistic and Creative Ability Sometimes we confuse artistic ability with creativity. If I cant paint or draw, Im not creative. Not true. Creative Problem-Solving - We often approach challenges without considering what mode of thinking were utilizing to solve them. As a result, we tend to limit the range of possible solutions were able to generate. How You Feel Affects What You Create - Our feelings and our state of being goes into nearly everything we do. How you feel is represented in nearly everything you do and create. Go With The Flow - Flow- the mental state of being completely present and fully immersed in a taskis a strong contributor to creativity. Your Creative Genius Mindset - Creativity allows us to think outside of the box, around the box and through the box in an imaginative and free flowing manner. 8 Counter-Intuitive Ways To Improve Your Well-Being & Creativity To help you break the busy-ness cycle and work happier, weve rounded up a handful of counter-intuitive ways to tweak your habits and your mindset. 29 Ways To Stay More Creative Make lists, carry a notebook everywhere, and 27 more! 9 Types Of Brainfood For Writers Did you know that some foods can support brain functionand maybe even make you a better writer? Smile. They Cant Commoditize Creativity Both Britain and America have forgotten that creativity is a core strength and a reason to be not just proud, but extremely optimistic also. 8 Quick Truths About Creativity - Great artists inspire you to your own greatness and other truths. Creative People More Likely To Cheat? - Is there a link between creativity and dishonesty? According to a new study, there is. Creative Exercise - If you want to be creative, youre going to have to take a risk and likely do something that scares or intimidates you.

The Secret Of Great Creative People - If you want to be creative you must be curious about the world around you. One Fact That Can Change Your Life (Video) Consider this one fact about life Steve Jobs gave in an interview years and years ago. Start Thinking Like A Reality TV Star Reality shows offer us many parallels into the world of innovation. 5 Free Tools For Quick Online Brainstorming - The five services mentioned in this article are free and dont require users to register. Want A Creative Boost?- Whenever youre feeling like you shouldnt stop working: stop. Stopping when youre feeling in the prime of a work of art or a project can do a lot of good things for both you and the work. How To Be Creative While Following The Rules - Knowing your constraints can help with your creativity. Learn From 10 Creative Business People - Here are 10 bold thinkers who tell us how they use creativity at work, and the lessons they learned along the way. 5 Tools For Innovation -Startups are supposed to be innovative but they can get as bogged down in the details as any big company. Here are five ways to keep the innovative spark alive. The Rules Of A Creators Life #1 is do more than you are told to do. 6 Steps To Building Creative Endurance Just as an athlete quickly loses fitness without training, so your creative stamina will fade away if you dont work at maintaining it every week, if not every day. December Brainstorm What did daVinci and Edison have that we dont have? What Is A Problem? Dont fear problems. When It Comes To Ideas, Teams Win - In an office where innovation and creativity thrive, convincing employees that teamwork can help build up their ideas rather than stifle them is critical.

Mind Games & The Human Brain Mind games may come across as silly diversions from boredom or against waning social interactions but they are so much more than that. 15 Scientific Facts About Creativity Although creativity keeps human society flourishing, science honestly offers few answers to how the intricate, infinitely complex concept actually works. Tips To Stimulate Childrens Creativity - Creativity is the greatest human potential and we need to work together to develop childrens creativity start from home. Ads That Win Creative Awards Sell More Product - Ads that win creative awards are 11 times more efficient at selling stuff than other ads.