How to Find Your Free Range Muse: A Cruelty-Free Guide to Cultivating Inspiration
For millennia, a muse – those mythic goddesses of inspiration – existed only in the wild. High-strung, fragile, and more than a little skittish around humans, the wild muse resisted domestication with a fierce and unbreakable spirit. Though no one has succeeded yet in taming the wild muse, over th
How to Avoid The Mistake of Juggling Too Many New Ideas
There seems to be a misguided belief that you can never have too many new ideas. We’re not just referring to creative, innovative ideas that lead to the next big trend or change the face of an industry. It could be something simple that enhances customer service. The difficulty isn’t necessarily com
4 Reasons Why You Should Break The Rules And Go Stealth For Your Next Innovation
You’ve got a great idea but you know from experience that the C-Suite isn’t tolerant of radical innovations without reams of back-up data. The Catch-22 is that to fund the proof of concept, you need C-Suite approval to work on improving the idea. What to do? Break the rules. The answer might lie i
A Life Changing Innovation From a Kid
Every two years,a life changing innovation in design are honored at the Index: Awards, the biggest of its kind in the world. FreshPaper, a simple piece of paper designed to extend the shelf life of fresh foods, was among the 2013 winners announced August 29, in Elsinore, Denmark. Kavita Shukla, age
How Does Your Brain Work on Innovation?
Most of us are familiar with the image of a light bulb signifying the idea that emerges from our brain. One moment the light is off, the next it is on and a “eureka” moment has occurred. Likewise, many of us have also experienced “eureka” moments when we least expect them – in the shower, […]
Game Changing Inventions from our Kids
Our collective future is based on our kids being ready to compete in the creative economy. Looking for some inspiration? Here are a few game-changing inventions that all started with kids asking themselves “why not“. Jake Evill, of the United Kingdom, at twenty-one years old has invented a new lig
Test Your New Business Ideas Guerrilla Style
How do you know that your new business idea is the one that will be a big success? This video shares the how including a short clip of a guerrilla approach to test ideas we did recently. Gorilla Approach To Test Your Ideas This video shares how and why to use the gorilla approach. It […]
Innovation Leadership Is Not For The Faint Of Heart
When considering innovation in your business or creative life, it’s easy to get so caught up in the fuzzy, catch-phrase-laden mentality that you forget the nuts and bolts of bringing true change to your work. But innovation leadership is more than just feel-good slogans and extra meetings with focus
Surprising Inspiration for Personal Creativity
Whether a businessman, chemist, a doctor, or a poet, personal creativity is essential to success. From creativity, new ideas are spawned, and thus, new innovations. Unfortunately, creative thinking isn’t always a switch to be flipped… or is it? Instead of banging your head against the closest door,
Personal Creativity and the Aging Brain
Is it possible to maintain personal creativity as we age, or is creativity destined to decline along with muscle mass, memory, or cardiovascular capacity? Evidence points to the fact that exercising personal creativity can actually help the brain age successfully and keep the mind in top condition.
