A few months ago a friend had asked for some tips about creativity. I put together the diagram you see below. [click image for much larger view] It includes bits-and-pieces I've picked up over the years... Including stuff from the book [...]
Your spouse asks you to stop by the grocery store and pick up a nice, ripe tomato for this evening's dinner. You make your way to the produce department, to the bin of tomatoes. To your disappointment, there's only one tomato [...]
Have you ever tried to put together a jigsaw puzzle with 500 or 1,000 pieces? It takes a while... And, needs to be done in more than one sitting. One of the reasons we miss achieving goals, New Year's resolutions, and business [...]
It is very exciting to be able to track Santa's progress around the globe. As of this writing, he is making his rounds in Italy! The NORAD website (noradsanta.org) allows you to watch Santa as he flies over different cities and [...]
If you drop your gloves at a restaurant or the mall, they probably have a lost-and-found spot at the customer service or security desk. But, what do you do when you lose something in a public park? An innovative solution is [...]
Social media tactics can be a valuable part of your word-of-mouth marketing strategy. But, they are not the cure-all! Leave it to Marketoonist genius Tom Fishburne to capture the problem in word and image. As Tom writes about his illustration this [...]
Sometimes we confuse artistic ability with creativity. The thinking, if you can't paint or draw, you're not creative. But this isn't true. Artistic ability includes skills and talent to create works of art: painting, drawing, sculpting, musical composition, etc. Creativity ability is the [...]
What a great date and time for a launch event: 11/11/11. To be even fancier, and precise... schedule it at 11:11 am (and 11 seconds). You could launch at night at 11 pm, however, 11 pm is technically 23:00 not 11:00. [...]
Seth Godin always has a great way of putting things. He says a lot in few words... I think that's why so many people enjoy reading his stuff. As someone who lived in NYC for several years, I've found NYC is [...]
When operating a company, to stay innovative requires constant observation of your industry, competition, and your own company. When you're a fighter pilot, to stay alive requires constant observation of what is happening around you as well as with your own [...]