The 4D Framework to Better Problem Solving Meetings
Ever walked into a meeting that could have been more productive? What am I saying, if you’ve...
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Category: Creativity
The Opposite Strategy – Using Paradoxes to Generate Crazy Ideas
“If wool shrinks when you wash it, why don’t sheep get smaller when it rains?” ― Ron Brackin...
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The Pharmacy Store and Rubbing Alcohol – A Lesson on Looking for Things That Dont Make Sense
A pharmacy store was looking at their sales data for their retail products and saw an unusual...
Read MoreThe Forest and the Tree Strategy for Generating Ideas
Although I call this the Forest and the Tree Strategy, I learned about this strategy for generating ideas from Edward de Bono in his excellent book Serious Creativity. The strategy is simply this: any time you want to generate...
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Why You Are on the Treadmill All the Time (and What To Do About It)
“Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d...
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How To Find More Time To Work on Personal Projects
Do you sit in bed, reflecting on what you did that day, and realize all you did was work and eat?...
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The Reversal Technique for Creative Breakthroughs
One of my favourite topics is creativity. But not just creativity in general, but specific...
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Two Techniques for Creative Breakthroughs and New Ideas
I believe creativity and coming up with ideas is a critical skill to have. So, I am always...
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Six powerful strategies to generate new ideas
The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas — Linus Pauling Something that I...
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What the heck is an anti-library and why would you want one?
I was first introduced to the anti-library through Nassim Taleb’s work, the Black Swan. In fact,...
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Interesting parallels between cooking and creativity
One of my secret ways to get inspired whenever I am in a creative rut is to crack open a cook...
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Seven things I wished I had learned earlier in my life
After Essential Habits, I am working on another book. One thing that interested me as I was...
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