Just like you, I get a ton of emails and phone calls and LinkedIn messages from complete strangers reaching out to me for the very first time and asking me to do something for them — usually to return a phone call (or email) to entertain a pitch for their services, give them information about […]
Most people don’t want to hear your idea because they have plenty of ideas of their own. They don’t want to add another idea to their list of things that remain undone. I learned this fact while marketing my brainstorming-for-hire services. I sold many one-on-one idea generation sessions, but I found there was more need […]
This is an Idea. It is a single pithy phrase that ricochets around the inside of your head for weeks. It is a single slide in the midst of a hundred deck PowerPoint presentation that compelled you to quickly pull out your phone and snap a photo of it before the speaker could advance to […]
There is a term in architecture called a Folly which refers to a building that is primarily constructed to decorative, but through its appearance suggest some other purpose. For instance, there is a folly in Dunmore Scotland designed to be a botanical hot house whose purpose is to grow fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants requiring […]
Inspiration may drive creativity — but you still have to steer. Creative drive come from a lot of places… random inspiration, focused brainstorming, personal and professional goals, etc. but creative drive doesn’t realize its fullest potential useless you’re steering it in a productive direction. If you have creative drive, but you’re not behind the wheel […]
I think your greatest creative potential is brought to bear when your back is against the wall and you think you are out of options — that’s when creativity really kicks in and offers up more options than you thought you could imagine. Here are some examples: You are in charge of an important project […]
You may have noticed I’m trying something new this year — publishing a new article every. single. day. I’m not new to blogging. I started publicly posting my thoughts and ideas around 20 years ago when a “blog” was more commonly referred to as a “web log”. The first couple years of those posts have […]