As more people are being asked to work from home, I’ve been wondering how social distancing affects creativity. As human beings, we are social creatures. We crave the company of others and anticipate sharing our stories and feelings with other people. Social...
I’ve noticed that many inventors came up with ideas while on vacation, including my own invention, the wrist water bottle. There are probably a few reasons for that. For one, you are usually more relaxed and have more free time to simply stop and smell the...
Creativity and Problem Solving As technology takes over more of our lives, there is one skill a machine just cannot compete with…creativity. The World Economic Forum’s recently released report, The Future of Jobs, states that skill has moved from 10th...
Creativity Gap The creativity gap between management and employees keeps getting wider. As a creativity keynote speaker I’m hired to get employees excited about creativity and innovation. By the end of the speech I have accomplished what I set out to do....
Creativity and the Value of Improv Creativity shares some of the same rules as improv. For one thing, every idea is the best idea you’ve ever heard. There’s no judging and no denying. And that’s the beauty of it. Companies and organizations that are...
Most of the articles out there about play involve children and how important it is for their development. But what about adults? I guess adults don’t really have to incorporate play into their lives, but how boring would that be? According to Plato “Life...
