This is a guest post by Marjorie Clayman, a great writer who represents the 4th generation of a family owned and operated advertising agency. Her subject matter is a bit different from what we normally publish on Thoughtwrestling, but it’s an excellent article with regards to creativity and collaboration lessons that you can apply many…
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Video Fridays – another creativity morphing video
Here’s another good one – only 5:15 long. Enjoy. How did you like it?
Video Friday – The Anti-Creativity Checklist
For our (now) ongoing Video Friday series, we present another video related to creativity. This one is called The Anti-Creativity Checklist. Its subtitle is 14 Things To Remember To Do. Although it’s written from the perspective of organizations, it applies to the individual as well. Please take 6 minutes and watch it! My Anti-Creativity Checklist…
OCAD – What Can Creativity Do – Awesome Short Video
This is a wonderful short video about the power of creativity. It’s only two and a half minutes of your life and it’s great. Video shown at the Night of the Unboring (2005), a benefit for the Ontario College of Art and Design. In case you can’t see the video by E-Mail or RSS Reader,…
Eliminating your internal broadcast delay
This is a guest post of Jordan Cooper of NotAProBlog.com. His bio appears at the end of this post. In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. Typically used in the case of unexpected profanity, it’s also commonly employed for other undesirable glitches such as technical problems, coughing fits or…
What Fans Can Teach Us About Creativity
TweetMy husband and I are geeks. For our vacations, we often travel to places far and wide, like Indiana and Ohio, to attend horror movie conventions like this one. This past weekend, we stayed a bit closer to home, heading down the road to Toronto to take in the FanExpo Convention. FanExpo, for those who…
Creative tools you really need – and about your wants
TweetSometimes I get mad when people think they need a certain kind of computer, notebook, coffee or location to do creative work. I think that’s utter crap. Let’s look at some popular misconceptions about creativity. We’ll look at what you need to be creative. The cool part is that you don’t have to spend much money…
What Songwriters Teach Us About Self Doubt and Creativity
I am fortunate to have a lot of friends who are musicians. I used to produce a music show for TV, so I have also interviewed hundreds of songwriters over the years. One common trait that songwriters seem to have is that when they are on stage, they are completely uninhibited. There they stand, baring…
How to be creative – a video experience
The following video is based on Hugh MacLeod’s original How To Be Creative essay, which became the basis for his great book Ignore Everybody. It’s a fun short video and it’s here for your viewing pleasure: Hope you enjoyed it!
Maintaining Your Creative Edge When Life Takes Over
Whoo! Aren’t we all busy bees. Many a blog post has been written about productivity. We’re continuously flooded with tips and tricks to balance work, family, and personal time. We should all be experts at it now, right? Yeah, right. Yep – I’m busy too. I have lost count how many jobs I have. I…