Creative Streak

Fun Facts About Your Brain

2010-07-16T09:24:48+10:00

Some fascinating fun facts on a Friday about your brain. Your brain weighs about 3 pounds (1.3 kilograms), and roughly 2% of your total body weight. All of your skin weighs more than your brain. Your brain is made of...

Why Clients Don't Buy Creative

2010-07-15T13:05:15+10:00

As a creative director, sometimes I feel like a mother. I help birth an idea. I help nurture it along. I help dress it up and send it off into the world for the first time. Then someone calls me...

Bits & Bytes, 11 July

2010-07-11T14:42:21+10:00

During five weeks of vacation, I got 257 e-mails on creativity, innovation, websites, links. In a word: Oy. On a cold, wet Sydney winter's Sunday afternoon, here's some of the ones which made me stop and think for a few...

The Four Agreements, Applied to Business

2010-07-08T11:00:19+10:00

Many people deservedly know Don Miguel Ruiz from his appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s television show to speak about his philosophy in his book The Four Agreements. I was introduced to him by my friend Greg in New York who gave...

Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

2010-07-02T09:01:36+10:00

My good friend Suzanne Ross of The Aerie Company sent this link to me a few days ago. (Sorry, I've been off on holidays for five weeks, and just now getting back to a keyboard.) As background, Adam Sherk -...

Brainstorming Is Dead ... Again

2010-06-03T14:32:26+10:00

Another week, another set of articles proclaiming - again - that the brainstorm is dead. Don't buy it. Instead, the next time you need your team to develop ideas, consider these steps instead. Determine the real goal of what your...

Bits & Bytes, May 29

2010-05-30T13:36:43+10:00

Again, some miscellanea from around the Internet. Adults, Play and Creativity Two posts on ‘play’ for adults, particularly in business. On one hand, it’s fairly well-known that play is an important ingredient for adults, both in creative thinking and in...

Innovator vs. Pseudo-Innovator

2010-05-29T11:45:37+10:00

A cold, wet wintry day in Sydney is perfect for going through old stuff ... namely 11 boxes (I kid you not) of old articles on communications, creativity and innovation I've kept since I got my first job in 1984....

Forrest Gump and Creativity

2010-05-22T15:07:38+10:00

Forgive me, but it's a cold, wet winter day in Sydney. This morning, a friend sent this to me for two reasons. The first is he knows I love jokes about creativity. The second reason will be obvious when you...

The Value of Creativity, At Last

2010-05-22T14:32:54+10:00

Did you hear that cry of vindication? You should have. Thousands of consultants worldwide threw their hats in the air as a new global survey found that the most important leadership quality was ‘creativity.’ If you haven’t seen it, read...