Research has shown that being part of a creative community is hugely beneficial for creative people. But to get these benefits, we have to challenge the assumption that the artist creates alone and is the only critical component of the creative process.
What in the World are you Creating? Lessons in Polarization from Physics
What does it mean to be human? What does life mean for you? What purpose do you serve? Come to Ghost Ranch for answers at the Wheel of Creativity retreat.
Four Common Denominators of the Innovator’s Attitude #4: Doing Trumps Thinking, but Thinking Comes First.
Innovation is about doing. The actions you take determine the legacy you will leave… if they’re strategic. Get busy. But get clear first.
Four Common Denominators of the Innovator’s Attitude #2: Give up the Good for the Great.
“Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.” – Peter Drucker Richard Branson started an airline because his plane from Puerto Rico to his lover in the British Virgin Islands was cancelled. Mark Zuckerberg created the first version of Facebook to help students find hot dates. […]
Four Common Denominators of the Innovator’s Attitude # 1: Make Failure Your Ally
What does it take to think (and act) like the world’s most innovative people? It’s all about attitude, and making failure your ally is your first advantage.
Little Pink Spoon #13 from The Wheel of Creativity
Throughout history, the wheel has been generally recognized as humanity’s first great invention, and it is not surprising that it also became a metaphor for the cycles of life and the processes of growth and change.