Archive for category: Visualfunk

Creativity seems to be suffering at work and school

May 15 | By: simon

A recent study by Adobe of over 5000 people in the worlds 5 leading economies: United States, England, France, Germany and Japan has revealed that only 1 in 4 people are living up ...Read More

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Creativity: Are you untying creative knot?

March 12 | By: simon

I think that we all have a creative knot. Something that in all of us, is tied up, tight and potentially stopping us fulfilling our creative potential. Stopping us expressing ourse...Read More

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Wasting time is not a waste

August 15 | By: simon

I read a great short post from Seth Godin today. It said: Wasting time is not a waste In fact, wasting time is a key part of our lives. Wasting time poorly is a sin, because...Read More

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Living creatively with the Franchi Brothers

August 4 | By: simon

We always preach that to be creative you have to live creatively or put yourself out there and do creative things. The most creative Franchi brothers who not only are wonderful ch...Read More

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Salvador Dali’s surrealist paintings: A surprising catalyst for creative solutions

August 2 | By: simon

I am a huge fan of Salvador Dali. Some of my favourite travel memories are visiting both the Salvador Dali Museum in Figures and then his house in Cadaquez. His taste for mixing ab...Read More

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The Principles of Creative Leadership

July 8 | By: simon

I love anything that Sir Ken Robinson says. He is an enlightened guy. His Tedex talks are the most popular ever (from what I know...). He gets creativity. What do I mean by gets cr...Read More

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Innovation and Contemporary Art: not that dissimilar.

May 23 | By: simon

There is a new contemporary art space that has just opened at the Art Gallery of NSW and has been put together by the donation of Friends of mine have visited and have come back...Read More

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The hard work of creativity

May 17 | By: simon

My brother is an extremely talented piano player. He has made a career from being a musician, released CD's and can play anything he hears immediately. People are absolutely blown ...Read More

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The bucket list: Thoughts of death reveal the inner creative

May 6 | By: simon

At an off site I was facilitating, the client sent out a get-to-know you questionnaire to his team members pre-event. One of the questions was what do you want to have on your buck...Read More

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Creativity: Practice what you preach!

April 29 | By: simon

I have spent the last 5 years working with people in organisations to unleash their natural creativity after a lifetime of practicing it myself. In many ways, this translates to co...Read More

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