creativity
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‘The Only Way To Ever Do Anything New Is To Step Into Uncertainty’

I heard this comment from neuroscientist Dr Beau Lotto at the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit earlier this week, but as a call to embrace fearlessness it’s all too evident. New ideas don’t emerge from the comfortable and familiar. You have to embrace the unknown.

11 May 2013

Productivity

Subtask Is A Feature-Packed Mind-Mapping Tool

Subtask is a new mind-mapping tool that makes mind mapping easy, sports an elegant interface and is packed with collaboration tools. It’s in private beta right now, but we have invitations for you to try it out.

10 May 2013

Productivity

‘Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy’

This quotation from Theodore Roosevelt argues that comparing your work, your life or whatever else will only serve to make you unhappy. Why? Because when you compare yourself to others, you know all the dirty details of your situation or the problems with what you’ve created, but only the seemingly positive surface information about them or their work.

7 May 2013

Productivity

The Abstraction Method Helps You Solve Practical Problems

We often hear that distancing yourself from a problem or thinking about it from a different angle is the best way to work through it. Practically speaking, that’s easier said than done. Over on 99U they have collected a few different methods for abstract problem solving that you can actually use.

4 May 2013

Communicate

Suggest A Bad Idea To Prompt Better Ideas From Others

Half of the problem with collective indecisiveness is blank slate syndrome. Blogger Jon Bell recommends providing a poor suggestion to a group in order to get better ideas from everyone involved.

1 May 2013

Productivity

Challenge Your Creativity With Limits, Not Freedom

If you’re stuck in a rut and looking for a creative boost, advice blog Dumb Little Man suggests placing some rules or limitations on yourself to spur on some new ideas. When you place arbitrary limitations on yourself, you force yourself to think outside your usual parameters.

27 April 2013

Communicate

Why You Should Try Sketching (Even If You Can’t Draw)

Sketching is one of the fastest ways to communicate an idea, but many of us don’t do it, because we’re not really good at drawing. As video game interface designer Caryn Vainio writes, however, it doesn’t really matter. If you can draw basic shapes, there’s no reason to fear sketching.

26 April 2013

Productivity

‘Hell, There Are No Rules Here — We’re Trying To Accomplish Something’

Creativity isn’t an exact science, and sometimes you have to break the rules to come up with innovative solutions. Thomas Edison knew that. In his lab, he didn’t bother with strict rules or regulations.

Productivity

The Seven Elements Of A Creative Personality

Forget Myers-Briggs. A study out of BI Norwegian Business School has determined the signposts of a “creative” personality. There are seven of them, so if you’re thinking about quitting your job as a lawyer or stock analyst to go on tour with your band or finally write that novel, you might want to consider the list below.

22 April 2013

Productivity

Five Best Mind Mapping Tools

Mind mapping is a way to brainstorm, make a plan, or turn ideas into the steps needed to make them happen. There are plenty of great tools out there to help you build, organise and share mind maps. Here’s a look at five of the best, based on your nominations.

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