Break the ruler!

I hear people say “break the rules” all the time, when talking…

What busy people can learn about creativity from bumblebees.

You know my favorite way of being creative?  I call it “bumblebee…

Going with your first idea is rarely a good idea.*

One of the biggest mistakes most people make in creative pursuits…

Do or die creativity.

Few things spur creativeness like the will to survive. I watched…

"That's sooooo been done."

Maybe not. Just because an idea seems familiar doesn't mean…

A huge negative becomes a huge positive. How big? As big as the moon.

Corona beer has a skunky odor, according to a beer industry insider,…

You can search for ideas, or let them find you.

Creativity can be an active process.  You look for a new idea,…

I'm not creative enough

I wrote an article for Communication Arts years ago entitled…

What the umbrella "assassin" can teach us about triggering wildly creative ideas.

The New York Times recently produced a wonderful little video, The…

When bad ideas are close to brilliant.

All brainstorming sessions yield “bad” ideas.  And when…