Creativity Matters
“We start from the presumption that our people are talented and want to contribute. We accept that, without meaning to, our company is stifling that talent in myriad unseen ways.”
Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation
This from the epicenter of Silicon Valley: Block party hackathon took place in Palo Alto, California this last weekend. Creativity, collaboration, and a robotic petting zoo? Whoa! Launching in Palo Alto on March 31, 2012 from 1pm-1am, Super Happy Block Party is taking over one of the busiest streets in Palo Alto and transforming it […]
Welcome back! Hopefully you didn’t get too depressed thinking about all the ways your self-conscious behavior jeopardizes your ability to bring your true creative gifts into the world. Again, don’t linger on it. We all do it to some degree. Let’s get to the good stuff, something we all can aspire towards while we love […]
What’s the most essential skill for the rapidly changing, interdependent world? Creativity! Check this out and don’t put off your own creative development! Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60 countries in a recent survey by IBM. And yet federally funded research […]
According to Brenna Sniderman, a staff writer for Forbes Magazine, in order to have true innovation, the creative idea must be developed into something useful. A good read here on creativity, innovation, and business. Without traction, an idea – no matter how good — is like a brand-new pair of running shoes. The potential is […]
Perhaps the single most limiting factor to our ability to create is our belief that we are not the creative “type.” In this important article, Douglas Eby works to dispel the myths of creativity that hold us back from our own creative potential. Let go of the myths and bring us your creative gifts! Creativity […]
