1) Survival That which can be automated and outsourced will be automated and outsourced. Here’s the tough news: As the global market place continues to become more and more competitive, those jobs and enterprises that a machine can do faster or someone else can do cheaper will go the way of the dinosaur and the […]
The Power of One: When You Change Your Own Way of Being, You Change the Whole World
Do you desire to build cultures of innovation in your organization or among the networks of people in your life? Here is a great video demonstraiting the power each and every one of us has. When we allow our playful, creative selves to come to the surface, the effects are powerful and amazing; we instantly […]
Creative Insight and the Golden Gate Bridge
This video is part of a series on San Francisco Bay Area creativity and innovation by creativity expert, Austin Hill Shaw. In this edition, Austin used the origins of the Golden Gate Bridge to explain the nature of creative insight and how the Golden Gate can be seen as the engine of innovation in the San […]
Transcendence, Transformation, and Transmutation: The Secret Links Between, Insight, Innovation, and Healing
This is a follow up talk to the Creativity and Healing: Re-Establishing Wholeness through Self-Expression
What does the Innovation Required to Restructure the Military Have to Do with the Improv of The Jam Band, The Grateful Dead?
Here is a fantastic discussion on chaos, creativity, and innovation on KQED’s Forum, where Ori Brafman, author of The Chaos Imperative: How Chance and Disruption Increase Innovation, Effectiveness, and Success and Keith Sawyer, the Author of Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity examine some really profound ideas.
Austin Hill Shaw Explains His Process of Co-Creating with His Clients
How to Create a Brand Identity: Guest Blog from Business Consultant and Fellow Creator, John Van Dinther
So many new entrepreneurs get lost in creating a brand identity for their business, often putting too much money and thought into how a logo or website should look, but not focusing enough on what impact that logo or website will have on their audience. This branding exercise should help you quickly create a solid […]
Podcast: Creativity Expert Austin Hill Shaw Interviewed on Ian Griffin’s Professionally Speaking
Click here for Interview: Austin Hill Shaw, Creativity Instigator In June of this year, I was interviewed by Silicon Valley based professional, speech writer, and National Speakers Association member, Ian Griffin. We talked about the thrust of my speaking as a creativity expert, how I got involved in speaking about creativity, and my participation in […]
Creativity Expert and Architectural Designer Austin Hill Shaw Featured on Video for New Chiropractic Clinic and Wellness Center
Here is an amazing video illustrating creativity and teamwork. Click here to watch the video http://vimeo.com/47951381 An amazing chiropractor and dear friend of mine, Dr. Matt Green is opening his own business, and he asked me and several members of my Berkeley BNI group (Business Network International), known as EBAR (East Bay Abundant Referrals) to help […]
Steve Jobs, Creativity, and His Stanford Commencement Address
In 2005, Apple founder Steve Jobs gave this raw and moving commencement address to the Stanford graduating class. Having dropped out of college himself, been fired from the famous company he started, and been diagnosed and treated for cancer, Steve Jobs’ address is extraordinary, and touches on several powerful aspects of creativity and innovation, most […]