Here is a really good overview of creativity by Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein entitled, “(Almost) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Creativity.” The article includes a basic definition of what it means to be creative, goes on to explain the way creative people think, and concludes with what you can do to improve your […]
How Can Education Be Redesigned to Both Teach and Test Creativity and Entrepreneurship?
In the article below, Jennifer Medbery makes the argument that standardized testing isn’t all that bad, as long as those tests are evaluating a student’s ability to contribute to future challenges. And for all of you who like to cram a bunch of information into your head and regurgitate it on a test, rote memorization […]
Do You Want to Improve Your Business? Allow Daydreaming to Spark Your Creativity
Business and daydreaming don’t seem like the most congruent pair out there; business at its heart is about profitable productivity whereas daydreaming for most amounts to little more than wasting time. But in the long run, allowing the mind to wander boosts creativity and creative insight, lending itself to the long term success of a […]
Creativity versus the Automated Essay Grader
Here’s an interesting and (somewhat disturbing) article on a new technology from the Education Testing Service, those same folks who’ve invented the SAT’s and other tests and made standardized testing a nation-wide phenomena. Apparently, their new technology can grade some 16,000 essays in under a minute. But what are the consequences for true creative expression […]
When is the optimal time for creativity?
For me, creativity and the creative process is not limited to those times when we are in our so-called right brains or coming up with new and innovative ideas. It also includes those times when we draw upon the skills that we’ve developed over time to bring our creative insights into some sort of fruition. […]
An Innovative and Much Needed Pairing: Business, Creativity, and Mindfulness Come Together at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference
Next month, on May 11th and 12th, spiritual teachers, health and wellness professionals, and business leaders from around the world will be gathering in San Francisco for Wisdom 2.0 conference, engaging in a creative dialogue about how the benefits of wisdom traditions can be incorporated into new and innovative business practices. Here’s a look at […]
Do You Want To Be More Creative? Learn Another Language, Part III
Last time we explored the effects my time in Costa Rica and learning Spanish had on my ability to create. Now I’m going to tell you about a night that changed my life, a night that sent me in a whole new and enlivening direction of creativity and creative exploration. On the evening of the […]
What are the links between creativity, children, and monsters?
Answer: The natural creativity exhibited in children allows them to draw fantastic creatures that most of us see as, for lack of a better word, childish. In this article by Sam McNerney entitled, “Killing Creativity: Why Kids Draw Pictures of Monsters & Adults Don’t” , he explores how all of us could improve our creativity […]
Stanford Professor Tina Seelig’s Book on Creativity: InGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity
I love to see what other leaders in the blossoming field of creativity have to say on the subject. In this short video, Stanford Professor Tina Seelig, author of InGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity, gives us a really insightful map on creativity and a quick powerful lesson on the difference between convergent and divergent […]
Creativity and Nonduality: Video On The Nature of Self from the Science & Nonduality Conference
Here is a video highlighting the theme for this year’s Science & Nonduality Conference, “The Nature of Self.” I love the creativity expressed in this video, the parallels being drawn across so many disciplines, all the while celebrating the mystery of the self as it plays itself out in the human experience. I love the […]