Posts Tagged ‘Creativity’
Is It Still Possible to Be Original?
Entrepreneurs and potential small business owners are faced with a difficult challenge in modern society: is it still possible to be entirely original with our thoughts and creations? Are we all just stealing, copying and borrowing or can we still sample others works and inspire new ideas? Originality, by definition, is the ability to think…
Read MoreTapping Into Our Creative Mindset By Pushing Past the “No”s
We tend to approach choices in black and white: “A” or “B,”this way or that way. You process choices this way because it’s easier, simpler, and helps you finish this whole decision-making thing quickly.
Read More Small is Beautiful: 8 Ways to Outshine Your Big Business Rivals
If you are a small business owner, you may worry about being outmatched by corporations and major chains. But sometimes being the underdog has its advantages.
Read More 3 Ways to Find Forgotten Innovation
The best and brightest teams can be rendered uninspired, stumped, scared and maybe even lazy when faced with a huge, blank whiteboard titled, “Our Next Big Thing….”
Read More Power is Sometimes Assumed When Not Granted
How many times have you heard someone say, “Let’s do it now and ask permission later?” It’s a common practice in companies where there is a barrier between levels in the chain of command, or lack of communication.
Read More Office Design Lessons from Innovationland
Our company has been recognized as having one of the “Coolest Offices” in Chicago on a number of occasions—most recently by Crain’s Chicago Business.
Read More Advertising: Creative versus Strategy
Creative versus strategy. For as long as I’ve been in advertising and marketing, there’s been that age-old tug of war. Should advertising and marketing tools be creative/clever/funny/pretty or should the emphasis be on strategically driving the sales message?
Read More 5 Marketing Lessons from Justin Timberlake
Could it be that if we stopped and analyzed how Justin has strategically developed his career, we’d find some key trends that can be applied to our own business? Even if our business has nothing to do with music? Or tequila? Or ‘bringing sexy back’?
Read More Avoid These Mistakes If You Launch a Creative Business
Businesses come in all shapes and sizes. If you’re a creative type—a photographer, designer, videographer, animator, illustrator or other artistic person—your business model will be different from other professional situations.
Read More 4 Ways to Design Your Company for Maximum Creativity
Some companies just seem to have a magical ability to innovate. Over the past 25 years, Pixar Animation Studios has turned out hit after hit, with almost no duds (Cars 2 being the possible exception).
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