The Weekly Roundup – May 15, 2010

Five Ways to Boost Your Creativity

Are you looking for a quick creativity boost? A shot of creative adrenaline? These simple techniques will have you bubbling over with ideas in no time: https://bit.ly/bZDUy0

How to Create a “Hunch Friendly” Environment

How do you get the most out of your employees? How do you ensure that they’re always offering new ideas and helping you stay ahead of the competition? By recognizing and rewarding their efforts – it’s that simple, and that complicated. https://bit.ly/aiB4Nb

10 Ways to Come up with a Great Idea

Great ideas don’t just spring up unbidden. At least, not very often. They need to be encouraged. Here’s how you do exactly that – 10 straightforward ways to make sure your next idea is a great one. https://bit.ly/dvUvmG

Leadership Lessons from a Creative Genius – Jazz Legend Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis has been recognized as a great musician for a long time. But a great leader? That’s something new. And yet the same principles that give him ‘swing’ help him lead people effectively. Understand how great music and leadership go together: https://tinyurl.com/d4snp8

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New Thinking for the New Era of Business

Albert Einstein famously noted, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking that we used when we created them.” In our post-COVID world of ...

When an Astronaut Needs a Pen

Ever get stuck on a problem, only to realize you're solving for the wrong thing? That's exactly what happened when the rocket scientists at NASA ...

How Shake Shack Drives Innovation

Do you prefer the crispy mozzarella, tempura watercress, and black garlic mayonnaise cheeseburger or the pumpkin mustard, bacon, cranberries, and sage hot dog? For something ...

Lady Gaga’s Secret to Creativity

Just before she won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, I watched Lady Gaga dazzle the live audience with a pitch perfect performance of ...

Creativity: Does Size Matter?

For some reason, we’ve been taught that for creativity and innovation to count they need to have a magnitude the size of the 1989 San ...

The Lexicon of Creativity

There’s more confusion around the meaning of the word innovation than the chaos at the airline ticket counter after a cancelled flight. Is there a difference between ...

The Brain Science of Becoming More Creative

When we hear stories about iconic leaders like Salesforce.com’s founder Marc Benioff, or widely celebrated virtuosos like Lin-Manuel Miranda for that matter, we immediately think ...

Correct the Overcorrect

When the misguided leaders at Enron, Tyco and Worldcom committed fraud and marred their shareholders with huge losses, the Securities and Exchange Commission rightfully swooped ...

Learning to Color

Fact: Creativity has become the most needed skill in business. It’s gone from a nice-to-have to becoming mission-critical. Fact: Creativity is a learnable skill. All humans have ...