Kick-start your creativity with the exceptional ignite* Brainstorming Kit
This course puts powerful creative solutions within reach - even if you don't think you're creative Are you tired of being stuck in your career? Is your thinking stuck in…
How to quickly and easily build a swipe file using an Evernote template
For creative people, a swipe file is an invaluable asset that can superpower creative projects. Here's how ro build one using an Evernote template.
How the Killer Questions card deck crushes new product development
The Killer Questions card deck is a brainstorming tool with a refreshing difference. While all others are very broad and esoteric in focus, innovation expert Phil McKinney’s ideation card deck…
How to overcome Evernote’s towering problem
Let's conduct a thought experiment. It will help you visualize the incredible value of your ideas in Evernote, and the challenge of finding them. Albert Einstein did some his most…
What no one tells you about creativity
Authors tell you that you must cultivate a creative mindset. But your brain needs help. How brainstorming tools can help you generate breakthrough ideas.
Creativity: 5 breakthrough alternatives to brutethinking ideas
To live a more creative life, we need to move beyond these habitual ways of thinking and open our minds to new possibilities. Here are 5 powerful ways to do…
New roadmap shows how Evernote supports the creative process
Do you use Evernote to capture and store your ideas? Congratulations! I've never seen a more powerful and flexible tool for doing this. But are you using it to MANAGE…
How to transform your “diamond in the rough” thoughts into priceless ideas
So you've brainstormed what seems like a great idea. But you're not sure what it's real value is, so you sit on it. You don't write it down. You just…
To BE exceptional, you must THINK exceptional
It's impossible to do exceptional work if you stop with the first "right" answer. To BE exceptional, the way you THINK must be exceptional. Albert Einstein famously said that the…
How to expand your zone of genius
Srinivas Rao, the host of the Unmistakable Creative podcast and author of the best-selling book Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best, recently wrote a blog post that describes six ways…