Creativity: How to profit from other peoples’ ideas (without stealing them)
If you need new ideas to solve a problem or challenge, you have many brainstorming techniques you can use. But one of the most productive ways is to adapt a…
Use Ben Franklin’s clever hack to become astoundingly creative
In Robert Allen Black’s creativity book, Broken Crayons: Break Your Crayons and Draw Outside the Lines, the author shares an intriguing story from the autobiography of Ben Franklin that you…
Now is the best time to cultivate your creativity
Now is the best time in history to cultivate your creativity. I riff off of a Kevin Kelly article, in which he says the most exciting days of internet advancements…
10 creative questions to whack your thinking and solve your next challenge
One of the challenges we face when we're trying to solve problems is that we get stuck in a mental rut, using the same habitual mindset. To help us break…
10 don’t-miss resources in the new edition of Creativity Hacks
Here are 10 don't-miss resources that will help you kick-start your creativity, leap over roadblocks and generate exceptionally valuable ideas, from my recently-launched Creativity Hacks 2nd Edition e-book.
Creativity: How to adapt an idea to your needs
Do you realize that you are surrounded by ideas and inspiration? Any number of these "triggers" in your daily environment could provide the inspiration you've been looking for to solve…
16 powerful ways to brainstorm with mind maps
Mind maps are widely viewed as a powerful tool for generating, capturing and organizing your ideas. But very little has been published that explains specifically the myriad of ways in…
The powerful mystery of serendipity
Serendipity can be a wonderful, powerful and mysterious phenomenon. Here's how it works, and how to put it to work for you.