Helping leaders, executives and everybody else be creative in their personal and professional lives. Written by an artist with an MBA. Enjoy!
Have you ever caught yourself working on a project and asking, “what is the fastest way to get this done?” Other questions we might be, “what is the easiest way, or what is the most efficient way, or the most cost-effective way?” But rarely, if at all, have I found people asking, “What is the most creative way to do this?” Why is that?
Read MoreStaying creatively full is looking for ways to stay way ahead of a creatively dry place where you have lost the stimulus and need to find it even to keep moving. Keep creativity at a maximum level by maintaining an offensive stance rather than a defensive one and reacting to what you don't have.
Read MoreYou might not think of needing to find inspiration for your business, but people in business need continual inspiration to stay on the creative edge. Here are six strategies for a leader or business executive to find inspiration.
Read MoreIn my practice as a fine art painter, intentions do not always go as planned. In business, mistakes happen. Yet, it is these very mistakes that can spark innovation and creativity. We always have two options.
Read MoreAlbert Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” I have an idea journal and I use it to log ideas for possible paintings and record concepts I can bring into a painting. It is my imagination station, where all these ideas culminate. Yet imagination and creativity are different.
Read MoreWhat do you do when you have someone on your team express an idea, and you think: ‘been there, done that?’ You don’t want to suppress creativity, but you also don’t want to waste time doing something you know will be a waste of time and money and ultimately not prove beneficial.
Read MoreAt times, the right side of the brain, the creative side, seems in conflict with the left side of the brain, the logical side. However, there is one activity that you can do that will engage both. I call it Doodling while you are Noodling.
Read MoreA creative idea is usually quite simple once discovered. The solution may be hidden at first, but it can seem obvious and almost like a no-brainer when revealed through a creative thought or idea. It may even seem like common sense.
Read MoreToo many people depend on you for you to get out of the creative zone. Your business needs you to be creative, your family needs you to stay creative, and you need yourself to remain creative. I experienced this reality in a simple way just the other day.
Read MoreYou Have the Power to Unlock Creativity! Aren't those brilliant words to say to yourself every day? Whether you are an artist like me or a businessperson, you need creative solutions every day.
Read MoreWhat do you do with a second-rate idea? The easy answer is to toss the mediocre ideas out the window. Yet how one approaches those second-rate ideas is different if you are the giver of the idea than if you are the receiver of the idea.
Read MoreEvery team is built with a group of people whose purpose is to achieve a common goal. However, not every team lives up to its full potential. Did you know that the skills you need to do this can be gleaned from an artist?
Read MoreWhat does Fog have to do with leadership? From an Artist’s Perspective, I think a lot. Should we accept the fog or try the best we can to get out of it?
Read MoreWhat does People Watching have to do with art? Come to find out, there are a lot of commonalities in the two activities. Today I crossed paths with an elderly couple that I had met before.
Read MoreOh, how I hate being in traffic, especially when there is construction or an accident up ahead. Stress levels go sky high.
Read MoreI was driving today down the highway on a cold dreary day. It is the middle of winter season and the scenery looks very blah and boring. I wondered how an artist could receive any inspiration to paint something beautiful when all he or she sees are what seem to be lackluster scenes?
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