Tag Archives: creativity

Three Reasons People Reject Creative Ideas… and Three Things You Can Do About It

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Steve

We have all experienced it. You have a great idea but it’s rejected by your colleagues, your boss or your CEO. Rejection is common. While most people admire creative individuals, entrepreneurs or writers they can find it difficult to back … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Innovation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Invention is Reinvention

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Steve

So, you don’t have a new idea for a wonderful product. Not a problem. Sometimes invention is reinvention. Many successful ideas are new ways of reusing existing ideas or new combinations of existing things. Here are three examples:

Posted in Collaboration, Innovation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tablecloths for Idea Generation

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Steve

I recently organised a workshop with Sara Jones of City University, London. Sara wanted to use the Digital Shoreditch Festival as an opportunity to generate new and useful ideas on ‘How to foster a culture of collaboration between universities and … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Creativity, Innovation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Creativity is a Feeling

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Steve

Have you read Making is Connecting by David Gauntlett? It’s a great book about creative collaboration and how this enhances creativity, creates a sense of community and improves individual happiness. If you are interested in creativity, collaboration and change I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fear and Innovation

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Steve

Two types of fear can prevent us from being creative: fears about ourselves fears about how we will be received by other people. ‘Fears about yourself prevent you from doing your best work’ [1]

Posted in Creativity, Innovation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Social Creativity = People + Appropriate Technology

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Steve

Crowdsourcing, collaboration, co-creation – there’s a lot of interest in how to involve more people in creative processes. It is often referred to as ‘social creativity’. But do we really understand how to combine people, technology and creativity to generate new solutions? … Continue reading →

Posted in Collaboration, Creativity | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Creativity – Making Sense of the Mystery

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Steve

Creativity is rather mysterious. What is creativity? How are people creative? Are some ideas more creative than others? I thought I’d share some of the concepts that have helped my understanding of creativity. Hopefully they’ll be of use to you … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment