Author: Andy Eklund

Sometimes you don’t have time to have a brainstorm. Sometimes you need ideas quickly without the research, icebreakers and party games. If this type of rapid brainstorming is what you

There’s lots of tasks when the ‘do it yourself’ approach works a treat, and other times, not so much. For example, performing your own dental surgery isn’t a great idea.

One way to instantly improve the quality of your creativity is to invite the right people to the brainstorm. A brainstorm should not be a cattle call (“let’s invite everybody!”),

A brainstorm is a meeting like any other, which means an agenda can be extremely helpful to keep order and focus. Give yourself a few minutes in advance of the

So much of creativity – if not business overall – is understanding the problem enough to be able to eliminate it. And if not get rid of it, then either

In every conversation, there are two voices. The first voice is what you hear from the other party. The second voice – one that is often louder, more persistent, and

Every class I teach, whether it’s about any topic of business or generally about creativity, comes down to one word: the problem. In short, understand the problem. Next, create an

Fun problem solving stories are all over history. One of my favourites concerns a poor peasant named Gordias who decided to sell simple wares from his ox cart in the

Experts believe there are universal values which all people adhere to, no matter their gender, race or culture. The problem of course is finding universal agreement on what goes in