Benefits of Routine
There’s a long history of friendship and rivalry between creativity and routine. On one hand, routine can limit creativity: Doing the same time over and over, every day, will train
Negativity
Posts under Negativity focus on the destructive nature of negative words, actions and attitudes, particularly in brainstorming sessions, but also in business generally. Please use the Search bar to scan for other relevant words or tags.
By Andy Eklund
Be Risky With Your Ideas
Be Risky with Your Ideas! is Post #10 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups: The Most Common Mistakes in Coming Brainstorming. The introduction to the series begins
Reasons Why People Reject Ideas
At some point in every person’s career, selling an idea or recommendation to a key decision maker leads to a rejection. And oh my, there are many reasons why people
The Difference Between Negativity and Criticism
You can’t have a proper conversation about creativity without eventually debating if there’s a useful role for negativity – or more relevant – its companion, criticism. Two recent brainstorms for the
How To Break A Creative Block
Sometimes there’s nothing more scary than a blank page. The act of creating – an idea, a thing, a solution – is tough enough, but made worse when we also
Is The Brainstorm Over?
A great article by Mike Brown from Brainzooming in the USA, this post outlines the 10 signs to look for to know if your brainstorm is finished. Here’s the link
Is Bad Brainstorm Behavior Acceptable?
During a long bus ride recently, I finished the Australian novel The Slap. Perhaps I was hallucinating after eight hours without WiFi, but I found a lot of symmetry between bad behavior
Don’t Be Your Own Worst Creative Enemy
Don’t Be Your Own Worst Creative Enemy is Post #8 in a series from a presentation entitled 11 Great Creative Slip-Ups: The Most Common Mistakes in Brainstorming. The introduction to
When Someone Hates Your Idea
At some point in your career, you will meet a person who hates your good idea. I’m not talking about someone who hates your bad idea. Or that you’re the
What If They Say It’s Not Creative?
In an earlier post on , I missed the one I think is most challenging: “That’s not creative.“ It’s extremely difficult to refute a response based entirely on someone’s subjective opinion.
Responding to Negativity
Although negativity most often affects the brainstorming part of the creative process, it’s equally destructive in the last stage – the merchandising phase – when you’re packaging and selling the
Can You Switch Off Your Negativity?
To suggest that you can switch off someone’s negativity is a bit like telling someone to stop smoking cigarettes. It’s an easy comment for a non-smoker to make, but a