Category: Brainstorm

If you’re a lover of ‘lists,’ this post of the seven different types of meetings will be catnip to you. The list comes from a book that keeps finding is

Whenever I need to brainstorm an idea – either by myself, or with others – I love to pull out flash cards to inspire creative thinking. Whether you buy, collect

Here’s something a tad embarrassing. I was born on the same day as legendary inventor Thomas Edison (well, 115 year later). Ever since I realised who we was and what he

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.

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

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

As someone who’s spent a lot of time in or conducting brainstorms, here are the most common reasons why we are negative. (Frankly, some of these people don’t even need

There’s an old phrase from Winston Churchill that perfectly sums up for me how negativity affects creativity. You will never reach your destination if you throw stones at every dog

This post is the third and final in a series on Finishing a Brainstorm, focusing on Verifying. The two other posts are Clarify (#1) and Amplify (#2). Also, this topic is

This post is the second in a series on Finishing a Brainstorm, focusing on Amplify. The two other posts are Clarify (#1) and Verify (#3). Also, this topic is parallel to