If I give you a 32 colour set of pens, and I ask you to draw a picture of a seascape by this time tomorrow, which colour do you grab to start? Surely something that stands out on the white paper. But not a black because it wouldn’t be a fit… Maybe a dark blue?...

I used to make a lot of apple crumbles. In fact, it got to the point where these were my signature desert. One time I made one for my Dad and myself. I think we finished it off in one sitting, so, I had to make another one. Anyway, there was a learning curve to...

When I was little, we would often build different contraptions that would carry us down the big hills nearby: carts, skateboards, trolleys… Inevitably, some of these things go pretty unstable at higher speeds. I remember one time sitting on a modified skateboard flying down the hill near our house. The speed wobbles hit, and then...

Creativity and innovation are key elements of what it means to create value and be in business. So of course, in an ideal world, both hemispheres of our brains would leap at the opportunity to dive into this honey pot. Alas, this rarely happens, for a number of reasons. Here are 12 ways to crush...

Do I go brighter? Faster? More bold? LOUDER? ***More important seeming?*** 🤪🤸‍♀️More Playful?🙃🕺 It turns out, no matter which axis we choose here, it’s already been done. After trying all of the above, in a somewhat exhausted fashion, we’ll always find that our only edge is our own story. Rather than creating something that “stands...

We sit down at a table together. In a 60 minute timeframe, as a team, we can come up with a lot of ideas. Many will be terrible, some may be good. Perhaps one is really good. This is “conscious” ideation. We are trying to come up with strong ideas. The thing is, it works....

Last century, they didn’t actually know that cigarettes were bad for our health. While a lot of people chose not to smoke, they had no real understanding of the potential repercussions of a long term smoking habit. The thing is, we aren’t that good at knowing what’s up ahead. We have a base of knowledge...

We hear it. We read it. We write it. We speak it. We think it. We teach with it. Our language divides and creates our personal world. Our language influences the world of those around us. Are we practicing accordingly?