May 2011 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Communication to Generate Great Ideas

2011-05-23

Great video about the importance of sharing ideas (talk by Steven Johnson) … or hunches … to develop great ideas.
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What Motivates to be Creative and Innovative in Work Settings?

2011-05-23

Great video about motivation in work settings.
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What are you gonna to photograph, worthy of me …?

2011-05-22

Equipment isn't everything and sometimes I can interfere with creative expression.
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If you ask students to be critical …

2011-05-18

... sometimes you succeed. But read on ...
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flickr vs. deviantART

2011-05-15

flickr is probably more well-known, but there's a better service out there to make your works public. Much better. And way more artistic. So here's a comparison of flickr and deviantART.
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Every laugh you make …

2011-05-06

If you ever laugh while giving feedback, it might be time to stop. Seriously, stop. A personal experience that went from funny to really bad.
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Thank You :-)

2011-05-04

Hey, cool, I'm now not only a "published" author, but also an actual author who made money from his works. Yeah!
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Some literature tips to add some creativity to your sex life

2011-05-03

And that area has a lot of potential for creativity ... and fun ... read on. (Only references, but possibly still NSFW)
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The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.

ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Month: May 2011

What Motivates to be Creative and Innovative in Work Settings?

What are you gonna to photograph, worthy of me …?

Thank You :-)