General Tips – Page 77 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Negative Creativity — Creativity is Value-Neutral

2011-07-07

Like science, creativity is value-neutral. This leads to a problem for creative people. Also: The worst example of negative creativity I have seen so far.
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Muses

2011-07-03

A few comments on muses -- they are not gone, they are just harder to find.
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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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Book Tips: PresentationZen and The naked presenter

2011-02-25

Two of the best books on presentation I have ever read -- just take a look at the quotation.
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The Role of Data in Creativity

2011-02-04

If you want to know how to be creative, have a look at this posting. It shows you the most basic requirement.
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The Magic Is Here

2011-01-15

If you want magic, you can have magic. Really.
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63 Theses about Creativity

2010-12-18

Let's reduce a 400 pages book to 63 theses on Creativity.
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Creatives and Marketing

2010-10-06

A Dilbert comic that has something ... to it. Esp. for creative individuals.
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Cognitive Miser in Creativity

2010-10-02

If people do not accept feedback, other people might stop having ideas on how to improve their work. Because it just makes sense to stop being creative about that topic. Confused? Read on.
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Creativity and Lazyness

2010-09-18

One of the best examples how so-called "laziness" can lead to creative solutions.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

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.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

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.