conveying_ideas – Page 19 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Transfer to Practice

2011-02-02

A nice comic really nailing the issue of transfer from theory to practice.
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Did I get my points across?

2010-11-25

Let's switch to a meta level of communication and let me ask the question whether I did achieve what I set out to do with this blog. Essentially what I want to say in a nutshell.
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Vanishing Mails

2010-10-20

When something works flawlessly and instantly for a long time, it's hard to imagine that it can fail. But it can -- and that requires the right person to deal with.
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Dealing with Rejection

2010-10-07

A very useful tip for dealing with rejection. Well worth keeping in mind -- whether for dating or for creative projects.
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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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Clipping Wings

2010-10-01

It's bad if people clip other other people's wings. It's even worse if they clip their own. Some suggestions to prevent this process.
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Minority Opinions

2010-09-27

What minority opinions can tell you ... if you can find out which is the minority opinion.
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Respectful Critique

2010-07-05

A basis rule for giving critique -- and dealing with different reactions to that critique.
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Research & Administration

2010-07-03

If you want to work with new, untested technology in a research institute, you might get resistance from the administration. They usually prefer tried and true technology. There are good reasons for both positions -- and a little perspective taking might be needed to resolve the issue.
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Intelligence, Creativity and your own Contribution

2010-06-27

Sometimes people confuse the ability to understand complex ideas with having these ideas. (And all I wanted was to enjoy my Frappuccino.)
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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.