creative_people – Page 57 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Interesting TED Talk about Suicide

2011-06-28

A short but extremely powerful talk about a group that is usually neglected when we think about suicide: The actual survivors.
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Creating your own Tools

2011-06-26

Improving one's tools can lead to great performance boost and is something you might want to look into.
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What is good advisory of PhD students?

2011-06-23

Great example of a professor who actually cares about advising his students -- and what he does to do a good job.
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“Coordination is about making commitments”

2011-06-22

Great analysis why teamwork fails and what is needed instead.
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Digital Clean-Up — Packaging that Box

2011-06-18

How cleaning digital files can be like cleaning your apartment -- and where "the box" comes into play.
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New Website: Ark of Ideas

2011-06-10

I've just created a website to freely share ideas I cannot use. Have fun.
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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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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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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.