living_as_a_creative – Page 35 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Self-Reflective Students

2014-10-06

A beautiful moment from Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" about enabling students to become more self-reflective.
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Another great idea bites the dust — How bad management can kill good creativity

2014-10-02

A short comment on how creativity can be strangled by the work environment.
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Loyalty is a two-way street — even in Academia

2014-10-01

Talking badly about one's "superiors" is seen very negatively. Sometimes righteously so, but there are cases where anything else than talking badly would be a case of slavish obedience.
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These tiny tiny motivators

2014-09-29

Sometimes there are tiny things that motivate you -- and remind you of the things you hold dear.
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Criticism is not a personal attack

2014-09-27

Something that really bugs me and that I have seen again and again with certain people.
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Soup!

2014-09-25

As a child, I hated soup. Now, I see the value and the creative potential in it.
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Social Justice Parasites

2014-09-24

An addendum to the last posting and a comment on "Social Justice Warriors", or rather: "Social Justice Parasites".

Image: by Gilles San Martin [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Tim Minchin’s College Speech

2014-09-10

There's something to be said for comedians doing college/university speeches. Just listen in ...
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Addendum to “The Lab” by the Office of Research Integrity

2014-09-06

Some thoughts after reading the guide to "The Lab" by the Office of Research Integrity.
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Making the best out of conferences

2014-09-05

Some tips on how to really use a conference -- and how to survive them.
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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.