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Ideas Circus: July 2008
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Do our schools programme us to fail in business? What is the point of the education system? Is it to prepare our young people for a productive and happy life in society? That would be nice. Is it to allow every child to be the best they can be? That would be a great goal. Is it just to keep kids off the streets (as many believe)? Sadly, it is possible that the education system has no goals at all. To read more about creativity. To read articles on creativity, design and branding.
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Ideas Circus: Creative, Moi?
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Saturday, July 12, 2008. The midwife holds up the newly born baby and declares, "we've got a creative one here all right. This one's a genius and no mistake." You can tell just by looking at them can't you? A dictionary definition of creativity is "the ability to create new ideas or things using your imagination". Notice it doesn't say "the ability to be able to draw and paint a lifelike representation of a bowl of fruit". So why do people think it is? Perception Decision Action = Creativity. Subscribe t...
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Ideas Circus: The Genius of Oliver Postgate
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008. The Genius of Oliver Postgate. Oliver Postage died this month. His voice, instantly recognisable to millions of British children, harks back to a fairer, more generous, more innocent time. A time of wonder, of looking up to the nights sky and wondering about life on a small blue planet in space and the strange whistling knitted creatures that live there. His animated stories of 'The Clangers'. The story of the most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old clo...
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Ideas Circus: There has never been a better time to do business than right now
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Thursday, August 14, 2008. There has never been a better time to do business than right now. But times are hard, the economy's slowing and inflation is up" say the little voices all around us. That may be the case, and that's precisely why right now is the best time to do business. How can we become expert, flexible and creative problem-solvers? Here’s a tip to start you off. And visit my keynote page here. To read more about creativity. To read articles on creativity, design and branding. I've just comp...
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Ideas Circus: August 2008
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Thursday, August 14, 2008. There has never been a better time to do business than right now. But times are hard, the economy's slowing and inflation is up" say the little voices all around us. That may be the case, and that's precisely why right now is the best time to do business. How can we become expert, flexible and creative problem-solvers? Here’s a tip to start you off. And visit my keynote page here. To read more about creativity. To read articles on creativity, design and branding. To hear from s...
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Ideas Circus: How to Survive and Thrive in Difficult Times
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Thursday, October 02, 2008. How to Survive and Thrive in Difficult Times. In difficult times the creativity of you and your team, can be your biggest asset. Following on from my article last month on w hy there has never been a better time to do buisiness than right now. I've teamed up with Business Link to create a half-day workshop on how we can kick-start our creativity and use it to innovate and troublehsoot our businesses for hidden profit. The workshops are FREE (bookings need to be made in advance).
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Ideas Circus: An Englishman in New York
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Thursday, August 14, 2008. An Englishman in New York. I've just come back from my first ever visit to New York where I attended the National Speakers Association conference. Some of the top speakers in the US gathered (around 3000 of them! If you want something entertaining, motivational, unusual and highly relevant in today's climate for your conference or company training have a look at a clip here. And visit my keynote page here. To read more about creativity. Posted by Ayd Instone.
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Ideas Circus: December 2008
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Now is Not the Time to be Sensible. Being cautious is what causes slowdowns which lead to a run on the bank. The time when everyone wants to cling on to what they've got, to not take risks and bury heads in sand is exactly the time when you should get up and get out there. Creativity is all about taking risks. What happens if it doesn't work? What happens if I look foolish? Oh, the phones aren't ringing". Why not try calling someone? Doing something different - actually trying...
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Ideas Circus: Creative Space
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Your working environment and surroundings are far more important than people realise when working on creative projects. Process jobs like administration, manual labour and accounting can be done anywhere within reason but to be able to think of ideas, write, draw or design, the surroundings become an extention of you and you part of them. Last month I spoke at the launch of the Portfolio Innovation Centre in Northampton. It's a centre for small creative businesses to supply ...
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Ideas Circus: Do our schools programme us to fail in business?
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Do our schools programme us to fail in business? What is the point of the education system? Is it to prepare our young people for a productive and happy life in society? That would be nice. Is it to allow every child to be the best they can be? That would be a great goal. Is it just to keep kids off the streets (as many believe)? Sadly, it is possible that the education system has no goals at all. To read more about creativity. To read articles on creativity, design and branding.