Category Archives: training creativity

Two episodes don’t make a series

Posted on October 18, 2011 by andy

In my teachings on creativity and innovation I highlight how challenging assumptions is at the heart of creativity and innovation: if you want to challenge the status quo you need to identify, dismantle and re-build, or create new assumptions to … Continue reading →

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Discovering one’s inner eye

Posted on October 14, 2011 by andy

Mars – or the inner eye of Andy                           I often allude to each of us having an ‘inner eye’ – an ability to observe our reality in … Continue reading →

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Final quarter of 2011: Last chance to plan your Goals for the year

Posted on September 2, 2011 by andy

We are now entering the final quarter of 2011. You now urgently need to take stock of your plans – and critically, how you can make the most of the remaining three months to ensure 2011 is a great year … Continue reading →

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Our ‘broken society’ needs a ‘Peter Beardsley’ and a ‘Waddle’

Posted on August 19, 2011 by andy

Talk of the UK being a ‘broken society’ makes me angry. A failure to put things in perspective may cost us dearly, economically, socially, emotionally – and creatively. Prior to the recent ‘highly localised riots in three main English conurbations’ … Continue reading →

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DLT, Burmese Nobel peace prize winner, and your business strategy

Posted on June 23, 2011 by andy

I once chided a friend for remembering a quote from former Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis. (I think it was something profound like, “It’s easy if you know it.”)  I wasn’t the only one scornful, with comedian Harry Enfield … Continue reading →

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Is Twitter reducing the creative need for graffiti?

Posted on June 20, 2011 by andy

With the ability to freely express ourselves, almost instantaneously, through social media, does this new facility undermine one of the oldest forms of offline social media – graffiti? Also, is social media the ultimate form of defining your urbanity – … Continue reading →

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6 lessons from the Egyptian revolution

Posted on June 12, 2011 by andy

What an experience having just visited and worked in Egypt, a country that is going through a political revolution. There were times when I thought I was going to die. I saw my life flashing before me, and thought this … Continue reading →

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Cheryl Cole’s 8 creativity and career lessons for brand ‘You’

Posted on June 6, 2011 by andy

The recent sacking of ‘X Factor’ judge Cheryl Cole has valuable lessons for your creativity – and your career. Whether it is a job or an idea, the innovative and creative manager has to learn to deal with setbacks, obstacles … Continue reading →

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Tedia Studies: why boredom is good for your creativity

Posted on May 31, 2011 by andy

My call for a new subject of ‘Tedia Studies’ to prepare students for the inevitable mundanities of life has deepened after reading a new major academic text, on boredom. Yes, wake up! The book was about boredom and this blog … Continue reading →

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Brainstorming is ‘politcally correct’

Posted on May 19, 2011 by andy

The claim that the word ‘brainstorming’ is politcally incorrect has raised its head again – this time in the Sun newspaper. Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie claims that a business colleague from a ‘Big Five’ firm of accountants had been rebuked for … Continue reading →

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