Creativity

The Sleeping Mind

The Sleeping Mind

In the blog post on Friday, we discussed how Maya Angelou works to keep her little mind busy so her big mind can be present. Another time the small mind, or portion of the brain that deals with executive function, is preoccupied is when we sleep.  Instead of...

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A Lesson from Maya Angelou

A Lesson from Maya Angelou

This week, we’ve talked a lot about creativity.  We covered barriers to creativity, the cluttered mind, identifying your creative type, and the balance of discipline and distraction.  The last post of the series will build on the theme of distraction we discussed...

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The Delicate Balance of Creativity

The Delicate Balance of Creativity

This week we continue to explore creativity and the ways in which we can foster our creative thinking.  There seems to be a delicate balance between discipline and discovery. The discipline is to create even during times that ideas aren’t naturally flowing....

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Finding Your Creative Type

Finding Your Creative Type

As we reviewed in Monday’s post, many people do not think of themselves as creative.  The incorrect assumption is that if you aren’t an “artist” or in a “creative job/department”, you aren’t creative. Studies have shown that our creativity peaks when we are under...

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Clutter and Creativity

Clutter and Creativity

When it comes to creativity, there are mixed messages on mental clutter. On the one hand, a mind cluttered with many experiences and different pieces of knowledge can leverage the information to make new connections and spark creativity. On the other hand, a mind...

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The Era of Creativity

The Era of Creativity

There has been a lot written in the past 2-3 years about a move from the Information Era to the Era of Creativity.  Businesses will survive by continuing to innovate and develop creative ideas. In fact, the World Economic forum identified that creativity is or is...

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