Category Archives: Musings

What to do when your meetings resemble a Dysonâ„¢ Vacuum Cleaner…or

How to design meetings that spin out greatness! “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings’.” – Dave Barry, … Continue reading

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Got a great idea…? want to make the world a better place? Check this out

Google just announced a plan to fund great ideas that make a difference in the world to the tune of millions of dollars. Called 10 to the power of 100, its aim is to fund ideas that help the most … Continue reading

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Quote for today!

Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking. – Mariannne Williamson

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How many friends do you have at work?!

This interesting tidbit of news comes from the website www.dailygood.org. Click here to subscribe. Enjoy… Good News of the Day:How friendly are you with your co-workers? Although close relationships at work are sometimes discouraged, it turns out that employees who … Continue reading

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Relationship Ratio

Happy June. Here is a little statistic from Dr. John Gottman and the world of love research that I found interesting and hope you do to. Enjoy and have fun putting the insight into practice!

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Conference Alert – CIM

If this finds you in the Buffalo, Niagara region, please check out  the creativity and innovation management conference hosted by the Center for Studies in creativity. I will post updates next week… to learn about the conference, click here!

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Last Lecture Series…11 minutes that will inspire!

Check out this video which is a reprise of an 11 minute lecture given by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. The original youtube video was downloaded more than 1 million times. There are so many life lessons delivered in … Continue reading

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Mayonnaise and the 2 glasses of wine theory

This was sent to me last week by a friend. She said she saw it on a blog (Click here to see the blog) and though you may have heard it before, it is good stuff and worth remembering. Enjoy … Continue reading

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Creativity4aCause launches first campaign to raise money for Room To Read!

I am very pleased to announce the start of my latest venture Creativity4aCause! Creativity4aCause’s mission is simple: to use the power of creativity to make a difference for children by using raised funds to help build schools. I am excited … Continue reading

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Sir Ken Robinson – great clip on creativity, education and children – worth 19 min!

A friend of mine had mentioned Sir Ken Robinson and his take on creativity and education a few weeks ago. Well, I finally watched it this week and I was blown away in a good way. Ken’s take is that  … Continue reading

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Want to raise some money? Donate some money? Check out these two websites then!

During the last few months, I have come across two amazing websites that I invite you to check out!  Are you looking to raise some money for a good cause? Then check out the website firstgiving. This website allows you … Continue reading

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POINT your Way To Better Ideas!

What’s one of the biggest barriers to innovation? The way new ideas are treated! Typically, the more novel an idea is, the more likely it is rejected right away. In order for creative ideas to succeed, they need time to … Continue reading

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What does a rubber chicken have in common with a Bi0-degradable cell phone?

A great question, and the opening line from David Vail’s (Geek Squad agent) latest blog entry on this past week’s Geek Squad’sDo Tanks at the idea festival in Louisville, Kentucky. David and his fellow agents, idea festival attendees, and contest … Continue reading

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What’s a “Do Tank?” /The Idea Festival

I just returned on Sunday from this year’s idea festival where I was invited by the creative education foundation to design and facilitate "Do-Tank’s" for the GeekSquad’s "What’s your big idea?" nationwide challenge. A challenge put out to ordinary people … Continue reading

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where did the i-pod come from and what can you learn from it?

Well after years of resisting the trend, I recently received an ipod nano as a gift for my birthday and I have to say it is indeed cool. From design to function, this is a great product! So from an … Continue reading

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