http://russschoen.com Deliberate creative thinking and innovation tips Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:14:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can being exposed to branding make you more creative? If so, which do you think might make you more creative? Exposure to the Apple logo or IBM logo? To find out, check out this short article on branding from the New York Times! Enjoy. http://russschoen.com/archives/119 Perhaps like me, you have gotten caught up in the constant news cycle screaming economic crisis! Well last week I made a choice to focus my energy on what I want and to tap my own creative thinking to create something new and of value. One great result of that ... http://russschoen.com/archives/118 Do you think creativity can be managed at all? If so, what's the difference between managing creativity and managing for creativity? Please leave a comment and then check out this month's Harvard Business Review. HBD  has a brilliant article on just this topic, leading for creativity. Do yourself a favor, take ... http://russschoen.com/archives/116 A blog entry by Seth Godin caught my attention the other day. He asked a simple question, is effort a myth? Seth then went on to give the following tips for how to spend 120 minutes devoted to effort... worth a read."With that forewarning, here's a bootstrapper's/marketer's/entrepreneur's/fast-rising executive's effort diet. ... http://russschoen.com/archives/115 Even in this economy, there are some businesses that thrive... what's one of the keys? The company's innovation culture. Check out this story about zappos.com (a shoe company) that was aired recently on nightline and learn a few things that they do really well. Now ask yourself, for your business ... http://russschoen.com/archives/114 Want a creative breakthrough? Why not be deliberate and tap the power of the nap. According to a recent article in the New York TImes, "people are more creative after sleep, but they don't know it."  To read the whole article, click here!  http://russschoen.com/archives/113 Want to energize your next meeting? Looking for materials to support your ideation sessions and/or your innovation training programs? Then check out the ingenious thinking materials. Available for purchase now. Click on the images below or here to learn more! http://russschoen.com/archives/112 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, “Things That It Took Me 50 Years to Learn” “Meetings are like vacuum ... http://russschoen.com/archives/111 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 people on the planet. To read the article about the ... http://russschoen.com/archives/110 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 http://russschoen.com/archives/108