Reading books, magazines, articles and blog posts across a truly diverse range of topics is a huge help to stimulate novel ideas. This is, I think, the heart of a creative approach. To be stimulated to generate new ideas, we need to draw from a wide range of influences. To achieve this, we should always … Read more
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, the post I published yesterday about Carl Henry and Half Man Half Biscuit was seen by Carl and he dropped me an email today. Here’s what he said: “Huge surprise to see this appearing as one of your blogs, very many thanks for your compliments I feel very … Read more
Yesterday I was reading through some study notes I made back in 1998. I wrote with great excitement about the fact that I was going to be able to access the internet from home, not just in the office. It was a big deal. And now, 15 years later, the internet is on the TV, … Read more
I’m reading Michael Gelb‘s ‘How to think like Leonardo da Vinci’ which is an excellent book. I’m working through many of the exercises and finding them deeply inspiring. Over the weekend I did the 100 Questions exercise. It’s simple – in one sitting write down 100 questions in your journal that are signficant to you. … Read more
I like to buy magazines that I wouldn’t normally buy every now and then. It is a great way to nurture creativity and to get the brain thinking in ways that are different. Recently I bought an issue of ‘BBC Focus’ magazine, which is a science and technology magazine here in the UK, produced by … Read more