Mother of Invention
January 4, 2012
A New York Times article on “mompreneurs” caught my attention the other day. The article featured moms who searched everywhere for a product to solve a particular problem or fill a need only to realize that there was nothing out there—so they invented it. Realizing that they can’t be the only ones searching for a [...] Read more...
The Big Picture
December 26, 2011
Over the past weeks, we’ve been discussing some of the attributes of a visionary, and as the new year approaches, one particular characteristic stands out—the ability (and willingness) to see the big picture, to focus beyond the present moment with a perspective that is larger than our lives, the ability to grasp the future and [...] Read more...
Creativity from Chaos
December 23, 2011
Chaos is a friend of mine. —Bob Dylan Our world is in the midst of chaos and uncertainty, as discontinuous change tosses even the strongest of us on its waves. Destruction hits us from all fronts, from natural disasters to economic ones. Spending time and energy to think creatively right now may seem crazy, even [...] Read more...
Kick-Start Your Creative Process
December 21, 2011
A recent IBM study found that CEOs worldwide believe creativity to be the number one attribute a leader must possess, above even integrity and vision. Outside the corporate world, this attribute is even more clearly a necessity: Creating or reinventing your business, your retirement, your relationships—your world—all require creativity, one of the essential attributes of [...] Read more...
Creativity after 40
December 19, 2011
This is a youth-oriented society, and the joke is on them because youth is a disease from which we all recover. —Dorothy Fuldheim Presence, truth telling, and discernment are just a few attributes of visionaries. Another, which on the surface seems obvious, is creativity, innovation. What is not so obvious is what this actually means. [...] Read more...
