August 12th, 2009 at 6:09 pm » Comments (0)

This episode is a presentation that I'll have given at the August 2009 meeting of the San Diego Inventors Forum. This presentation is a summary of the Exploding Creativity blog ...more »

June 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am » Comments (0)

In the current issue of Inc Magazine, there's an article on how a company got its employees to come up with product ideas: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090601/managing-unleashing-employee-creativity.html. The company first tried to get emloyees ...more »

June 14th, 2009 at 11:06 am » Comments (3)

This episode discusses the "dark side" of creativity--things to be aware of and cautious about. Everything we do in life has risks and rewards, and creativity is no different. Things ...more »

June 7th, 2009 at 2:25 pm » Comments (1)

SCAMPER is a tool to help you think about manipulating your subject in various ways. It can be used by yourself as well as with a group. You can use ...more »

May 31st, 2009 at 4:19 pm » Comments (0)

In podcast episode 2,  I discussed how creativity can be thought of as a "flash of insight" (a moment when a creative thought occurs; the ability to think of a ...more »

May 30th, 2009 at 11:59 am » Comments (1)

The June 2008 issue of Inc Magazine had an article, The Customer is the Company, about Threadless, a multi-million dollar tee-shirt company that has attracted venture capital and has ideas ...more »

February 28th, 2009 at 1:19 pm » Comments (1)

This comes from the March 2009 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. The author, Sara Wilson, gives 5 ways to spur employee creativity: Engage employees from all departments in brainstorming sessions. I addressed ...more »

December 28th, 2008 at 1:51 pm » Comments (0)

Mind mapping is a creativity drawing technique that’s used to capture and organize ideas and the relationships between the ideas related to some central theme. [display_podcast] A mind map helps you visualize ...more »

December 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 pm » Comments (3)

Here's an article close to my heart: Naps Not Just for Kids: They Help Adults Get Creative, Boost Memory. Here's some points from the article: Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making. Taking a ...more »

November 27th, 2008 at 4:02 pm » Comments (2)

The words “brainstorm” and “brainstorming” are very common in our vocabulary, but there is a specific technique developed called brainstorming, which is what this episode is about. [display_podcast] Brainstorming is used ...more »