October 25th, 2011 at 6:23 pm » Comments (0)

The October 2010 issue of Inc Magazine had a guide on How To: Hire for Creativity. This is well aligned with my podcast Episode 6: Leadership and Creativity. The guide opens ...more »

October 24th, 2011 at 5:35 pm » Comments (0)

From November 1, 2010, Fortune Magazine article, Death to the SAT!!!, by David A. Kaplan -- Cognitive Psychologist Robert Sternberg in his book, College Admissions for the 21st Century, argues that ...more »

October 10th, 2011 at 6:04 pm » Comments (1)

The September 27, 2011, issue of The Wall Street Journal had a good article on how companies can be more creative, titled Better Ideas Through Failure. The main ideas of ...more »

December 5th, 2010 at 5:36 pm » Comments (1)

Drawing diagrams, using pictures, and other visual techniques are great for creativity and problem solving. Episode 8: Mind-Mapping discussed one well-known visual technique. Clive Thompson writes about drawing in his article, ...more »

December 5th, 2010 at 3:15 pm » Comments (0)

The October 12, 2009, issue of Fortune Magazine had a short article profiling Genentech, a biotechnology company with a "long history of developing revolutionary drugs." Most of what Genentech does ...more »

December 5th, 2010 at 2:15 pm » Comments (0)

The October 12, 2009, issue of Fortune Magazine had an article about how the Netflix Prize is a case study in user-generated innovation. We're all familiar with user-generated content: anyone who ...more »

April 17th, 2010 at 12:00 pm » Comments (5)

Serendipity is the making of a fortunate discovery by accident, which relates very directly to innovation, which is related to creativity. This episode explores serendipity and how you can take ...more »

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 »