I travel on airplanes a lot. You know the airplane routine. You settle into your seat. The plane takes off and the person next to you strikes up a conversation. For me it goes like this. Passenger in seat 4A: “So, what do you do?” Me in 4c: “I’m a creativity...
Every year my family gives an award to outstanding graduate students at the International Center for Studies in Creativity. To date, the award has been given to seventeen people from nine different countries. This year the award went to Liliana Ortiz, Dianne Britain...
Would you be willing to spend $1.50 to save $200,000 a month? Have I got a deal for you. Read on. A ring gear is not a glamorous product. You could go through your entire life not knowing what a ring gear is. But you wouldn’t get very far. A ring gear changes the...
What problems are staring you right in the face? Did you ever notice that mirrors and elevators usually show up together? I can’t think of a hotel that I have stayed in that didn’t have a mirror near the elevator. Do you know why? In their book, Turning Leaning Right...
You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis Creativity is usually associated with something novel and new; aging is often associated with things that are traditional and old fashioned. Creativity involves flexibility, adaptability, and...
The results are in! Thanks to all of you who entered the contest to choose a tagline for my upcoming book. As you can see in the polling results below, the clear choice of the 135 people who voted was: Create in a Flash: A leader’s recipe for breakthrough innovation....
