by George Ambler on February 18, 2006
I stumbled across an interesting article from the November 2005 issue of Harvard Business Review, titled “Are You Working Too Hard?“. In the article stress is defined as “a psychological response to any change, whether good or bad, that alerts the adaptive fight-or-flight response in the brain and the body“. Stress plays an important role [...]
by George Ambler on February 11, 2006
A study released in Sawyer’s latest book, “Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation“, provides an overview of the history of creativity and of research into traits that highly creative people all share. Quantum Bio Communication provides the books highlights, some of what I found interesting are: Creativity Requires Collaboration Sawyer says that many people [...]
by George Ambler on December 10, 2005
An interesting post titled Notes on Making Art offers the following insights into the creative process: Quality through quantity. Don’t get hung up on making this one piece good — make ten and one will certainly be pretty good. Do NOT mix generating and editing. When you’re making a piece, don’t stop and get judgmental [...]
by George Ambler on October 4, 2005
As part of a masters degree, a research project, initiated by Wayne Morris to identify the factors that enable organisational creativity, found the number 1 hinderance to organisational creativity is TIME! The survey found that: More respondents raised the issue of time as the most important factor with regard to enhancing organisational creativity than any [...]
by George Ambler on September 29, 2005
“Every act of creativity is an act of faith. The essence of faith is to proceed without any real evidence that our effort will be rewarded. The act of faith in choosing to live out a way of operating that we alone believe in gives real meaning to our work and our lives” – Peter [...]