I was reflecting last week about my choice to practice contentment. For me, contentment is a choice to be satisfied with (most of) my life and to work to continuously improve the areas that are a bit sandpaper-y. I feel better for following a path of a choice of contentment than chasing happiness. Yes, yes, I know […]

There are many people out there who don’t feel they are ‘creative’, you know, the one with the colour and materials and music and paint and drawing and stuff. And sure, you may not be a master with pen and pencil or notes or writing, but you can be creative in your problem solving, in […]

There are two common channels for ‘creativity’ – one linked to the creative arts and one linked to thought. In a multi-disciplinary marketing team there is often a fabulous mix of both – brilliant design skills and brilliant critical analysis and creative thinking ability. It has been my pleasure to work with great creative teams […]

Whether you are a creative or you have creatives in your team or you just wish you could  be ‘creative’ (tip: you probably are, you don’t need to be able to sketch up a storm to be creative) taking the time to find inspiration is vital. When we get in the zone of delivering outputs […]

Watching Australian Test Cricket captain Steve Smith score his 100 today at the Gabba, I was struck by his celebration and the connection he demonstrated to his team in this celebration. We talk about captain’s knocks, about leading from the front, about setting the example. And certainly sports analogies can be a little overused. However […]

Working with creatives, being a creative and teaching creatives is fascinating. The power of creativity is pretty cool – something out of nothing,  something out of random, something out of something else. Talking particularly with student designers they are often focused on creating, designing and making something they love. Brilliant.  It is a fun and […]