Books Can Help Nurture Young Inventors Several years ago, while I was leading innovation work at my healthcare organization, I helped judge projects entered in a college incubator competition. The students were vying for funds to further develop their innovative ideas...
When You Need Creative Problem-Solving I presented a session last fall at the state of Washington’s annual improvement conference titled Quick and Easy Creativity Techniques to Get Unstuck. The participants were from public agencies and other organizations in need of...
Get Creative with Constraints There’s a quote out there in the Internet world that I’ve pinned and come back to periodically: Creativity is subtraction. This is a concept I find useful to remember in my writing, work and everyday life. Imposing constraints is one way...
New Website, New Blog Welcome to my updated website! Two big reasons I tackled this refresh were: • To streamline the site so you can quickly find helpful information and resources • To make it easier to share news and tutorials through a WordPress blog I’m excited...
Everyday Creativity: Use Seven Ways to Get Unstuck One of my favorite ways to try busting through roadblocks is to generate at least seven alternatives (bonus points for even more ideas). The reason for 7+ ideas is that the first few typically are the usual...
In addition to providing occasional updates about my book projects, my goal is twofold: (1) encourage creative practice in our lives and writing by sharing easy-to-try methods and (2) provide useful encouragement to kids, teachers, parents, other writers and those considering or already deep into the writing life.