Creativity
Design Thinking meet-up Cologne
After meeting each other at HPI in Potsdam in 2015, Karla S. wanted to keep the spirit and contact alive and started the …
Quick Guide to 3 kinds of Innovation and Drivers of new Business and Art value
“Is this innovation or can I toss it in the bin?” 10 years ago Steve Jobs introduced the IPhone – how did we manage …
Arranged Marriages and Innovation: Why you need the explosive sparking of creative thinkers to the critical analysts!
Why do hot oil and water explode? Because at the atomic level, the hot excited particles collide but cannot merge. The …
Digital Storytelling – 5 Things You Need to Know (in 5 Minutes)
In today’s overflowing world, how can new tech tools create visual stories that entertain and grab your customers’ …
What You Never Knew About Introverts!
Have you heard of Susanne Cain’s Quiet Revolution? While doing some research for our book, I came across her intriguing …
How the French Artist Fernand Léger Uses “Harassment” to Make Monumental Art
“Let us take the time in this fast and ever-changing life which harasses us and tears us to pieces; to have the …
Why I Learned to Love My Messy Mind
My mind leaks. No, gross stuff does not drip out! But according to creativity scholar Scott Barry Kaufmann, leaky …
5 Reasons to Take Your Brain on a Trip
Vacation or holiday just around the corner? Great! Most of us love to travel – a change of food, different people and …
How to Survive the Heat in Silicon Valley, Be Global and Have Fun
“17 years in Silicon Valley” as a small progressive product design business, “is a really long time”, admits ZURB head …
If Only You Were French, Male and Dead – Joan Mitchell
What is the connection between creative confidence and artists’ work? Artists have unleashed their creative potential, …
Auf der anderen Seite der Welt – und doch zuhause?
Beyond bias: Opening to human connection in Brazil Whether it’s at work or in our free time, many of us would love to …
Fast and Furious – Don’t Fall in Love With Your First Try! Perfect Rapid Prototyping?!
As a Design Thinking facilitator, I love the enthusiasm that is fired up when teams start building their prototypes! SO …
Essentials of a Growth Mindset
What makes people tick, grow and want to learn? Carol Dweck’s TEDTalk was called the one of best in this list of the 10 …
Bases Loaded with Creative Confidence
Angel’s Stadium, Anaheim, southern California The invitation to the Angels vs. Rangers came as a total surprise! German …
Tom Kelley, David Kelley: “Creative Confidence” | Talks at Google
How might companies unlock their employees’ creativity? A short summary of the YouTube film with David and Tom Kelley …
We not me: 5 Important things to remember so your brainstorming works!
It’s true that brain storming has a bad reputation. Sometimes the group dynamic erupts in something called Group Speak …