Stop wasting time being stuck. Do this instead.

9 November 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Here's a mental flip that will get you unstuck and into the right mind frame for creative problem solving. It's a simple but little known technique.

Make It Shit – the unconventional path to creative idea generation

27 September 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

A vital part of problem solving techniques is idea generation. Here’s how to tap into creativity the unconventional way.

20 reasons why you’re not creative

27 June 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

You really want to be creative, to generate ideas but you're not. Maybe you don't know how. Here are 20 reasons that you're not doing generating ideas and doing something with them.

5 ways to instantly increase your focus

11 June 2024 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Motivation is like catching butterflies. Even if you work out what drives you now, that can change tomorrow, and it ...

Negative Brainstorming

19 March 2023 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

Here's a method to generate ideas as a group or solo. It stems from a rather unexpected way of thinking, breeding ideas like rabbits from a magician's hat.

The 5 characteristics that bring ideas to life

11 February 2023 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving

The right combination of behaviours pushes creative thinking into implementation. Find out what what qualities you need or the people to include for ideas to be realised.

The creative problem solving process – from dream to reality

17 September 2022 / Creative Problem Solving, Featured

Creative problem solving is absolutely crucial to as individuals or organisations. Here's how to access more inventiveness.

How many people does it take for a productive meeting?

6 July 2020 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Email Communication, Productive Meetings

There are often too many people to make meetings productive. Here's how to avoid managing people to get something done, and actually get something done.

5 ways to lift the mood on your next video call – transcript

31 March 2020 / All Posts, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication

At the moment we are all stuck in a negative news cycle so when we get on video conference calls ...

What Product Managers can learn from Actors

10 March 2019 / All Posts, Body Language, Creative Problem Solving, Effective Communication, Email Communication

Last year, I did a podcast related to my article in Mind the Product, Oh the Drama! What Product Managers Can ...