The World of Creativity: Blog

The Meaning of Meals. (Episode 198)

This episode is inspired by a conversation I had with a Mexican chef as research for my upcoming book, The World of Creativity.   You can learn a lot about life from Martha Ortiz and she learned a lot about life from food. Martha grew up in a family where the father was a famous […]

The creativity sweet spot between obvious and random. (Episode 197)

Question: On a scale between 0 and 100, where 0 is totally obvious and 100 is totally random where would you put a good idea? The, perhaps surprising, answer is 70. I got this number from Rafa Jiménez, whom I met in Mexico City. Rafa is the founder & CEO of Seenapse and Rafa has […]

Ideamond. (Episode 196)

This week’s newsletter is inspired by the latest episode of my series ‘The Creativity Suite‘.   Ideamonds – small, brilliant ideas.   Yes, “Ideamond” is a made up word. I just made it up, after having a discussion about creativity with Diana Mondino early this year. Diana is a woman who wears many creative hats. […]

Bispective. (Episode 195)

    Bispective is a made up word created by combining the Latin word for “two” (bi) with the word “perspective” where “spec” means “to observe”. A person with Bispective is a person who can look at a situation from two perspectives. ​ For example: ​ – A salesperson who previously worked as head of […]

Daily Creativity Insights. (Episode 194)

I published this text on LinkedIn and since you are following me here I thought you might appreciate to know about my goal for 2024 of posting one SHORT creativity insight on LinkedIn every (working) day. Follow me on LinkedIn (if you do not already do that) and let’s, together, explore creativity there as well. […]

Dormant Ideas. (Episode 193)

When the venue becomes part of the message of the speech. (Episode 192)

Sometimes we do not need ideas, and still we should get them. (Episode 191)

Ostium – The opposite of a problem. (Episode 190)

An “exceeder”. (Episode 189)