The World of Creativity: Blog

#AiPRIL-30 days of testing, reflecting and posting about Ai (Episode 158)

Welcome to #AiPRIL (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 157)

The Paradoxes of Creativity – Mini Series_Ep 02: Solitude vs External Inspiration (Episode 156)

The Paradoxes of Creativity – Mini Series: Creative Bubbles (Episode 155)

Creative Fatigue (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 154)

When good ideas fade away (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 153)

Hi,   Today, I am writing to you from Vemdalen in Sweden where I am on a skiing holiday with family and friends.   I wanted to reflect on when good ideas fade away.   You see, I used to work in Vemdalen and Åra many years ago. Then, the ski-locks (similar to the one […]

Innovation to solve pain-points (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 152)

In many parking lots in Sweden, we have a system where the parking is free for a couple of hours, as long as you show a Parking Disc with your arrival time on it.   It’s a good system, but the problem is that many people (especially people like me!) forget to put in the arrival […]

Procedure vs Creativity (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 151)

Procedure is to do what has been decided as right.   Professionalism is to know when that would be the wrong decision.   So, this just happened:   “Where is your badge?”, the security guard checking all the people entering the big ballroom in Mumbai gave me a stern look.   “Sorry, I did not […]

Sceptical Sceptical Dialogue. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 150)

“Often, when I have an idea, I get this little voice in my head that tells me all the reasons for why it’s a bad idea. How do I get rid of that voice?”   That was the question I got in today’s coaching session. I think this is a common problem and in this […]

Happeness. (The Creativity Explorer. Episode 149)

There is a special kind of joy that comes from making things happen. That special kind of happiness you feel when you have created something.   Yes, true and pure happiness lies within and is not measured in accomplishments, but that should not stop us from also doing things that create that feeling of delight […]