In this excerpt from his fantastic 1991 (we think) lecture, John Cleese offers a recipe for creativity, delivered with his signature blend of cultural insight and comedic genius. Specifically, Cleese outlines "the 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative".
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Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team | TED
Tom Wujec presents some surprisingly deep research into the "marshmallow problem" -- a simple team-building exercise that involves dry spaghetti, one yard of tape and a marshmallow. Who can build the tallest tower with these ingredients? And why d...
The Rise of the New Groupthink | NYTimes
By SUSAN CAIN SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams,...
David Kelley: Unlocking Creativity – curiosity.com
Can anyone be creative?
What is lateral thinking?
Lateral thinking is one of those terms that many people have heard of, but probably very few of us really know what it means. So when I saw a very clear definition and description of it in Paul Sloane's excellent new book, How to be a Brilliant Th...
TEDx talk by Charles Limb: Your brain on improvisation
via ted.com Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. What he and his team found has deep implications for our understanding of cr...
In Pursuit of the Perfect Brainstorm (by David Segal)
via nytimes.com Last month, in a small room on the fifth floor of a high-rise building in San Mateo, Calif., three men sat around a table, thinking. The place was wallpapered with Post-it notes, in a riot of colors, plus column after column of ind...
COLAB: A Laboratory for Collaboration and Serious Play, by Shoham Arad – Core77
via core77.com COLAB (Collaboration Laboratory) is a groundbreaking Syracuse University (SU) initiative that connects students, communities and corporations, to bridge gaps, create opportunities and solve some of today's top social, economical and...
CaT’s Tips for Evolving Advertising in Digital Age – Kunur Patel – Cat: Creativity and Technology – Creativity Online
via creativity-online.com thanks for sharing Mel!
The Creators Project | Technology and the Brightest Young Minds in Music, Art, Film, and Design
via thecreatorsproject.com
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