Standing Out (with Jason Van Orden)
How do you make your message stand out in a crowded marketplace? On this episode, Jason Van Orden shares principles for getting your ideas into the world more effectively.
Standing Out (with Jason Van Orden)
Articles about ideas
Invisible Solutions (with Stephen Shapiro)
Invisible Solutions (with Stephen Shapiro)
To innovate, you must train yourself to see the world differently.
Take Notes Like a (Creative) Pro
Take Notes Like a (Creative) Pro
How to use your notes to spark brilliant ideas.
Three Principles For Getting To The Best Idea
Three Principles For Getting To The Best Idea
Don't just settle for the most comfortable or obvious one.
How To Keep a Commonplace Book
How To Keep a Commonplace Book
Some principles for curating sparks of inspiration.
Taking An Idea From Hunch To Shark Tank and Beyond
Taking An Idea From Hunch To Shark Tank and Beyond
Several years ago, toymaker Neil Hoffman had an idea for a new toy that would make his family's life much more fun. The problem was, he had another job at the time, and this "side project" was likely to take up much more time and resources than he could spare. On this episode, we discuss Neil's journey from idea, to an appearance on Shark Tank, to creating an internationally successful toy product that has changed the lives of families across the globe.
Loonshots (with Safi Bachall)
Loonshots (with Safi Bachall)
Some ideas are so crazy that "moonshot" doesn't even do them credit. "Loonshot" seems more appropriate. On this episode, physicist and entrepreneur Safi Bachall is here to teach us how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries with insights from his new book Loonshots.
Are You Fast Twitch or Slow Twitch?
Are You Fast Twitch or Slow Twitch?
There are two types of creative pros and idea generators.
A Framework For Choosing The Best Idea
A Framework For Choosing The Best Idea
Make the decision in a way that everyone can be onboard with.
The Weight Of What’s Undone
The Weight Of What’s Undone
The weight of all of your incomplete projects and partial ideas can weigh heavily on you if you're not careful. On this episode, we discuss a few strategies for dealing with that weight.
Getting To The Best Idea (with Niki Papadopoulos)
Getting To The Best Idea (with Niki Papadopoulos)
Every idea - even a great one - needs an editor. Someone to help sift through the fluff and get to the heart of it all. For a band, it's the producer. For an agency, a creative director. And for an author, it's the editor. On this episode, renowned book editor Niki...
How To Choose Between Ideas
How To Choose Between Ideas
We've all been there. You have ten great ideas on the whiteboard, and you have to make a decision today about which you're going to work on. How do you know which one is best?
It helps to have a framework for making these decisions. On this episode, I share a simple framework for choosing the best idea, and for making those "from the gut" conversations about creative direction a little less stressful.
One Way To Spark Unique Ideas For Your Project
One Way To Spark Unique Ideas For Your Project
You need great ideas consistently in order to do your job. But, where do those ideas come from? You can't just sit there and stare at the problem. Instead, it sometimes help to have a few tools to pull out of your toolbox when you need to be brilliant. On today's show, I share a simple mothod called a "Stimulus Dive" to help you spark new and non-intuitive ideas when you need them most.
Getting To The Best Idea (with David Moldawer)
Getting To The Best Idea (with David Moldawer)
Ideas are often plentiful, but great, concise, well-presented ideas are rare. Sometimes you need another person to help you shape your work into something that can achieve maximum impact. David Moldawer is just such a person. He's an editor, and a writer, and he helps authors simplify and communicate their very complex work in a way that it can be received. On this episode, we talk about how to find your voice as an artist, a common fallacy that prevents us from success, and how to best position yourself for creative success.
25 Questions That Will Help You Get Unstuck
25 Questions That Will Help You Get Unstuck
No matter how talented and driven you are, sooner or later you're bound to feel stuck. When you'e at a standstill, the worst thing you can do is to keep staring at the problem and digging yourself deeper into a rut. On this episode, Todd Henry shares 25 simple, but effective questions to help you get out of your creative rut and get moving on your work.
The Power of Onlyness (with Nilofer Merchant)
The Power of Onlyness (with Nilofer Merchant)
You have an idea inside of you that could change the very world around you. And, many people allow those ideas to die on the vine because they lack the courage to take the first step, or the community around them to support their efforts. Today's guest, Nilofer Merchant, has just released a book called The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Ideas Mighty Enough To Dent The World, and she shares stories of people who have taken their idea from hunch to impact and changed the world in the process.
Podcast: The Power of Little Ideas (with David Robertson)
Podcast: The Power of Little Ideas (with David Robertson)
When you think about innovation, what comes to mind? Blue-sky ideas? Complete disruption? Something no one has ever seen before? Yes, those are important. However, today's guest David Robertson believes that in our pursuit of disruption we often overlook a very valuable source of new value: little ideas. On today's show, he shares how companies and teams are leveraging little ideas to delight their customers and win fierce loyalty with insights from his book The Power Of Little Ideas.
Podcast: Turn Everyday Hunches Into Brilliant Work (with Bernadette Jiwa)
Podcast: Turn Everyday Hunches Into Brilliant Work (with Bernadette Jiwa)
Where do great ideas come from? For many creative pros great ideas are simply sourced in everyday experience. However, in order to turn those seemingly commonplace observations into brilliant work, you need to know what you're looking for. Today's guest Bernadette Jiwa has just released a book called Hunch that's all about how to leverage your curiosity and empathy to mine your environment for idea gold.