by Carla Johnson | Mar 14, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling
Being innovative means constantly coming up with new, great, and reliable ideas. But what happens when you’ve run out of ideas? Taking a look at an industry completely different from your own can spark massive insight and bring unexpected ideas. The only problem: how...
by Alex Valderrama | Mar 6, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling
February 28, 2023 Everyone struggles with obstacles and limits, whether self-imposed or external. It’s part of what makes us human. One of the great joys in life, especially in innovation, is figuring out how to creatively overcome those obstacles and limits and have...
by Carla Johnson | Jan 31, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation
Updated January 31, 2023 In part 1 of the What Is Innovation? series, we talked about the difference between creativity and innovation. If creativity is the practice of bringing a new perspective and having it add value, innovation is the process of transforming that...
by Carla Johnson | Jan 18, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation
Updated January 17, 2023 The many definitions for innovation If you asked 10 different people to define innovation, you’d get 20 different responses. It’s one of those things that seems simple to define and understand but turns complicated when you’re pressed...
by Carla Johnson | Dec 6, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation
December 6, 2022 How does a company swing from scrapping together toys from actual scraps in the Great Depression to becoming a household name to nearly filing for bankruptcy to being one of history’s greatest innovation superstars? By being really good at building,...
by Carla Johnson | Nov 22, 2022 | Creativity, Innovation
November 22, 2022 Have you ever noticed how creative kids are? Young people see a cardboard box and it becomes a pirate ship. A stump in the woods is now a queen’s throne. Tie a swath of cloth around their neck and suddenly they’re a superhero. When’s the last time...