by Carla Johnson | Apr 11, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation
April 11, 2023 Do you remember the magic and wonder of the world when we were kids? When we were little, we noticed everything around us. We paid attention to the smallest detail. Ants carrying bits of dirt one by one. How ice cream melts and runs down the side of a...
by Carla Johnson | Mar 27, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Performance, Productivity
March 28, 2023 Executives at every size company are looking for ways to be more effective with innovation. So, naturally, those executives hire a team of curious and inventive people to make up their research and development department. Here’s the problem with...
by Carla Johnson | Mar 14, 2023 | Creativity, Innovation, Storytelling
March 14, 2023 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...
by Carla Johnson | 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...