The Eight Intelligences We Need at Work
For decades, workplaces have prized one narrow form of intelligence — logical, mathematical, rational thinking. But there are at least eight kinds of intelligence.
creativity
How Managers Either Protect Creativity — or Quietly Destroy It
Most barriers to creativity in organisations are managerial — not a lack of talent or ideas. This essay explores why keeping the dream alive is a management responsibility, and what it actually takes to create the conditions for imagination to survive.
Where Ideas Actually Come From — and Why Genius Is Usually a Team
The label genius is often misleading. We apply it to individuals — but when you look carefully at almost any significant creative achievement, the picture is more complicated.
Creative Problem Solving at Work: The PO Method Explained
Most workplace problems are solved too quickly, with the first plausible answer. The PO method — Problem + Object — deliberately disrupts that pattern. A practical guide to lateral thinking and creative problem-solving at work.
30 Days of Creativity: A Free Guide to Building Creative Practice
At the start of 2022, I set myself a creative constraint: one idea about creativity, every day, for a month. It failed after six days. This is what came from it
Fear, Rejection, and the Creative Process at Work
Before anyone puts pen to paper, the same things happen every time. Laughter. Nervous smiles. A low hum of anxiety. Then the disclaimers arrive. The drawing exercise is simple. What it reveals about fear and the creative process is not.
Why I Use an Analogue Personal Knowledge Management System
Slowing down learning is sometimes the fastest way to grow. This essay explores why analogue tools help turn information into knowledge — and why a personal knowledge system should change behaviour, not just store notes.