A short collection of beliefs, conversation starters, and thoughts to ponder over coffee.
Posts Tagged ‘ideas’
December 1st, 2011
Written by Cynthia Thomas
@deziner
Innovation
Innovation has become both the holy grail and an overused buzz word in today’s society. Turn any direction and you hear and see businesses, leaders, and people touting their dedication to innovative products, processes and general ways. It is a noble focus. The world is better with energy being funneled to something like innovation rather than a slew of other goals.
But I wonder if we don’t fall victim to defining innovation in the wrong way…
October 11th, 2011
Written by Cynthia Thomas
@deziner
“You know you’re branding your children, right?” said with snark.
I had this said to me recently in the course of a discussion regarding the sharing of my 2 boys’ endeavors via social channels. I’ve taken to talking about them under the label “littlemen” both offline and online, utilizing the term in discussions in reference to them, as well as the hashtag #littlemen, #littleman & #littlestman when sharing on social platforms. It wasn’t the first time I’ve heard a comment of this nature in reference to what I was “doing:” putting in place these external, recognizable “marks” that refer to my boys. But I never really gave much thought to it, and even joked about it myself at times. “They’ll thank me for it later on.”
But this time it struck me differently.
September 6th, 2010
Written by Cynthia Thomas
@deziner
The “A-Ha” Moment
You’ve had an a-ha moment, right? I mean we all have at some point or another. The clouds open up, the waters part, and there is the answer, the thought, the solution we’ve been struggling to find. A-ha moments also take the form of validation expressions. “A-ha! I knew it!” can be one of the most satisfying feelings, even though we don’t like to admit it. We seek these out, sometime rely on them to move ahead. Especially in creative fields, where our whole goal is to connect dots that others may not see or fathom a connection. The “a-ha!” is what we live for.
August 17th, 2010
Written by Mark Fairbanks
@markfairbanks
An 8 iron for creativity: what you can learn from one club golf
First of all, a definition of one club golf. No, it is not golf played by members of advertising’s famous One Club. Rather, it is a round played with a single club. That is correct—one, single solitary club and all the skill, creativity and talent you can bring to that particular round of golf. And yes, you must putt with this club as well.
So what does all this have to do with digital, strategy or creativity which is what I usually write about here? A lot.
Let me ask you this: How many of us are hindered by thinking we can only play with a “full bag of clubs?” Instead, I’d suggest seeing limitations for what they are: things you don’t need to worry about.
Tagged with: @ajbombers, Communication Arts, creative, creativity, Digital, golf, ideas, Jack Nicklaus, Joe Sorge, Missing Links, strategy, The One Show
