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Connection versus Content: 5 Worship Team Hacks for the pandemic
We celebrated Easter across America with virtual choirs, online chat rooms, and streaming sermons. The speed at which our worship teams pivoted whiplashed us into territory only once thought...
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Wear a mask! There’s a difference between self-expression and being selfish.
The most helpful creatives among us know this truth by painful experience: Our selfishness never helps us. It, in fact, has the opposite effect. When individual rights seem suspended, the idea of the...
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How does the creative process work?
I am writing a new book about the creative process Many of my readers may not know that I have been writing a book about the creative process. It’s an idea I have chewed on and studied for several...
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The Myth of Art and Meaning: Invention versus Intention
This week I listened to author Jeff Goin’s podcast, Hello Creator. In episode eight, the question of art and practicality was the topic, and Jeff asked, “Should art be practical?” We all assign to...
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Creativity Finds A Way: Creating During the Darkest of Times
Like life, creativity finds a way. In fact, we are not unique in surviving a pandemic. The poet and playwright William Shakespeare offers an example of how creative work continues in the darkest of...
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Why Brainstorming Meetings Suck and How to Make Them Better
If you want to see eyes roll, tell the team you planned a brainstorming meeting. The hope is to practice innovation, foster teamwork, or prop up low morale. Motives, whether sane or desperate, propel...
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Creator vs Employee: Why don’t you get a real job?
Have you ever wondered why work seems meaningful to some and not to others? Perhaps it has to do with how we see ourselves. Are we creators or employees? There are a few recordings that playback in...
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Limitations lead to innovation
This is an excerpt from my new book: MINDBLOWN: Unlock Your Creative Genius by Bridging Science and Magic. In my book, I write about the creative process and my three steps, The Dream, The Sandbox,...
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Why write a book about the creative process? Most people think creativity or innovation is something only a few have access to. I believe, with the help from brain scientists, researchers, and...
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Embrace the Awkward: Create a safe place for tough conversations
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe To be human is to be creative Here’s something I’m sure of. Creativity is just another word for being human. One example of this is...
View ArticleThe Magic of Being Present: Connect, Notice, and Thank
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe I had one of those weeks where I felt like I was on a road trip, sharing stories on the winding drive, dreaming with new friends at...
View ArticleCreativity’s Invisible Variables: Preparation and Incubation
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe We celebrate the moment an idea is born. When a colleague or friend mentions their new idea, we find them in a state of euphoria and...
View ArticleChange, Uncertainty and the Creative Process: Five Principles to Remember
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe I have been an Apple Mac person since 1990, owning one of the first little beige boxes containing an eight-inch screen and a...
View ArticleCreativity is Addition: Move Fast and Break Things versus Be Present and Make...
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe Silicon Valley is where I grew up and now where I once again reside. We moved almost a year ago but it’s still a bit hard to adjust...
View ArticleCreativity and the Faces of a Puppy: Be Curious, Frustrated and Joyful.
Subscribe to the audio blog on your favorite podcast app: Subscribe What’s in a face? Sherlock, our new puppy, expresses many faces. These let us know when he feels proud about going potty, unhappy...
View ArticleCreativity arrives in small Iterations, not giant leaps.
As a young person at music school, I lived 1800 miles from home. It seemed like a big leap, jumping from High School to accept a full scholarship to a music trade school. Another leap raised me to...
View ArticleThe In-Between: When Clarity Puts You On Hold
Sometimes life is like waiting for a medical diagnosis to arrive. Doctors ordered lab work, scans, and combed through your medical file. But delays keep you from knowing the verdict. You might ask,...
View ArticleChoose an open mind: Certainty is my enemy. Nuance is my friend.
Mark, a good friend and a UK expat living in the Middle East, came to visit me several years ago. After years of spending a week or so together at conferences, this was a rare treat to finally host...
View ArticleNo Mailbox Required. Be the Letter Sent.
I used to write and mail old-fashioned letters. In fact, those letters bonded my relationship with the young woman I eventually married. Our correspondence helped us feel seen. She sent mixtape...
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