How to Escape a Lion: Why Children are More Creative than Adults
The study of NASA psychologist George Land that he began in 1968 changed the way I understood creativity and how to teach it more than…
Author: Michael Lee
In the Beginning – the Origin Story of the Innotivity Institute
ORIGIN STORY OF CREATE YOUR CREATIVITY AND THE INNOVATION EXPLOSION When we created the Academy of Television (ATV) in Johannesburg in 2010 (www.screenarts.tv), I knew…
The Creativity Lie For Which You Will Fight To the Death (The Deadline Lie)
You are not more creative at the last minute. It may seem like you are, but that’s a cognitive distortion brought on by no sleep, too much caffeine…
The Hardest Creativity Lie to Believe (The Abundance Lie)
Everyone loves Abundance. Yet Scarcity seems to be better for Creativity. Maybe a lot better.
The Most Popular Creativity Lie (The Originality Lie)
Stop bleeding from the brain trying to be original, it’s a hopeless task. Nobody is going to applaud you for it, because you will never do it.
The Most Damaging Creativity Lie (The Artistry Lie)
In the previous blog, I labelled the Genetics Lie of Creativity the most “important” lie about creativity, putting it at #1. And yet now I…
The Most Important Creativity Lie (The Genetics Lie) Part 2
The lesson is straightforward. Stop saying you just aren’t creative, or creative enough. Get off your ass and start working on your creativity the s…
The Most Important Creativity Lie (The Genetics Lie) Part 1
Evidence seems to clearly show is that creativity is not gained as we grow up, but lost. Picasso said that all children are artists, with the trick be…
Rotten Lemons
When life gives you lemons, you can’t always make lemonade and you must not blame yourself for this.
The Millionaire Truth
Have you met Anthony Brown (virtually)? Dont you get such great joy and pleasure of visits from Anthony and his purportedly Millionaire pals almost ev…