Why Design Matters (2022) is a collection of some of the best interviews from Debbie Millman’s long-running podcast of the same name. It collects over 50 interviews from over 15 years’ worth of conversations. These talks not only explain why design matters, they also show how the principles of design extend to creativity in general …
Seeking Wisdom (2021) is a six-week program for learning the power of creative prayer. Whether you are a blocked artist or an aspiring screenwriter, in these summaries, you’ll learn how one’s spiritual life can unlock creativity and create a meaningful artistic life.
Creative Acts for Curious People (2021) collects insights about creativity and design taught in the classrooms of Stanford’s renowned Hasso Plattner School of Design, also known as the d.school. In addition to essays about the mindset and skills required for creative action, it offers over 80 practical exercises used by instructors from dozens of fields …
Critical thinking is in hot demand, but unfortunately in short supply. Some people are critical thinkers but most people tend to think uncritically. Eve Ash asks Peter Quarry to explain how critical thinking is learned and developed. Peter explains that recognizing and switching off emotions is the first step. This entails understanding how we feel …
A documentary case study program to inspire everyone to be creative, offer suggestions and make improvements. Identify opportunities to improve and teach employees and leaders how to develop and brainstorm new ideas by learning how to replicate the proven success of others. It is vital to refine and continually refresh your organization to keep moving …
As creatives, we get so many confusing and conflicting pieces of advice, causing us to fall into one of two very dangerous creative traps. Creating solely for ourselves, absent of marketing concerns. Creating solely for the market, absent of personal convictions. While creating primarily for ourselves isn’t necessarily bad, when we are done, we often …
Personal development never stops. We always have room to improve ourselves, learn from others, pick up new life skills, and achieve everything we can. To help you along that journey, we’ve put together this free bundle of cheat sheets themed around self-improvement. Having a phone interview? Need to spice up your resume? Just want to …
If you are a self-publishing author and are starting out on a very small budget, a homemade, DIY book cover is a practical solution. However, the worst thing you can do is consider your cover design like a blank canvas and add all elements randomly without a deeper understanding of what role they are playing. …
Educator and writer Amy Whitaker combine her talents in art and business to explain how they serve one another. She proposes using a mind-set she calls “art thinking” to harness the joy and creative thought of making art in tandem with the structure and organization of the business. Each chapter addresses one aspect of the …
You may not be a lawyer, politician, or inventor, but, at some point in your career, you’ve probably had to advocate – that is, convince others to buy into an idea. Communications consultant John A. Daly teaches the strategies successful advocates employ: the basics of presenting an idea, the importance of cultivating a broad network, …
