I just read an eye-opening article titled How to Raise a Creative Child. The ideas and research discussed in the article challenge the conventional wisdom on how to raise children who will be creative and successful. The article argues that the 'drill and kill' and early specialization approaches to child development are counterproductive to innovative and [...]
I was recently interviewed by a new magazine and website devoted to the experience and expression of creativity in its many forms. If you'd like to take a look inside my head (however messy it may be) and see what creativity means to me and how it manifests itself in my work, this interview is a [...]
“I wonder.” How often you have made this simple statement? I’m going to guess quite frequently. How often have you heard it from others? I’ll bet even more often. Anytime an interesting question is asked, “I wonder” seems to naturally appear in our psyches. It’s only two words, yet those two words are far more [...]
Disruption is certainly in vogue these days in the business world. Yet, an interesting and contrarian article in The New Yorker challenges the conventional wisdom that disruptive innovation actually work. The writer debunks much of the findings of the Harvard professor and business guru Clayton Christensen that businesses and industries evolve or die through disruptive innovation.
On the heels of my recent post titled, Risk-Taking for Your Children: How Much is Enough?, The Atlantic Monthly just published a cover story, The Overprotected Child, which covers the topic from a slightly different, but very compelling, angle. A great read!
An interesting article in the New York Times describes research that suggests that a messy environment increases creativity. FYI, I am the antithesis of messiness (just look at my office!). :->