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Tim Hurson commented on Bradley Foster's video 'Making it fun to take out the trash'

What a wonderful example of creatively influencing behaviours. A real treat. Thanks, Bradley. (and thanks Volkswagen!)

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Yay Annabelle! What an interesting idea. We could give a brief Pecha Kucha history for those who might be interested in organizing their own MCs.

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Tim Hurson replied to Hal Portner's discussion 'Creativity in Education'

This is actually a response from the incomparable Matteo Catullo. Matteo, who lives in Milan, Italy, is the founder of The Little School of CREA, which he refers to below: The Little School of CREA A school is a place where you can learn by expe...

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Tim Hurson commented on Rich Rosen's blog post 'What's UP?'

Hi Rich, I love this! We also use UP as one of the most powerful tools in Productive Thinking. When examining ideas — particularly ideas that seem odd or crazy or not PC — we ask What's UP? What's the Underlying Principle? to discover if there is...

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Posted on March 25, 2009 at 8:30am —

Santa Clauses are coming to town!

Here's a terrific photo essay by Bill Cunningham of the New York Times. Christmas Creativity at its best. Enjoy! Thousands of Santas

Posted on December 20, 2008 at 8:31am —

Here's a car with a very different kind of zip. Check out this amazing video!

This is one of the coolest examples of tenkaizen pattern-busting I've seen in a long time. It's about a BMW concept car with a body made of cloth instead of metal.

I have to admit that my very first reaction to that idea was an instant gator-like "Yeah, right..."

Then, after a moment watching the video, I thought, "Wow. What took so long?"

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Posted on June 18, 2008 at 12:04am — 1 Comment

...but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. (oh, yeah?)

We often talk about turning things upside down and inside out in order to stimulate new thinking. Here's a link to a short video from the New York Times that shows an unusual way to do that. (This should be of interest to our sensory scientist member, Clare Dus.) Click to view in a new window.

Posted on May 29, 2008 at 7:54am — 3 Comments

Another terrific talk by Sir Ken Robinson on the need for creativity in education.

The whole talk is of interest, but the part that starts at about 12 minutes is crucial. Sir Ken speaks of recognizing that creativity can be taught, reconnecting our notions of intelligence and creativity, and training people in the skills required to generate many good ideas. Very much worth watching.

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Posted on May 28, 2008 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments

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At 11:30am on November 5, 2009, Andrew Drummond said…: Thanks Tim, will have a look around and let you know what I think.

At 12:40pm on October 9, 2009, Kevin Byron said…: Hi Tim,

I couldn't log on with my last e-mail address any more as I have now left Leicester Uni and am working free-lance for them and other Unis. I worked there full-time for 18 months developing new resources on Creative Skills for Research. This is now complete and to be published soon, so I'm back to free-lancing but am now engaged in a new resource: Creative Skills for Enterprise.

I also did some private research whilst at the University on the workplace and nothing much has changed since I left full time employment six years ago. I shall be reporting on this because I made some observations that don't square with creativity being the solution to the world of work. So I shall continue to enjoy being iconoclastic... Cheers,

Kevin

At 8:14am on September 20, 2009, Marci Segal said…: Thanks Tim. Appreciate the opportunity you provided to launch the conversation about creativity professionals - who they are, what they do, what they deliver against, what they promise. Looking forward to sharing thoughts and insights regarding our values, beliefs, ethics and competencies so that clients can be assured of what they are getting when they hire creativity professionals to work with them.

Further, great clarification work being done on the difference between creative professionals and creativity professionals.

Started http://creativityprofessional.blogspot.com/ to share the thinking.

At 10:21pm on September 16, 2009, Sharon Walsh said…: Tim, Mindcamp was incredible this year. Dancing with you was a real highlight. Not to lessen it, there were also so many others. I agree with Leah that September is my new year and a time for reflection. I might make Mindcamp my personal Rosh Hashana! thanks. Sharon

At 10:45am on September 16, 2009, robert dickman said…: Tim, What a beautiful spot for MindCamp. I will continue to imagine the winds growing colder and the leaves on the great maples turning golden and crimson before they are released.

A request-can you post everyone's email address. I did not receive a copy of contact info. Thanks-
Bob

At 10:11am on September 16, 2009, Edouard LE MARECHAL said…: Merci du fond du coeur, Tim (and Franca), That was great ! I am already buying my tickets for next year.

At 6:54am on September 16, 2009, Neal Swire said…: Thanks Tim, once again a special thanks for all of your work with Mindcamp!

At 12:07am on September 16, 2009, Ellen Karp said…: Absolutely right! Actually, Franca and I have been doing a great job already given that we now seem to see each other daily! AND I met your dog! Anyway, MindCamp was amazing and I was thrilled that I could make it, Ellen

At 3:55pm on September 15, 2009, Diego Uribe said…: Tim, I really enjoyed mindcamp.
Thanks for the effort and time of putting such a nice event together.
Yes, I am close and will see if there are any opportunities to come and visit in the near future...Cheers, Diego

At 11:24am on September 15, 2009, Leah Goldman said…: Tim-I looked for you say bye and thanks but I guess you really were under wraps til next year. As always, I love what you bring together and share as MC-- it fills my heart and refreshes me. September has always been my personal new year and there no better way for me to kick off the year! Keeping in touch......