I still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something. – Eric Schmidt Recently, I wrote about the role of noise in creativity and how to use the sense of smell to encourage creative problem solving. Â I even wrote a small post on conflict spurring creativity. Â Yes, …
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Does Smell Hold the Secret to Creative Success?
The idea of ‘sleeping on a problem’ is well known and accepted as a perfectly acceptable way of dealing with a mental block.  A new study performed by a team led by Simone Ritter of the Radboud University Behavioral Science Institute in the Netherlands successfully linked smell with the success of ‘sleeping on it’. Participants in the study …
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Three Lessons From an Afternoon of Moviemaking
A week ago, several friends of mine and I got together to make short movies. We really didn’t expect to get much done because when we get together we don’t tend to be very focused. Yet, we all really wanted to get some things accomplished. We had only one complete script and two ‘improv’ type …
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