The articles in this area explore what creativity is and what we can all do to enhance our own creative thinking abilities. This growing collection of articles by Think Jar Collective members and other creatives from diverse fields shows how creativity is necessary in every domain of human endeavour. The aim here is to demystify creativity, inspire, jar assumptions and help spark creative action.
Great mini documentary on the development of Cuba's DIY culture that emerged over 30 years of necessity.
Renowned Creativity expert Michael Michalko shares an interesting story about the invention of velcro and offers a couple tests for pattern recognition and lateral thinking when problem solving.
Think Jar Collective shares a provocative video of Brian Eno sharing his insights on creativity, art and cowboys.
Video from Jason Silva that explores what creativity and the flow state is.
Think Jar Collective contributor Peter Cook explores the influence of Lou Reed and how we can learn some lessons about innovation from him.
These young guys (11 and 12) from Brooklyn are examples of raw and confident creativity that is rarely seen. There is something to learn from and be jealous of in young people who dive in to a creative endeavour and ignore the naysayers.
Great video from performance philosopher Jason Silva on creativity and the contrast between banality and awe.
Think Jar Collective contributor Michael Michalko shares insights on creativity and how to enhance it.
Think Jar Collective Contributor Michael Michalko shares some interesting insights that links Leonardo Da Vinci, Creativity and Creative Process.
A great video from ON Creativity about ways to move beyond creativity blocks
In this article Think Jar member Leslie Ehm explores what helps to manage the fight or flight response of the reptilian brain and how it affects creativity.
Creative innovation example that resulted from a human centred design thinking process.
Think Jar Collective member Peter Cook explores the link between Django Reinhardt and Tony Iommi.
IDEO's tim Brown shares what how to foster creativity through serious play.
America Graphic Designer George Lois shares his wild insights on creativity in this video
Think Jar Collective member and early AI pioneer Piero Scaruffi brings an interesting perspective on creativity, AI and rebels
Think Jar Collective member and early AI pioneer Piero Scaruffi reflects on creativity and innovation
To loosen up mental habits and playfully spark creativity, plant this book in a key bumping space in your organization.
Scientists have mapped the innovative mind so that we can remake our own in its image
Think Jar Collective member and founder of Creativity Post and Psychology podcast Scott Barry Kaufman shares how the weird boosts creativity
Interesting collection of 15 scientific findings related to creativity.
Artist Chuck Close writes a letter to his younger self offering advice on how to be more creative
Fascinating look at what creativity might be from the perspective of artists, neurologists, a professor with a bad ass bow tie and a curator at the Moma.
Video of creativity guru Ed Debono on making mistakes
What distinguishes the artistic thinking process is that hard laws, real rules are not impossible barriers, but malleable variables. Think Jar Collective member Willy Bo Richardson shares his ideas.
Creativity expert Jim Force Ph.D. explores the use of beginner mind thinking
Ira Glass on how creativity takes practice
A look at Dieter Rams design principles and how they might be applied in other domains to spark creativity.
“Eureka moments” or “experiences of insight” almost always go hand-in-hand with a mental block—the agonizing, excruciating, frustrating time spent trying to come up with an idea.
Think Jar Collective member and contemporary artist Willy Bo Richardson on AI, Creativity, and Buddhism