Search
Creativity
When your passion becomes your day job, sometimes the day job becomes a chore.
There are plenty of alternatives to spending a fortune on employee training programs. These 10 options are a great place to start.
“Block. It puts some writers down for months. It puts some writers down for life.”
‘Flow state’ is a peak performance mental state experienced by the world's highest achievers. Learn how it works in just 7 minutes.
John Templeton Foundation
Because Dylan “samples and digests” songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But imitatio isn't the same.
9mins
You can’t predict success. But according to minds like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku & more, you can hot wire it.
5mins
Don’t take the prodigy pathway. Become a broad thinker instead.
Innovation training encourages the kind of creativity and problem solving that can lead to breakthroughs in business.
People think that unhappiness causes our minds to wander, but what if the causation goes the other way?
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
Successful forgers are remembered as great conmen, not artists. This is strange, considering their forgeries fooled even the most seasoned critics.
When you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s easier to miss it.
Who should be compensated?
Because there's not enough Walden pond to go around.
7mins
"Supernatural thinking is actually an important part of being a complete human being."
John Templeton Foundation
"The Soul of a New Machine" provides a rare level of insight into the minds and decisions of humanity's greatest thinkers.
You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.
John Templeton Foundation
The engineer working on Google's AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.
Being more creative doesn’t require a ‘Muse.’ It’s about pairing intelligence and imagination.
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
Why do some corporate training programs fail? Here are five reasons.
Many contemporary composers live in the shadow of Bach and Beethoven, even though they’re just as interesting to listen to.
The so-called "court painter of Silicon Valley" was shaped by her youth in communist Poland but looks forward to a future ruled by celebrity robots.
Elastic thinking can reveal the assumptions that hamstring our ability to solve seemingly intractable problems.
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?
5mins
Dr. Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist, who is questioning the very nature of life and how we’re attempting to find it elsewhere.
John Templeton Foundation
Can stories help us become more creative?
Awe is a powerful force, a fact that is both exciting and terrifying.
John Templeton Foundation