John Cleese - A Lecture on Creativity…and The Number of People it Takes to Fix a Lightbulb
A old and inspirational gem on what makes us creative as told by British comedian John Cleese.
(via thenextweb)
Inspiration in unexpected places -
New York architect John Locke has transformed payphone booths into communal libraries for communal enjoyment in pop-up locations around the city. Sounds like a good idea to us - when’s the last time you made a payphone call, anyway?
“Thinking Cities”
A short film that discusses how cities will impact global change. It features several interesting city projects taking place across the globe.
From co.exist
“There’s an enormous realization of the importance of cities. That is true for business, it’s true for government, it’s true for civil society.” So says one of the speakers inThinking Cities (made by Ericsson as part of their Networked Society series), which you can watch above. As Geoffrey West, a scientist who studies cities, notes in the film, cities are the cause of many of the world’s problems, but are also hubs of innovation that are going to drive the solutions.
Thinking Cities features thought leaders like West, a physicist and professor at Santa Fe Institute; Mathieu Lefevre of New Cities Foundation; and Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT’s Senseable City Lab speaking on what the city means for the future while we take a tour of some of the most innovative smart city projects—from tracking trash to tagging potholes—that are going on in the world today.
Take a look. As one city evangelist says: “The city’s role is to make as easy as possible for people … to live in a smart and sustainable way.” They also tend to make their residents happier. For these and countless other reasons enumerated in the video, cities are the living area of the future. Now it’s time to make them worth the hype.
William Hughes, pro snowboarder, boards down the French Alps while lit up by a white LED suit. The effect is mesmerizing and inspiring. How do you find light in the darkness?
Love in inspiring places - Happy Valentine’s Day!
When you get stuck, how do you get “unstuck?”
Check out Andy’s video response above, originally posted on Noah Scalin’s blog.
A letter from CLA's Chief Conductor of Ceremony, Andy Stefanovich
Prophet’s Chief Curator and Provocateur was recently the Conductor of Ceremony at the Creative Leadership Academy. Below, an inspirational letter he wrote for them:
Few things in life are as elegant. Few things nurture the soul AND the bottom line. Few things can change people, industries, and the world. One of these is Creativity. I have devoted the last twenty five years to the topic and am thrilled to be curating The Creative Leadership Academy. In this role, I’ll be editing the excellence from around the world, and packaging it up in a few provocatively designed days. Bring your passion for the topic, as well as the panic that lives in all of us who want to create - both more, and better. Create yourself. Create your business. Create some real change.
I’m excited to share the newest release (coming out next week) from Noah Scalin - Unstuck: 52 Ways to Get (and Keep) Your Creativity Flowing at Home, at Work & in Your Studio.
The book is a practical guide for sparking and maintaining creative inspiration. Packed with simple, creativity-generating projects that can fit into any lifestyle and arranged in order of time commitment – from 30 seconds to several hours – it’s a colorful and fun activity book for grownups! It also features interviews with a dozen creative people, of all stripes, giving tips for how they get inspired and stay productive, along with blank journaling pages to sketch, scribble along the way.
But, you don’t have to wait for the book to start getting Unstuck. Noah’s been posting a weekly video where creative professionals share how they get unstuck in only 30 seconds! You can watch the first four on YouTube HERE.
We asked our consultants to choose from the list below a person who they consider to be the most gifted corporate change agent of all time. We had a clear winner: Steve Jobs. As our internal poll took place before Jobs passed away, we also wanted to pay him homage.
“Steve Jobs’ philosophy was to make products that were at the intersection of art and technology, intuitiveness and design. His openness to being inspired allowed him to live his philosophy, and in turn inspire others. Then, and throughout his life, his curiosity and intuition led him to “stumble upon” many sources of inspiration that would have a profound influence on his later creations. He created the ultimate customer connection that others can only hope to come close to achieving.” - Steve Jobs
- Tony Zeiss
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Jeff Immelt
- Bill Gates
- Arianna Huffington
- Indra Nooyi
- Richard Branson
- Beth Comstock
- Sir Terry Leahy
- Amancio Ortega Gaona
- Bernard Arnault
- Stelios Haji-Ioannou
- Daniel Ek
- Larry Page
- Lou Gerstner
For more of Scott’s thinking of Job’s legacy, click here
Agree or disagree? Is there someone missing from the list above? Let’s continue the dialogue.
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