July 05, 2024 Try this ordinary tool Dali and Man Ray used to jump-start their creativity The element of chance was the foundation of surrealist art. BY The Conversation A century ago, French writer and poet André Breton penned his “Manifesto of Surrealism,” which launched an art movement known for creating bizarre hybrids of words and … Continue reading Try this ordinary tool Dali and Man Ray used to jump-start their creativity
By Elizabeth Segran February 05, 2024 Can Zac Posen offer Gap Inc. a new creative vision that will get it out of its slump? It’s unclear. But the company is entrusting its brands to the 43-year-old designer. Today, Posen was named the new executive vice president and creative director of Gap Inc., which owns Old … Continue reading Gap Inc. hires Zac Posen as its new creative director. He’s a surprising pick
By Stephanie Vozza February 17, 2023 Ignorance may be bliss, but saying “I don’t know” out loud is often hard to do. It can be especially difficult if you’re in a position of leadership and your team comes to you for answers. However, saying “I don’t know” can actually be empowering if you reframe the … Continue reading Why ‘I don’t know’ can be the smartest answer
By Joe Berkowitz January 22, 2023 If a person is what they do, it’s hard to describe Rajiv Surendra in a pithy sentence—or even a paragraph. He’s a professional calligraphist and chalk artist. He makes and sells soap, candles, and flowerpots. He had a memorable supporting role in Mean Girls, which people still stop him on the street to … Continue reading Rajiv Surendra will make you more creative in 2023
Advertising Luminary John Hegarty Presents ‘The Business Of Creativity’ by Richard Whitman , Columnist, August 4, 2022 Sir John Hegarty, Creative Founder at Saatchi & Saatchi & BBH, is launching an eight-week online course next month titled The Business of Creativity. Hegarty will cover areas such as mastering the brief, how to nurture and assess … Continue reading Advertising Luminary John Hegarty Presents ‘The Business Of Creativity’
By Arianna O’Dell March 29, 2022 The pandemic has prompted us to reevaluate our approaches and philosophies toward work—not just our work-life balance, but our working lives as a whole. When the world could so suddenly change, what is that we value most? In August 2021, 4.3 million workers quit their jobs, another dramatic … Continue reading 5 simple exercises to kick-start your creativity
Customer service conversations are on the rise, and AI helps to scale the ability to respond. Chris Wood on August 30, 2021 at 3:10 pm Customer service and sales software company Zendesk has announced its acquisition of AI-powered support solution Cleverly.ai. The acquisition aims at further boosting Zendesk’s agent and admin productivity tools, adding to … Continue reading Zendesk acquires Cleverly.ai
Angela Ash September 28, 2020 The importance of creativity can hardly be exaggerated, as it drives business success and inspires employees to see themselves as part of a bigger picture. Simply put, a creative workspace is quite similar to the startup mindset where everyone shares in success and failure, no finger-pointing. Creativity can be observed … Continue reading How to Design the Best Workspace for Creativity
Daniel Hopper September 24, 2020 How the customer and firm can co-create value together to both get what they want. In 2020, customisation and giving the customer exactly what they want is becoming the norm. How do we give customers exactly what they want? One way is by letting them co-create value. This week’s article … Continue reading The Co-Creation of Value: Everybody Wins
Liz Kislik — June 4, 2020 Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay From time to time, organizations face drastic challenges, whether they have to struggle to stay afloat or suddenly have more demand than they can manage comfortably. But even after any particular crisis runs its course, businesses will continue to face new strategic and operational problems in … Continue reading To Resolve A Problem, Stop Struggling And Do These 6 Things
