by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 5, 2013 | Creating
“If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” — Mary Kay Ash You trudge to your office or studio or nook and dread the next task in your creative work. Not a business-side task, but the actual creative work. The “fun stuff.” You wonder how...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 27, 2013 | Leading
“Take only your imagination seriously.” — Thomas Berger We have a choice. A or B. Temptations slither in and suggest Reason go eat an apple. We make our choice with the serpent’s help. Later, we discover another choice would’ve made life easier. Here’s a creative...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 7, 2013 | Creating
We want our children to grow up with healthy creative abilities. My guest today, Jill Bennett, shares an innovative solution for developing young children’s creative skills to meet their and societies’ future challenges. Cultivating Creativity: Engineering...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 28, 2013 | Leading
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn.” —Charles Brower At work, at home, or while volunteering, we are faced with presenting our creative solutions to sharks: spouse, boss, leader, children, city council, whomever. Many times our solutions...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 21, 2013 | Creating
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” —George S. Patton Sometimes our brainstorming technique gets stale, and we need a fresh method to brainstorm a project. In a past post, I showed how to use a simplified form of mind mapping. If...