creativity - The Caneelian - Leadership, Creativity, Startups, Organizational Culture https://www.caneelian.com The personal blog of Caneel Joyce PhD, executive coach & culture builder. Work is a spiritual journey and sometimes a total cluster. Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:14:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 33319490 Creative Constipation, Pt. II https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/14/creative-constipation-pt-ii/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/14/creative-constipation-pt-ii/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:38:17 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300882 I’ve had a huge shift in my creative output and relationship with my own creativity since I first drafted my first post on Creative Constipation (about a month ago). Turns out all I needed was to start drinking more coffee to get things moving. Just kidding. Jokes aside, that post was a catalyst for committing …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/07/10/creative-constipation/feed/ 1 866300876 Video: I’m going to be honest with you https://www.caneelian.com/2017/06/30/video-im-going-to-be-honest-with-you/ https://www.caneelian.com/2017/06/30/video-im-going-to-be-honest-with-you/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2017 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300853 Hi my friends, I’m back! Last year, I promised to share more of my work and thoughts with all of you, since I knew it was going to be a big year of change. But my pace of personal evolution has been so fast that I haven’t had time to reflect on what is happening. …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2017/06/30/video-im-going-to-be-honest-with-you/feed/ 2 866300853 Why I’m Ready to Be Braver This Year https://www.caneelian.com/2016/01/14/the-2016-new-years-post/ https://www.caneelian.com/2016/01/14/the-2016-new-years-post/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:42:26 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300772 We’re already 14 days into the new year – are you on track? I AM! Know my secret? I didn’t make any resolutions. (I never do.)  So thus far I’m 100% on track, haha. 🙂 No, I don’t have resolutions but I do have some big goals. And they feel so aspirational that they are scary. This is an unusual post …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2016/01/14/the-2016-new-years-post/feed/ 18 866300772 Creativity Hacks: Five steps to using constraints to solve problems fast https://www.caneelian.com/2014/11/24/creativity-hacks-five-steps-to-using-constraints-to-solve-problems-fast/ https://www.caneelian.com/2014/11/24/creativity-hacks-five-steps-to-using-constraints-to-solve-problems-fast/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:46:29 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300719 “Think outside the box.” That advice is about as helpful under time pressure as telling a three year old to “calm down!” in the middle of a tantrum. We all want to be creative when we face tricky problems, but how? Many creativity experts advise opening your mind to wacky ideas, and creating a sense of …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2014/11/24/creativity-hacks-five-steps-to-using-constraints-to-solve-problems-fast/feed/ 3 866300719 I have a new job at Britely https://www.caneelian.com/2012/07/23/i-have-a-new-job-at-britely/ Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:23:41 +0000 http://www.caneelian.com/?p=866300495 I’m thrilled to announce my new position at an exciting Silicon Valley startup called Britely, where I am now Director of Growth & Creativity. We’re a well-funded, fast-moving new kind of user generated content site and app. I’m heading up content strategy, distribution, growth hacking, user acquisition, product marketing, and social media strategy… I love …

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]]> 866300495 Distract Your Inner Critic https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/08/distract-your-inner-critic/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/08/distract-your-inner-critic/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:22:01 +0000 http://caneelian.wordpress.com/?p=11 I have written before about the evils of multi-tasking and especially task-switching. However I’d like to offer a caveat. One part of the brain – the critic – is logical, rational, judgmental, and oriented to language and analysis. Distract this part with other words or quantitative, patterned, or analytical input (like music), and you can …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/08/distract-your-inner-critic/feed/ 2 866300362 How to Keep an Idea Log You Will Actually Use https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/05/how-to-keep-an-idea-log-you-will-actually-use/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/05/how-to-keep-an-idea-log-you-will-actually-use/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:54:49 +0000 http://caneelian.com/?p=866300267 Earlier this week, Steven Johnson came to the London School of Economics to present his new book, Where Good Ideas Come From: A Natural History of Innovation. This thought leader’s fascinating talk was sponsored by my department. (You can watch the video or download the podcast on the LSE Events website.) At the end of his talk, I …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2010/11/05/how-to-keep-an-idea-log-you-will-actually-use/feed/ 4 866300267 Where Good Ideas Come From https://www.caneelian.com/2010/10/14/where-good-ideas-come-from/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/10/14/where-good-ideas-come-from/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:55:35 +0000 http://caneelian.com/?p=866300243 On November 2nd I will be chairing a free event in London about creativity and innovation.  Steven Johnson, best-selling nonfiction author of Mind Wide Open and Everything Bad is Good for You will be presenting his latest book, Where Good Ideas Come From: A Natural History of Innovation. I am super excited to meet Steven Johnson, whose writings have inspired …

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]]> https://www.caneelian.com/2010/10/14/where-good-ideas-come-from/feed/ 6 866300243 Creative Current at Future Human Salon https://www.caneelian.com/2010/09/10/creative-current-at-future-human-salon/ https://www.caneelian.com/2010/09/10/creative-current-at-future-human-salon/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:27:52 +0000 http://caneelian.com/?p=866300114 Creativity gets people riled up. That was one thing I learned as a panelist at “Creative Current,” the topic of Wednesday night’s Future Human salon, run by Bad Idea magazine and held at The Book Club in my lovely neighborhood of Shoreditch.  The other panelists included Paul Epworth (2010 Brit Awards’ Music Producer of the …

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