September 13, 2020
The Frogger Principle
Charles married Diana, the Iran hostage crisis ended, and the Post-It note was born. But the thing about 1981 that I'll remember most: Frogger.
One month before my 11th...
September 06, 2020
The Unusual Suspects
London's Savile Row is a historic street that's home to many of the world's finest suit makers. For over 200 years, discerning gentlemen travel from around the world to order...
August 30, 2020
Are We Living Through Horrible Times? Maybe.
To say we're living in a strange era would be an understatement akin to saying Amazon is just an online retailer. This week alone we witnessed a massive hurricane, devastating...
August 23, 2020
The Economics of Originality
Several original works by Picasso, van Gogh, Cezanne and Renoir are worth more than $100 million each and continue to appreciate at a rapid pace. “Salvator Mundi,” a...
August 09, 2020
The Creative Secret of Jazz Musicians
Jazz legends like Miles Davis and Charlie Parker are known for their stunning solos, which appear to be individual acts of artistry. The Picassos of their craft, we envision the...
August 02, 2020
The Next 20 Feet
Driving your car through a dense morning fog, your visibility is about the same as trying to read a textbook through wax paper. Even with your fancy LED fog lights, the...
July 26, 2020
The One Year Test
In stressful times, it's easy to get derailed by matters that might be viewed as trivial under ordinary circumstances. A colleague shows up late to a Zoom call, the client...
July 12, 2020
You Can't Cut Your Own Hair
Scott Cunha, the celebrity stylist for Kendall Jenner and Nicole Richie, doesn't cut his own hair. Neither does Kiyah Wright, the two-time Emmy award-winning stylist whose...
June 28, 2020
Instead of your glass half-full, try it completely empty
"If you view the glass as half-full, you're an optimist," the old saying goes. "But if you see it half-empty, you're a flat-out pessimist." We take this metaphor to be a truism,...
June 21, 2020
Where's Your What-If?
Spending a good chunk of my days researching human creativity, I landed on a strange phenomenon. What-if questions, one of the hallmark techniques of innovation, can also serve...
June 07, 2020
The Often-Overlooked Step That Can Boost the Quality of Your Work
We generally think that a great work product – especially an artistic effort – is imagined, conceived, and launched simultaneously. But the notion that a single, smart idea can...
June 01, 2020
Random Acts of Creativity
It turns out, this past Saturday was National Creativity Day. Who knew? While I think it's terrific that we have a holiday to celebrate the universal human gift of imagination,...