Anatomy of a magazine cover
The Creative Life
MAY 19, 2025
And what it might teach us now, about creative process. The post Anatomy of a magazine cover appeared first on The Creative Life. My memories of a 35-year-old magazine cover.
The siren song of distraction (and how to fight it)
The Creative Life
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
One of the treats I look forward to in my in-box each week is Daisy Buchanan’s Creative Confidence Clinic newsletter. Searingly honest and often very funny, it dissects creative process and the blocks we put in our own way.
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A Better Way to START your SMART GOAL process
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
If you’re really stuck in the creative process, your heart is telling you something. I did, and found myself backward mapping my entrepreneurial journey and found the START before SMART goal process. Listen to it. The Start of START. Sure I could talk SMART goals, almost every leadership development person can.
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My Creative Process (on the Podcast that Produces Jewelry)
Lateral Action
JANUARY 21, 2025
In this interview you get to eavesdrop on two different creative processes: My writing process as a poet , and how I use poetic form (in this case the stanza from Keats Ode to a Nightingale) as a focus for my conscious mind and a doorway to imagination. And what role, if any, does conversation play in your creative process?
How to feel more inspired
The Creative Life
APRIL 8, 2024
It's a crucial part of of our creative process The post How to feel more inspired appeared first on The Creative Life. Stare at strangers. Talk to friends. Go swanning about, looking for inspiration.
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‘The creative process is fabulously unpredictable. A great idea cannot be predicted’
McKinsey
JUNE 6, 2023
In this episode of The Quarterly Interview: Provocations to Ponder, Jony Ive, the former design head of Apple, talks about what it takes for the creative process to thrive at any company.
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How to feel more inspired
The Creative Life
APRIL 8, 2024
It's a crucial part of of our creative process The post How to feel more inspired appeared first on The Creative Life. Stare at strangers. Talk to friends. Go swanning about, looking for inspiration.
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What is Creativity? || The Human Potential Lab
Scott Barry Kaufman
APRIL 27, 2023
In the second episode of this series, I will be talking about creativity and how it differs from intelligence. Creativity can come in many different forms. Other fascinating areas of investigation include the link between mental illness and creativity and the neuroscience behind the creative process.
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Unsafe Thinking with Jonah Sachs
Scott Barry Kaufman
DECEMBER 19, 2018
The power of intuition for creativity. Dual-process theory and creativity. The importance of context for creativity. The different phases of the creative process. In this episode we discuss: What is safe unsafe thinking? Does your subconscious have free will? The importance of rocking the boat.
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The World Needs Your Story (Cathy Fyock)
Let's Grow Leaders
MAY 19, 2017
I will block writing time on my calendar, and I will honor that time commitment and hold it as sacred, creative time. I pledge that I will not allow my negative voice to guide my thinking or stop my creative process. The teacher thinks for a moment, then replies, “Bring me water.”. Here, teacher, is your water.”.
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The Creative Life of Anish Kapoor
The Creative Life
JUNE 2, 2025
One of Britain's best-known artists on creative routines, meditation as a tool, and what he does with work that doesn't yet work. The post The Creative Life of Anish Kapoor appeared first on The Creative Life.
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Spotting Creative Potential || Troy Carter
Scott Barry Kaufman
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In this episode, I talk to Troy Carter about spotting creative potential. He most recently served at Spotify as its Global Head of Creator Services, overseeing the company’s growth strategy for artists and record labels. Hard work, determination, and letting your personality shine through are also key components.
Finding Flow – Pursuing the Worthwhile Moments
International Coach Academy
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
The ICF defines coaching as ‘partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” A Research Paper By Marta Potulna, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach, AUSTRALIA. The Concept of Finding Flow and Its Applications in Coaching.
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Ed Catmull || The Soul of Pixar
Scott Barry Kaufman
MAY 6, 2021
34:36] How to create a sustainable creative culture. [43:22] 46:01] How to protect the creative process and handle internal conflict. [56:33] 1:03:32] The core principles that make Pixar so creative. [1:10:17] He lives in San Francisco with his wife and children. [1:04] 7:30] The evolution of computer graphics. [12:20]
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Holistic Transformation: The Double Diamond Coaching Approach Coaching Model
International Coach Academy
JULY 24, 2024
As a licensed architect and designer, I apply a creative process similar to design thinking , zooming in on details and out to see the bigger picture, facilitating personal growth. You might spend more time in one phase than another, or go back to a previous one, and repeat the process. What is it exactly?
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The Future of Human Coaches in the Age of AI
International Coach Academy
JANUARY 7, 2024
Background for Coaching The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as ‘ partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.’ (ICF, According to current research (Passmore & Tee, Can Chatbots replace human coaches?
Agile Team
International Coach Academy
JUNE 30, 2022
Coaching is an alliance between the Coach and the Client in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires the client to maximize personal and professional potential. A Coaching Model By Lynn Winterboer, Agile Teams and Widows, UNITED STATES. Agile Team Coaching Model. Agile Team. Co-create the Team Coaching Alliance.
Trust the Creative Process With Artist and Mentor Nicola Newman
The Creative Mind
JUNE 29, 2022
Artist and Mentor Nicola Newman says “My passion is supporting Creative Hearts to build loving relationships with themselves, express their creativity, trust their inner wisdom and carve out a life that’s personally meaningful and fulfilling to them.” ” Here is one of her podcast episodes: From the Show Notes for Ep.20.
The Innovate Transform Grow Coaching Model
International Coach Academy
APRIL 3, 2024
I nnovate Innovation is a creative process of your mind, the application of your knowledge in novel ways that help unblock the current status quo in yourself. The benefit my client receives shouldn’t wither after I’m gone, but rather they continue to thrive and prosper through an elevation of their awareness, skills, and application.
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What Does Crunch Time Look Like For You?
Corporette
JUNE 3, 2025
Some Thoughts on Crunch Time A few thoughts pinging around my head about this… There's a meme about the creative process that I truly identify with — it's basically a bar chart showing how much of the creative timeline is split between goofing off (90%), panicking (7%), and “all the work while crying (3%).”
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TREK – A Coaching Journey
International Coach Academy
JULY 7, 2022
International Coaching Federation defines coaching as ‘partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership’. Enter Life Coaching.
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The SEED Growth System Coaching Model
International Coach Academy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Robert Frost 1874 – 1963 1 The SEED Growth System Coaching Model How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed– Robert Frost 1 SEED …a visual metaphor of the creative potential for growth and fruitfulness that resides in people, whether acting individually or as co-collaborators in pursuit of shared value and common good.
Distracted? It’s not your fault
The Creative Life
MAY 13, 2024
It’s not your fault appeared first on The Creative Life. Finding focus is hard when we live in a world of distraction. It's not your fault. But it is your responsibility to make space for work that really matters The post Distracted?
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Want to be more productive? Go for a walk.
The Creative Life
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Want to be more creative, productive – and happy? appeared first on The Creative Life. Just go for a walk. It's magic! The post Want to be more productive? Go for a walk.
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The “OUTSIDE” Coaching Model
International Coach Academy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
While during the session we’re both present and doing our best to follow up, there is no magic involved in coaching and the entire process takes time, with a lot of the work happening between the sessions. What are you trying to do? What I do is guide you, through deep listening, powerful questions, and observations.
Incorporating Mindfulness Meditation Into Coaching Practice
International Coach Academy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
While the cities dwell in quietness under lockdown, we, the people, on the other hand, are experiencing our accumulated negative emotions fermenting inside ourselves, under the silent surface, like a dark tide threatening beneath the still water, uncontrollably devouring our sense of security, calmness, certainty, and control. Meditation.
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Time management for creatives.
The Creative Life
JULY 1, 2024
Making time for your creative work is important. The post Time management for creatives. appeared first on The Creative Life. Here's how to do it.
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Get creative work done, with marathons and sprints
The Creative Life
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
How do you get a creative project over the finish line? It's often about marathons and sprints The post Get creative work done, with marathons and sprints appeared first on The Creative Life.
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Anchoring Inspiration(s) To Tap Into Motivation and Activate Clients Potential in Coaching
International Coach Academy
NOVEMBER 19, 2023
A Research Paper By Laetitia Bertrand, Life Coach (Confidence and Inspiration), FRANCE How the Process of Anchoring Inspiration(s) ICF defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.
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Eat that frog: why it’s good to do the hardest thing first
The Creative Life
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Do what you're dreading, and everything else will feel easier The post Eat that frog: why it’s good to do the hardest thing first appeared first on The Creative Life.
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The Emotionally Attuned Coach
International Coaching Federation
MAY 16, 2023
In addition, the energy that we spend suppressing our own emotions, even subconsciously, dampens our ability to help the client tap into their own internal creative process. We stay away from our amygdala (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn), and we coach from the joyful creative center of our brain, the pre-frontal cortex.
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How Can Coaching Support Personal and Professional Development?
International Coach Academy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires a person to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as. Miller, 2019).
How Can Coaching Support Personal and Professional Development?
International Coach Academy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires a person to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as. Miller, 2019).
How ICF Coaching Competencies Can Be Applied to the Role of a SCRUM Master
International Coach Academy
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
ICF (3) defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. Coaching is a client-driven process. The framework begins with a simple premise: Start with what can be seen or known. What Is Coaching? Maintains presence “.
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Effective Leadership Begins With Self-Leadership
International Coach Academy
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Reflection is characterized by Gamble as the process of the individual “critically evaluating their behaviors, perspectives, habits, and communication from previous actions to gain insight to adapt for future challenges.” By the very nature of the language, it provides a context that evokes organizational environs. It starts with me.”
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Neuroplasticity and Coaching: A Healthcare Leader’s Challenge
International Coach Academy
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Overview of Coaching ICF (International Coaching Federation) defines “coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. For leaders in healthcare, I have found no lack of commitment to others (patients, shareholders, employees).
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Exploring xTiles: A new visual note-taking app
Mind Mapping Software
JUNE 25, 2022
You can start your work with xTiles in a minute, but the product still gives you a lot of flexibility and doesn’t restrict your creativity. Kuchur: Our ideal user is a creative person. People who like to brainstorm, to write, to research will found xTiles as a valuable assistant in their creative process.
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Creating a Culture of Coaching in the Workplace
International Coach Academy
JUNE 28, 2022
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as, “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity, and leadership.” [i]
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Unlocking New Paths, a Life Coaching Case Study
International Coach Academy
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Jane’s Life Coaching Journey Jane was unaware of the life coaching process and she was just seeking professional help where she could find it. However, once I explained to her that life coaching is a partnership, where a creative process is used to maximize her personal and professional potential, she was more than keen to try it.
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Coaching for Self-Actualization
International Coaching Federation
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In fact, ICF defines coaching in part as “… partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”. My research has been focused on human development and leadership for more than 25 years.
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Creativity and Ego
The Creative Mind
DECEMBER 27, 2022
“My personal creative process has always been very torturous, because I try to be a perfectionist. The post Creativity and Ego appeared first on The Creative Mind. That’s the way the ego works.” “But at the same […].
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Developing Managers of People™.
International Coach Academy
AUGUST 24, 2022
Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity, and leadership. These definitions all seem to be definitions of managers of process.
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Becoming an Internal Coach
International Coach Academy
DECEMBER 30, 2023
ICF’s own website [4] lists the definition as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity, and leadership. What is coaching?
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10 Strategies For A Creative Company Culture With Examples You Need To Know
Vantage Circle
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Creativity is intelligence having fun. Albert Einstein Behind every successful company lies a secret ingredient: a creative company culture that fosters innovation and empowers its employees to think outside the box. In a creative company culture , employees are motivated to push boundaries and explore new avenues.
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