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Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People®

As a leadership trainer, I do kind of bang on a bit about a whole range of management models and techniques that people who lead others should be thinking about to get the best out of their teams. One of the models I particularly like for the cr… Continue

For a number of years, I have been delivering ‘Networking in the Creative Industries’ workshops for freelancers. The opening session is developing your own ’30 Second Commercial’. All too often, when asked what we do, many people simply reply with a three or four word response – I’m a director, a colourist, I’m… Continue

The Great Apostrophes Debate
I've posted this following a minor (and really good childish) dispute with a colleague. Warning: Lots of alcohol isn't always a good thing.

The rules concerning the use of Apostrophes in written English are very simple:
1. They are used to… Continue

I've delivered a number of creative thinking workshops recently and when we look at brainstorming ideas, most people quite happily claim to be fully familiar with the process and frown at my dumb question of checking if they are aware of the actual process of brainstorming. It'… Continue

CREATIVE THINKING
Random Input Storyboarding

Storyboards go back to the very beginnings of cinema, with Sergei Eisenstein using the technique. In the world of animation, Walt Disney and his staff developed a Story Board system in 1928. Disney wanted to achieve full animation and for this, he needed to produce an enormous number of drawings. Managing the thousands of drawings and the progress of a project was nearly impossible, so Disney had his artists pin up their drawings on the studio… Continue