4 thought experiments to help you view your challenges from creative perspectives and unlock new possibilities Have you been overwhelmed by uncertainty lately? Haven’t we all! One “black swan” event after another have been rocking our world. And it doesn’t seem like things are going to return to “normal” any time soon. During times like these, one type of thinker can thrive: Those people who are…

5 next-generation apps the Note-Taking Industrial Complex isn’t telling you about There’s a quiet revolution going on in the world of note-taking applications. While a large number of Medium writers are publishing articles obsessing over their Notion, Rome and Obsidian setups, a new class of visual note-taking apps are sneaking in under the radar. These next-generation tools offer powerful brain-enhancing features…

What’s the master key to unlocking 10x creativity? A radical level of mental openness that changes how your brain is wired and supercharges the quality of your creative output. Radical openness manifests itself in a number of profound ways that go well beyond what the average person thinks of as “creativity.” They can be divided into two “hemispheres” — internal openness, which encompasses the mysterious realm of the mind, and external openness, which focuses on stimuli in our outside…

How to sharpen your “brain radar” and accelerate your success. One powerful way to live a more creative life is to cultivate an “insight outlook” — the art of looking more deeply at everything we experience with an open, inquisitive spirit. No matter if you consider yourself naturally creative or not, this mindset is well within your grasp. Creative people…

What if you could invigorate your life with new passion, vibrancy and creative mojo? What if you could transform your life into a rich tapestry of learning, exploration and accomplishment? What if you could soar to heights you never dreamed possible? That and more is achievable when you dig into Michael J. Gelb’s awesome new online course, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. It’s based on his best-selling book of the same name.

Mind mapping software is an ideal tool to help you manage today’s unpredictable challenges and unprecedented opportunities. Nearly every worker today faces unprecedented amounts of complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity. You don’t know what the next challenge is going to be, but you need tools and strategies to handle it effectively. To survive, you need to be able to sift through a mountain of information, ideas and knowledge…

What creative lenses can you use to consider the future and its possibilities? This framework can reveal what’s next. The Grey Swan Guild, a global think tank of future-focused people from all walks of life, has created a roadmap to show us the way: A framework of 30 daily thinking habits to help us think broadly about what’s possible. This tool set gives you a library of mindsets, behaviors…