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Network Leadership in the 21st Century. How Does It Work?

Using the analogy of the interconnected neural pathways in the brain, network leadership is about harnessing connections to foster performance and innovation.

Using the analogy of the interconnected neural pathways in the brain, network leadership is about harnessing connections to foster performance and innovation.

Never Work Alone, Even in the Age of AI

Can one person build a billion-dollar company alone? With AI, maybe. But would anyone actually want to work all alone?

Can one person build a billion-dollar company alone? With AI, maybe. But would anyone actually want to work all alone?

You Don't Need Permission to Be Creative

Creativity isn’t just for artists; it’s our birthright, and reclaiming it can enrich your mind, mood, and everyday life.

Creativity isn’t just for artists; it’s our birthright, and reclaiming it can enrich your mind, mood, and everyday life.

Want to Be Creative? Stop Trying So Hard

Put the paintbrush down and stop trying so hard! AI teaches us that creativity need not be laborious. Just take the next step and the next and the next.

Put the paintbrush down and stop trying so hard! AI teaches us that creativity need not be laborious. Just take the next step and the next and the next.

What Research Says About the Benefits of Walking at Work

Brief outdoor walks at work can improve creativity, reduce stress, and help teams connect more meaningfully.

Brief outdoor walks at work can improve creativity, reduce stress, and help teams connect more meaningfully.

Boosting Team Creativity in Remote Workspaces

Are you curious how remote teams can stay creative? Simple rituals build connection and spark innovation even across screens.

Are you curious how remote teams can stay creative? Simple rituals build connection and spark innovation even across screens.

Every Detail Counts

This essay explores how radical attention, poetic memory, and ethical presence can guide not only writing but also therapeutic practice.

This essay explores how radical attention, poetic memory, and ethical presence can guide not only writing but also therapeutic practice.

Innovation: Psychology Enhances What AI Can't Grasp

Here's why the future belongs to those who cultivate psychological insight, emotional depth, and the imperfect brilliance of human collaboration.

Here's why the future belongs to those who cultivate psychological insight, emotional depth, and the imperfect brilliance of human collaboration.

How We Think About Creativity Matters

Our beliefs about creativity can diminish our confidence; here is how research can reassure us and help boost our creative potential.

Our beliefs about creativity can diminish our confidence; here is how research can reassure us and help boost our creative potential.

Creative Crop Rotation: How to Overcome Writer's Block

Writer's block and burnout are a normal part of the creative process. Here's a way to overcome them.

Writer's block and burnout are a normal part of the creative process. Here's a way to overcome them.

The Pros and Cons of a Plural Mind in IFS Therapy

Mental conflict is not a problem; it’s a sign of immature problem-solving.

Mental conflict is not a problem; it’s a sign of immature problem-solving.

Ignite Your Creativity With Poetry

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate our innovative capabilities.

Need to solve a challenging problem? Read or write some poetry! Compelling research demonstrates that poetry can accelerate our innovative capabilities.

Lessons for Life: Never Let the Paint Dry

How a best-selling author's tips for writing and creativity spill over into life.

How a best-selling author's tips for writing and creativity spill over into life.

Pairing Logic Puzzles

Solving puzzles that involve eliminating all options except the correct one shows how an important form of logical thinking unfolds in a nutshell, called the process of elimination.

Solving puzzles that involve eliminating all options except the correct one shows how an important form of logical thinking unfolds in a nutshell, called the process of elimination.

Poetry as Medicine: Using Verse to Support BIPOC Mental Health

Poetry therapy reminds us that when trauma and grief steal our words, verse can gently lead us back home.

Poetry therapy reminds us that when trauma and grief steal our words, verse can gently lead us back home.

The 4 C’s of Self-Care

In a world that often pulls us in all directions, engaging in self-care helps remind us what matters most.

In a world that often pulls us in all directions, engaging in self-care helps remind us what matters most.

When the Art Stops: What to Do With a Creative Block

When art stalls, try this: Draw without meaning, journal without fear, and ask “why” until something clicks.

When art stalls, try this: Draw without meaning, journal without fear, and ask “why” until something clicks.

The Healing Potential of Creative Experiences

Do you integrate creative expression in your therapeutic work with clients? Consider exploring artistic activities for your clients' mental health. No artistic training required.

Do you integrate creative expression in your therapeutic work with clients? Consider exploring artistic activities for your clients' mental health. No artistic training required.

The Magic of Art Therapy

An interview with art therapist Marina Doering.

An interview with art therapist Marina Doering.

Dyslexia Led Steven Spielberg to Make Movies

Although Steven Spielberg suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia as a child, this led him to making movies. Dyslexia is a learning style with strengths.

Although Steven Spielberg suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia as a child, this led him to making movies. Dyslexia is a learning style with strengths.

How AI Could Help Breast Cancer Research

University of Cambridge study shows how LLM GPT-4 can generate novel combinations of drugs not typically used to treat cancer to be repurposed as potential breast cancer treatment in the future.

University of Cambridge study shows how LLM GPT-4 can generate novel combinations of drugs not typically used to treat cancer to be repurposed as potential breast cancer treatment in the future.

The Hidden Superpower of Making Something Out of Nothing

In a world that celebrates flashy innovation, we often miss the quiet genius of those who create warmth, beauty, and comfort with almost nothing.

In a world that celebrates flashy innovation, we often miss the quiet genius of those who create warmth, beauty, and comfort with almost nothing.

When Creativity Transmits

The best creativity comes from beyond the conscious mind, transmitting real emotion and experience to its audience in a way that artificial creativity never could.

The best creativity comes from beyond the conscious mind, transmitting real emotion and experience to its audience in a way that artificial creativity never could.

The True North of Talent Discovery and Development

Personal Perspective: In the arts and beyond, the only ‘right path’ to learning is the one we forge for ourselves.

Personal Perspective: In the arts and beyond, the only ‘right path’ to learning is the one we forge for ourselves.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Can’t Slow Rising Star Chris Bryant

Comedian Chris Bryant says, “Comedy is a great way to connect with people, and you can talk about your pain in a way that puts others in your shoes.”

Comedian Chris Bryant says, “Comedy is a great way to connect with people, and you can talk about your pain in a way that puts others in your shoes.”

How to Boost Your Creativity

Creativity is a whole-brain activity that we can foster through open, loose attention.

Creativity is a whole-brain activity that we can foster through open, loose attention.

How to Psychologically Prepare to Write a Book

The questions to ask yourself before writing about yourself and your identity.

The questions to ask yourself before writing about yourself and your identity.

Just a Spoonful of Career Advice

Just a spoonful of career advice: Before career plans, counsellors and coaches, there was Mary Poppins.

Just a spoonful of career advice: Before career plans, counsellors and coaches, there was Mary Poppins.

The Unexpected Challenge of Writing About Yourself

Writing personal stories can open the door to healing—but also to unexpected emotional upheaval. What happens when the act of telling your truth starts telling something back?

Writing personal stories can open the door to healing—but also to unexpected emotional upheaval. What happens when the act of telling your truth starts telling something back?

Creativity Is Not a Luxury

Creativity helps build a fulfilling and meaningful life. Staying committed to a creative practice can be challenging. Practical tools can help us commit and connect to creativity.

Creativity helps build a fulfilling and meaningful life. Staying committed to a creative practice can be challenging. Practical tools can help us commit and connect to creativity.