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You need to fail to succeed

By THEM! | Published: July 7, 2009
Success rarely comes easy. There is a quote that I have loved for a while: “Push yourself farther than you think you can go or you’ll never know how far you can reach”. I’m not sure where this came from but it’s been a powerful push in my life for a while now. This article [...]
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Buy this coffee or else

By THEM! | Published: June 18, 2009
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How Artist/Leaders Do Things Differently

By | Published: May 6, 2009
JOHN MAEDA & BECKY BERMONT – REDESIGNING LEADERSHIP 9:41 AM Wednesday May 6, 2009 by Becky Bermont A student once asked John, “If RISD is such a creative place, why aren’t we led with more creativity?” That comment has stuck with him. Since both he and our Provost (Chief Academic Officer) are truly artist/administrators (rather [...]
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“Onward” Nike + AKQA = Good stuff

By | Published: April 30, 2009
Here’s a great animation done for Nike by James Jarvis. Simple, engaging and a great story-telling example. We enjoyed it. We thought you might too… Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo. See it full-size here.
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Creativity as a commodity

By THEM! | Published: April 29, 2009
Businesses have been trying to make creativity a commodity for years now. If only it was that easy. Coca-Cola announced on April 27th, 2009 their intention to move toward a pay-for-performance model. P&G has been experimenting with this model for a while now. The idea in itself is nothing new and honestly is not a [...]
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Is improv the key to innovative teams?

By THEM! | Published: March 3, 2009
According to Webster’s Dictionary the word improvise means “to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously; to make, invent, or arrange offhand; to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently on hand“. I actually prefer the definition of improvisation that Wikipedia provides though. According to Wikipedia, improvisation is “the practice of acting and reacting, of [...]
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Education and Creativity – One perspective

By THEM! | Published: February 17, 2009
So recently I was browsing through my Twitter followings and from @phemey I found a really interesting (and entertaining) perspective on the education system as we know it now and it’s effect on “creativity”. I will be the first to say that I do not have an in depth knowledge of the educational system as it exists [...]
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