Category: Creativity


Vocal Analysis of Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights

As you know, I’m partial to sometimes sharing something ‘just because’ – because, well, why not? This vocal analysis of a Kate Bush classic from Elizabeth Zharoff, an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production is interesting because: a. it’s the first

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23 Laws of Interesting

It’s no secret that I love most of what David Hieatt and the team at The Do Lectures produce and put out into the world. One of their posts I saw recently on LinkedIn was too good not to share. Talking about ‘interesting’, the post says: “Interesting things happen when

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Observing leadership.

A short time ago I was invited by Paul Levy, a long-time friend and now senior researcher at CENTRIM, University of Brighton (where we both studied back in our heyday) to join an informal chat with his creativity students. The idea was to arrive ready to impart whatever wisdom I might conjure

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Watch: Spotify Engineering Culture

A cool video outlining Spotify’s approach to engineering culture. You can see the full transcript here, but I’ve dropped some key points from the video below: Agile > Scrum When our first music player was launched in 2008, we were pretty much a Scrum company. Scrum is a well established

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Images and Insight: the scream against food waste

“The Scream” – against food waste ? by Boroume This campaign draws attention to world hunger and also the fact that food waste adds additional climate crisis issues to the planet.? I saw this campaign on LinkedIn and found it fascinating. Not just because it’s a really clever awareness raising

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170,000 circles. A reflection on what it is to be productive

“Relief from sadness and grief”  That’s how artist Hiroyuki Doi described his monumental circle drawings following the death of his brother. Repetitive doodling appears to have other benefits too, with studies finding that most people retain more information and remain more focussed when doodling.  This video is a genius reflection

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5 ways to make your storytelling, better.

I really enjoyed these practical tips from Jad Abumrad on Descript – a mini masterclass on storytelling and perfecting your workflow. Jad weaves complex, nuanced, often surprising narratives into his storytelling. That’s what makes them so interesting. What makes them so affecting is the way each one cuts through the

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Watch: Unsubscribe agony.

Don’t give in to the frustration, let it be the catalyst for whimsy. As my team and I continue to build assets for lots of new leadership and development courses for AndyBrown.Coach, we’ve had plenty of conversations about workflows, utilising Hubspot, sorting out our current lists and generally spending some

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Create, collaborate, chill

I wanted to share this email I received from Podcaster and productivity writer Graham Alcott because it’s a great way to rethink how you divide your attention. Importantly, I think, is Graham’s note around ‘Good Chill’, and planning in your recharge time as you would for time to create and

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