Sometimes looking at the mega we miss the mini and the other way around. I was looking at this picture where my main focus was the profile of the huge mountains against the even bigger blue sky. And while looking…

When I go to a live concert I often think about why I do it. What is relevant in listening to music I already know, sometimes even too well, in a live version? What’s the difference in the performance, especially…

What happens when your idea gest lost? I started to have a sketch/notebook when I was around 17. I started noticing a lot of ideas were showing up and then suddenly disappearing. Ideas were giving me a sign and then going…

I’m personally a big fan of changing your seat in the workplace: I do it all the time and encourage others to do it. Changing your chair will change many little things. It will change your view, therefore your perspective on…

…Everything goes down. It’s not so much about the pill or the sugar as much as it is about finding your way. What makes it sweet and doable for you? What makes the difference in what you have to do…

Procrastination isn’t itself a bad thing. I often procrastinate with something to give myself the time and the chance to think deeper, to digest an idea or to let it stay with me long enough so that I can get a…

Sometimes is all about the little things. You don’t need major events or showy things to be happy and satisfied: if we take the time to look deeper we’ll find out the little things are the ones that make the difference….

Instructions. The best way to have ideas: TRY THINGS OUT. The best way to see if it’s worth it: SHARE IT. The best way to see if it’s good: DO IT AGAIN. The best way to refine it: SLEEP ON…

What’s REALLY important is that whatever you do, every day or often, in life and as a job, is something you like doing. It isn’t given that this happens and we shouldn’t only aim for it in everything we do but…

The best satisfactions arrive from our own garden. How beautiful, fascinating and magic is to grow your own passions and talents and see them transform into something tangible and new. In doing things and creating ideas, all we have to…

To create, you have to erase. There’s no creation without letting go what has been. There’s no space for the new if we hold to the old and keep it as the reference for what wants to emerge. I used…

Ideas are like drops in the rain: they are all there, visible, stable…until only one of them will eventually move and reveal to us.

Part of the practice is to find new ways, new paths, new insights and that’s something we should be trying every day. I find useful and necessary for me to be part of the ones who are trying something new…

There’s something fascinating in chaos and in what chaos can bring you. We tend to think chaos is equal disorder and means something is unplanned and unorganized. Chaos is indeed a state of confusion, but who said confusion is a…

There’s time to do things and there’s the time in between. The time in between is as useful and important and essential as the time itself. In between things, there’s time too and we can use it in many different…

Just like in a fairy tale, in our dreams, anything can happen. And since are our dream that translates into our reality, most of the times, it is important to believe in fairy tales! This is the thing. Our ideas,…

Creativity doesn’t wait, it is always there and in need of expression. There are days where you wouldn’t expect for it to show up or say something and that’s when you don’t have to do anything, not a single move….

When we need to come up with an idea for something, especially if every day or just often, there’s no doubt that mess can help. Less can help too, but not always provide a solution. Mess does provide options and…

Sometimes there isn’t much to say about talent, luck, intuition, ideas, and sharing. Sometimes it isn’t much more than doing our job, which is about…doing! It is by doing that we learn, it is by doing we test and iterate,…

It is not about what you achieve as much as how you get there. Milestones are a great way to add data to your CV but they are not what makes you what you are. We need to be able…

                  And then comes the moment where you celebrate a finish line and although it might well not be the one you were envisioning, you enjoy it. With creativity as well as…

It is indeed about the journey, not the destination. At least that’s what they say. And I agree, even more, today. We should keep this in mind along the journey and in our lives, never forget what’s relevant in what…

There’s always a door in our lives as well as in our creative processes. The door that keeps you protected from what’s outside and unknown. Or the door that invites you in and doesn’t immediately show what’s behind it. Doors…

I often find myself overwhelmed by things to do or that I’m simply thinking about. Ideas (indeed), issues, lists, requests, e-mails, thoughts…And when in that condition, I feel it’s hard to choose. In another post, I wrote about being able…

I’m a big fan of copying. Copying isn’t just tracing a different reality but it is YOUR version of a reality. For exactly that reason is important: it shows a variety of perspectives, richness of opinions, strength of styles. I…

It is an attitude. I’m convinced having ideas and creating is the result of an attitude much more than something we have, are or can find anywhere. It has to do with how we wake up in the morning and…

It’s better to start from something than nothing. It is easier to transform something we already into something new than creating from zero. And so why not breaking what we already have and starting from that? I want to explore…

“Never, never, never give up” Winston Churchill used to say. Same thing with ideas. You don’t want to give up until the end until you actually managed not to give up and come up with something. It is like the…

I’m amazed by how many different vantage points we can look at things from. Just by moving from one corner to the other or by closing an eye, or laying down on the floor instead of standing. That’s what happened…

There are ideas that need to be screamed out. You can’t just let them happen or be, they mean a lot to you and they are loud; that all makes you scream. Scream with all your voice to make it…

When things get hard in creating I tend to go back to the basics. This to me means playing with the extremes, not choosing a half way but looking for the place where things get peculiar for some reason. It…

Each of us finds inspiration in something different. Inspiration itself can be different for each of us one day from the other. Inspiration is an energy and not a thing, hence it changes over time and influences us in different ways….

It is our role as creative minds (which for me includes, by definition, all human beings) to inspire others in what they do, dream or aspire to be. It is our role to generate ideas that can inspire higher thoughts…

Ideas are not only about creating or making, sometimes they are about renewing what you already have. One of the reasons why I think is important to constantly keep creating is that I want to have a bunch of available…

Generating ideas can be hard, especially is it’s your job. Part of this blog is an exploration of how ideas come to life and one reflection I often do is about partnerships. Finding the right people to create with is…

When creating ideas I want to make sure I have choices available. There are all sorts of choices we can create at all different levels. We can look for variety, creating a display of options we can fish from when…

What should we do when we look for inspiration? Making a list is NEVER a bad idea. Lists help you find out what you are missing and what needs to be prioritized. Lists help you see clearly and clean up…

Where do ideas come from? Mostly, I believe, from our feelings. From what we see, experience and, above all, from what we feel. Our feelings influence our thoughts and our decisions, they can change our lives in a moment or…

It isn’t true that quality is quantity, but that helps. Brainstorming is the process of coming up with as many ideas as we can to go down to the one(s) that really work for our purpose. The mess will eventually…

We all have our favorite colors and we tend to dress them, choose them, shoot them all the time. Our favorite color often speaks to what we are and what we feel. My favorite color is clearly red. It is…

Courage is not about the absence of fear but being able to face it and deal with it. This is a key principle for me when dealing with idea generation and I always want to keep in mind that my…

I find that sometimes the worst enemy of my ideas is myself. Ideas need space and freedom to emerge and the only way to block them from coming is to deny them the space they need. Even further, I sometimes feel that…

As I’m preparing for my first Marathon I think a lot. Running helps thinking and I like to take my thoughts and ideas and put them in my brain closet. I classify them by theme and priority and keep repeating…

Creativity requires bravery. You don’t have to do anything too crazy to be creative, but craziness does help. So, when looking for an idea or a solution you might want to consider to go where nobody else would go. Sometimes that…

Look Up, look down, look around, look backwards. Look! Change your position, the position of your eye, the view of your body, the position of your feelings. Changing is important, we know that. As important is to create our own…

We should always find time to celebrate: our successes, our failures, our progress, our results, from small to big. Take the time to think about what you have done and look forward to the next steps with new energy. Take a break…

You shouldn’t steal ideas or pieces of ideas from others but you can definitely look at what others do as a form of inspiration. I always thought the best way to learn is to copy. Picasso used to do the…

This is the question I ask myself all the time. I’m convinced the point is there, not in why we should do or try something but why we shouldn’t we? Each time we start even thinking about a project or…

A mistake is often a revelation, an element of disruption in our own order, a much-needed sign of change in a pattern. A mistake can break a habit and create a new way. It leaves space for imperfection, which is…

We ARE stories. We are stories to tell and we should not retain ourselves from doing so. Dig into the layers of your essential being and see what’s there. We all have multiple faces and stories that interact and interlink with…

Where do ideas come from? This is the main question I’m exploring in this posts and I keep asking it to friends and colleagues, clients and peers. Ideas come in movement. They don’t come from staying in front of a…

I was looking at my alarm clock timings and noticed what’s my pattern: to break that bloody pattern! I find fundamental to break our patterns, our habits and our ways of doing if we want to create something new. We…

Everything we do ends, sooner or later. I used to want to keep what I was doing and feeling sad when having to let it go. I learned to love the momentary feeling of satisfaction for something I have done,…

We constantly need to remember to keep dreaming, which doesn’t necessarily mean you have to sleep on your thoughts. Keeping a dream alive means being able to imagine the unexpected, picturing a project until we make it. We need to…

When you have one of those days where nothing comes your way, looking for it too hard probably isn’t worth it. One way to go is to take a break and zoom out. You can zoom out in many ways…

You have at least one secret power in your hands. This is fundamental to generate ideas. This is why I’m writing this Blog. Writing is not my strength, nor was shooting or editing videos, or drawing human faces. This is…

One of the best ways to get new ideas is to break the rules, to play a new game, to think out of the box. These are all great ways to say it, but what does it really mean? I think about…

Ideas are always just around the corner. Sometimes it seems they are hiding but they are actually just there, ready to be found. I often find myself walking around the city and suddenly there will be something catching my attention,…