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I (Andreas) really like Twyla Tharp. In this video she does not present groundbreaking theorys, it’s just plain common sense from someone who has been working with creativity for many many years.
Boagworld’s “Stagnation” episode
September’s “Stagnation” episode is worth a permanent place in your podcast collection. Paul’s talk on how to avoid, or get out of, stagnation is one that every web worker should listen to.
Tim Brown on the importance of play.
Tim Brown from Ideo gives a great TED-talk on why play is so importent in our worklife and how we can use play to find better and new solutions to our old problems.
Tim Bray @ FOWA Expo 2008
Tim Bray from Sun Microsystems gave one of the most inspiring and best talks at this years FOWA. The night before his speach he ripped his old talk and came back with thise one as the keynote the second day. You can tell that he is talking from his heart about the future and the opportunities that lies in the financial crisis that is going on. So, please, enjoy Tim Brays talk about getting through the tough times.
Greg Waldorf at ECorner
The podcasts at the Stanford University Entrepreneurship Corner vary in quality. Some just come across as bio babble, while others really contribute to the business community. Greg Waldorf, CEO of eHarmony.com does the latter. His 5 Must-Haves of an Entrepreneurial Career is one of my favorites. If you feel that your business r projects are in a slump, just get the headphones on and let Greg boost your energy and and give you a shot of inspiration.
The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharps book The Creative Habit is all about get-your-creativity-going. What Twyla describes is no rocket science, it all boils down to one single advice; find the activity (yes activity, not place, not mindset or anything else) and repeat that activity every day to get your creativity and productivity going. It’s a damn simple advice and a really good book.
Get it at Amazon!
Ted Talks
For a little more than a year I have followed the Ted Talks at Ted.com.
Some of my favourites are:
Clifford Stoll - … on everything.
Johhny Lee - Wii remote hacks.
Sir Ken Robinson - Do schools kill creativity?
Blaise Aguera y Arcas - Polysynth
