Creative Caffeine

How creative thinking skills transform work and home life.

Author: Celia Falkenberg

 We all have that person.
The colleague who drives you up the wall.
The partner who keeps shutting down.
The child who explodes, or implodes, when things don’t go their way.

And if we’re honest, sometimes we are that person.

We’ve been conditioned to respond to challenging behaviour with rewards, punishments and lectures. If they don’t behave? Give consequences. Withhold privileges. Get tougher. That’ll give them the willpower and motivation to do better.

But… what if everything we’ve been taught is dead wrong?

What if the key to helping people behave better—at work, at home, in life—isn’t about control or motivation? What if it’s about connection and a set of creative thinking skills?

I’ve been diving into the work of Dr Stuart Ablon, an award-winning psychologist, Harvard Medical School professor and author of the bestselling book Changeable: The Surprising Science Behind Helping Anyone Change....

In a world where Siri can schedule your meetings and algorithms can compose music, it’s natural to wonder: is AI going to take our creative game to the next level—or leave us in the dust?

I was not surprised to read that generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) was the hottest topic among the 15,000 delegates at the recent Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France. When it comes to creative trends in marketing and innovation, the dazzlingly fast development of AI capabilities is certainly weighing on many minds.

What’s your take on this?

Are you worried that the robots are coming for your creative mojo?

Or are excited at the ‘digital magic’ this new tech could open up?

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Whether you work in science, finance, law, education, technology or any field besides, the advance of technology and the increasing need for creativity is impacting your workplace.  

Gen AI is certainly shaking up the creative landscape. Let’s zoom in ...