This week we're looking at Getting Things Done, and at the cult of productivity that's sprung up around David Allen's original GTD methodology. It looks good, it sounds good -- but is it an aid to creative work or the exact opposite of what creativity calls for? Once again, we have thoughts. And this time we've put them in a nice list, with checkboxes. Also: Raccoons, stone tablets, Starfighters, making a mess and tidying up, disresepcting the Bing, shallots and where to put them, things that are too good to check, and the night Bobby Flay made a mockery of Kitchen Stadium.
There's a misconception that creativity means coming up with ideas. But ideas are one thing, results are another, and the distance between them can...
Here's a creativity brain puzzler: Is it better to break new ground or to keep polishing the same act until it gleams? It depends,...
This week we're looking at limitations in creative work. When do they hurt? When can they help? And how can we become more agile...