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Why creativity is at the heart of successful careers

Creativity is how we reinvent ourselves and protect our livelihoods from becoming automated. Back in the age of enlightenment, learning was about human dignity. Only a few benefited from education back then, and it was something you honed over a lifetime. The learned were pillars of society. They helped advance our understanding of all fields. …

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Make purpose the competitive advantage in business

What does it mean to be authentic as a business when the very fabric of society is becoming ever more polarised? How can purpose become a competitive advantage? The world agenda has shifted. The staple headaches of banking crises, rising debt and slow growth have given way to outright fear of war and conflict on the …

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Value creation in the age of the empowered consumer

Power is changing hands. Connectivity is changing how we communicate, the kinds of products we find valuable and the services we prefer. For a long time, audiences chose a product not because it was superior but because the switching costs were too high. Users were ‘locked in’ – not because of active choice, but because of the effort …

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Debunking Popular Myths about Creativity

Like innovation, there are plenty of misconceptions about creativity, which makes it all the more confusing when people are extolling the importance of creative skill in the 21st century. To continue my quest to unravel these complex topics, this instalment explains what creativity is NOT. Popular myths about creativity Instead creativity: For those interested in …

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