Growth is always good, right? It’s exciting when new business and projects are coming your way. After all, new business means that you’re definitely doing something (or lots of things) really well.

The holidays are over, the weather is lousy, and we’re sober again. We made all kinds of New Year’s promises, but the big one that will change our careers, if not our lives, is the promise to ...

Cerebellum (Latin for "little brain') in red. Source: Life Science Databases/Wikimedia Commons In 1504, Leonardo da Vinci made wax castings of the human brain and coined the term cerebellum (Latin for ...

Early in my years as a consultant and change agent in organizations, I noticed a pattern I like to call “the Moses effect": When I began consulting engagements, there were times where it was almost as ...

If good managers hire people who are smarter than they are, does that make the CEO the dumbest person in the company? While that question -- posed in a "Dilbert" cartoon -- might seem flip and ...

The spark of creativity, that seemingly mysterious capacity to generate novel and valuable ideas, has intrigued humanity for centuries. Once attributed primarily to divine inspiration or innate genius ...

Research published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience revealed that smartphone addiction can reduce the brain’s creative capacity significantly. The research team found that participants ...

Simon Ofield-Kerr is affiliated with University for the Creative Arts as Vice-Chancellor and is a Governor at Kingston Grammar School. The creative industries are an intriguing part of the UK economy ...