6 Steps to Get Your Creativity Flowing
Tom Kelley, executive director of IDEO—one of the planet's most innovative design firms—reveals how the rest of us can apply the firm's creativity-generating techniques to get unstuck.
As told to Jancee Dunn
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Hire a Coach
A lot of people tell me, "I'm a smart person; I don't really need help." When I hear that, I point out that Tiger Woods, perhaps the best player in the history of golf, has a coach. My first book came out in 2001, and I was approached by a speakers' bureau that wanted to send me on tour, but I had done zero talks. So I got a coach. I spoke in 16 countries last year. Suddenly, I'm standing onstage with Deepak Chopra! I've got to tell you, for me to discover at age 45 that I could do this? That was a gift. A coach can bring out talents that you haven't fully developed or ones that you might not even admit to yourself that you have.
Published 06/16/2015
