There’s no denying it: people like thinking about innovation. About a bazillion years ago, I took a class that put me through hour after hour of thinking about the how behind creativity. A ridiculous number of books have been written about how to think more inventively. Around the office, we’re always trying to come up [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about creativity in business. When I was scheming this agency, the clearest point for me – a student of the Rotman School‘s Integrative Thinking approach and a fan of Richard Florida’s postulations on the creative class, among other things – was that I needed to design a company that [...]

Last week was Toronto’s Creative Places + Spaces conference – a very dynamic gathering of speakers from not-for-profit and educational sectors, with some CBC talent and Toronto City Hall employees thrown in for good measure. The theme of the day was collaboration. Presenters explored the unconventional ways that individuals, communities, and institutions can work together [...]

One of my favorite online celebrities Ze Frank recently pointed out a collaborative design event happening in the next couple of weeks: Layer Tennis. What is it? Participating designers take turns editing one file back and forth in 15 minute intervals using Adobe Creative Suite 4. After each edit, the file is published (with commentary), [...]

Not to be completely obsessed with tiny bites of deliciousness or anything (right), but do you think this could possibly be the greatest unconference of all time? I love the unconference movement. I love how it brings people together. I love the creativity and innovation inherent to the lack of boundaries. And I flipping love [...]