Ben Tremblay » creative http://bentremblay.com/en The web, what matters, common sense Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:52:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Having Ideas http://bentremblay.com/en/having-ideas http://bentremblay.com/en/having-ideas#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:26:20 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1769 The easy part: having ideas. Hard part: communicating them effectively.

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/having-ideas/feed 0 Creative Thinking Inside The Box http://bentremblay.com/en/creative-thinking-inside-the-box http://bentremblay.com/en/creative-thinking-inside-the-box#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:18:46 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1647 Thinking outside the box is overrated. Constraints exists and creative thinking inside the box is actually what matters.

Thinking outside the box is highly overrated: constraints exists in probably 99.9% of everything we do, whether we like it or not. This makes thinking outside the box very difficult, if not impossible, in most situations.

Creative thinking inside the box (the constraints) is essential and to me, a more important skill than thinking outside the box.

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/creative-thinking-inside-the-box/feed 1 It Was A Pretty Good Idea http://bentremblay.com/en/it-was-a-pretty-good-idea http://bentremblay.com/en/it-was-a-pretty-good-idea#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:27:04 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1629 The creativity process can't go through bureaucracy: great ideas get stuck in the never-ending bureaucracy vortex

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/it-was-a-pretty-good-idea/feed 0 Pissing People Off http://bentremblay.com/en/pissing-people-off http://bentremblay.com/en/pissing-people-off#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:12:17 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1622 Changing things and/or trying to make a difference means pissing at least someone off. It's not a bad thing.

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/pissing-people-off/feed 0 Creativity And Need For Approval http://bentremblay.com/en/creativity-and-need-for-approval http://bentremblay.com/en/creativity-and-need-for-approval#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:10:25 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1475 Creativity and the need for approval don't go well together. Your very own creativity is usually something very few people will be able to understand.

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/creativity-and-need-for-approval/feed 0 Being One Step Ahead http://bentremblay.com/en/being-one-step-ahead http://bentremblay.com/en/being-one-step-ahead#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:19:16 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1464 It's tough to be one step ahead all the time, because you're always on your own. That's it, nothing to copy.

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/being-one-step-ahead/feed 0 Sometimes, it’s a good idea to take a break http://bentremblay.com/en/sometimes-its-a-good-idea-to-take-a-break http://bentremblay.com/en/sometimes-its-a-good-idea-to-take-a-break#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:27:56 +0000 Ben Tremblay http://bentremblay.com/en/?p=1417 Sometimes it's a good idea to take a break. Creativity is something that just happens, not that you can force

]]> http://bentremblay.com/en/sometimes-its-a-good-idea-to-take-a-break/feed 0