Picture thisWhy would you draw pictures during meetings or brainstorm sessions? Whatever happened to the good ole minutes? Drawings are not a substitute for taking minutes. They support the (creative) processes and rapidly bring emotions, atmosphere or important items into view. They provide focus and liveliness. High time to try your hand at scribbling yourself. What? You can’t draw? Oh yes, […]

Fear kills creativityThere are things in life that gobble up all your energy. You brood and fret, and you get nothing done. You worry. About politics. About your children hitting puberty. About your grumpy boss.Grumpy bossLet’s take your GB as an example. Everybody knows him/her. The control freak who seems to have only one goal […]

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Line = duckThe Japanese are especially good at it: they draw a single curved line, and you immediately see the duckiest duck or the cattiest cat you can imagine. There’s no doubt: that grey, somewhat woolly line IS a duck (or a cat). There’s a story about this. A man wants a drawing of a duck. […]

Indescribably difficult simplePictures are effective. You don’t have to believe me, I will prove it.Attach brace to shelfStep 8.There are three kinds of cross-headed screws. Two of these are very much alike (their thread runs along their entire length, the other one has a smooth surface half way, but anyway: you’ve used that one in […]

In the beginningIn the beginning was the word. But that doesn’t make sense at all. In the beginning there mainly were very hungry hominids, who could eat a bison. Luckily they didn’t just know what bison tasted like, but also what it looked like and how fast it could run. And especially how angry it […]