The Accidental Creative Part 1: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice OnDemand DesignCast

This is the first of a 2-part series with Todd Henry provides insight into being creative under pressure.

Part 1: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
Live DesignCast
When: Thurs., July 28, 2011
4:00 PM ET

Creative insight can be an elusive beast, but in today's competitive marketplace the pressure to consistently deliver great ideas continues to rise. It's challenging to generate brilliant ideas when you need them most, but with a few purposeful practices you can set yourself up for everyday brilliance. In this session, Todd Henry will reveal a handful of simple practices that will help you experience consistent creative insights in your life and work.

You Will Learn:

• Why there is so much inherent tension in the creative workplace
• The three forces that assassinate creativity
• How to gain focus on your most important creative priorities
• How to better manage energy for more effective creating
• How to overcome the efficiency trap and obsess instead on effectiveness

Todd Henry is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams generate brilliant ideas. He regularly speaks and consults nationally with organizations, both large and small, about how to develop practices and systems that lead to everyday brilliance.

Todd's first book, The Accidental Creative: How To Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice is set for release in July 2011 through Portfolio.

Prior to launching Accidental Creative, Todd spent several years in the music business, both on the performing and business sides, and subsequently spent several years as the Creative Director at a large non- profit. During his time leading creative teams, Todd's philosophy on the creative process and his pragmatic approach to unleashing brilliance began to crystalize. He has since shared that approach with thousands of people in person and hundreds of thousands through his podcasts and popular website, AccidentalCreative.com.

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Duration: 1 hour
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