Paint + Pipette

A blog on the art & science of creative action.

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Commission A Personal AI Project

Many organizations are asking their people the wrong question: “What can GenAI do for our business?” This is the wrong question because most employees don’t even know what GenAI can do, period! Here’s a cheat code to help your people understand its potential.

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Set Boundaries

John Cleese argues convincingly that, while we can’t guarantee that creativity will yield to our invitations, yet blocking time and space for it to emerge is essential.

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Allow Folks to Play

If innovation is a numbers game, subject to considerable odds, then how can a leader bend the odds? IDEO’s Brendan Boyle says play is a key lever to drive the breadth of experimentation required to succeed.

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Play

Innovation is a numbers game, subject to considerable odds. IDEO’s Brendan Boyle says play is a key lever to drive risk taking and the broad experimentation required to ultimately succeed.

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Have Fun

Mergers and acquisitions aren’t exactly an arena most folks associate with creative thinking. And yet, Michael Dell describes the creative conditions that led to “The Idea” that enabled history’s largest.

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Involve Yourself In Folly

Ato Essandoh is a New York-based actor and the co-host of the podcast Radio Zamunda. I was instantly drawn to his warm, openness, and curiosity. He told me about his regular Friday night gatherings of artists and friends in New York. They often challenge themselves to make something together, without regard for the final product: “It's OK if it looks like we made a mistake…”

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