You were born with creativity, curiosity, imagination and intuition, says creativity consultant Duncan Wardle. With AI becoming more prevalent, these are the skills you need to reignite.
How do individual designers and firms get their work seen and, more importantly, commissioned, at a time when freelance marketplaces such as Upwork, Fiverr and 99Designs have thousands of designers competing for work? We reached out a handful of entrepreneurial designers to learn how they snag clients.
It may not feel like it's time, but does it ever? Here's how to end your creative endeavors.
'No matter how lucrative the opportunity, how prestigious the job, how profound the potential, my purpose must come first.'
'When creating, be aware of the mode you are in—inhale or exhale. Ask yourself if you have given enough time or space for the inhale. Do you have enough rich data? Have you sat with it long enough? Have you gotten under the skin of things?' Jessica Orkin of SYPartners offers helpful advice on the practice of deep listening.
For better or worse, the design world seems to favor those who develop a strong presence on social media.
What if the manager you always wish was in the room is … you?
In a world where AI and other technologies are driving rapid change, what skill do you feel is futureproof? For several…
The author and entrepreneur says too many companies are clinging to Stone Age ideas about what it means to lead.
Google’s director of UX design says the ability to seek out a range of perspectives is a critical skill.
Husband-and-wife duo Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy have amassed an impressive following for their often whimsical inventions, eight of which have debuted on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. So far they’ve conjured everything from a poster designed to sharpen your ability to decipher scale to an iOS app that tests your internal sense of time and an indestructible 'forever jump rope.'
With tech speeding ahead, what's in store for creatives? We asked for their best guess.
