Carmel Hagen
Carmel Hagen is the founder and CEO of Sweet Revenge Sugar Co., a company developing mindfully delicious alternatives to refined sugar. For creative kitchen inspiration and mixologist tips, follow Sweet Revenge on Instagram at @enjoyrevenge or visit sweetrevengesugar.co
What Your Survival Instincts Know About Pitching Ideas
Too scared to share your big ideas? Start here.
3 Exercises to Smash Your Creative Blocks
Unmotivated? Unimaginative? Can’t find your flow? Try these five-minute exercises to uncover the real root of your problem, and get back on track.
The Secret to an Efficient Team? Gratitude.
Feel like you’re not getting enough appreciation at work? You’re probably right (and you’re probably guilty of it too).
Never Brainstorm with a “Blank Slate”
Will Turnage tells us how R/GA uses a “Technology First” mindset to unleash its most creative ideas.
In Praise of Slow Mastery: 10 Great Achievements That Took Time
Great things take time. We round up a list of incredible achievements from "Mad Men" to the Brooklyn Bridge to "Born to Run" in recognition of the power of perseverance.
9 Reasons Why Failure Is Not Fatal
Like it or not, screwing up is an essential part of the creative process. We look at 9 perspectives on failure and contemplate why it’s not so bad.
5 Rules for Mindful Creativity
Are future generations paying for our creative fulfillment? Tips from Kimbal Musk, Cypher13, and Mike Moore on creating with sustainability in mind.
The McSweeney’s Mantra: Haven’t Tried It Yet? Do It Anyway.
We look at the art of on-the-job training via McSweeney's scrappy approach to making crazy-inventive books and publishing a 320-page newspaper.
Alex Haigh: We Are Our Own Worst Clients
Designer and HypeForType founder Alex Haigh describes the Sisyphean task of executing on "the side project" and being your own (annoying) client.