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Top 10 2011 Posts

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We’ve posted on a wide variety of topics in THINKing this year, and based on what you have been reading, you must like the variety. Let’s take a look at the Top 10 posts from 2011. You might find something on the list that you missed.

Creativity 2011 – Week #50

Start Thinking Like A Reality TV Star –  Reality shows offer us many parallels into the world of innovation.

5 Free Tools For Quick Online Brainstorming - The five services mentioned in this article are free and don’t require users to register.

Desperate Measures

Raise your hand if you get a lot of emails from – or send a lot of emails to – “professionals” trying to sell the latest marketing and advertising answer to all your lead generating and new business problems.  Yeah, about that. If your “solution” works so damned well, you wouldn’t need to send me your email to let me know about it.

Creativity 2011 – Week #43

Creativity Apps For iPad – The iTunes store is crammed with apps. Here is a list of some very good ones to help boost your creativity.

Creativity 2011 – Week #37

To Cultivate Innovation, Work Like An Artist - How do we put ourselves in a frame of mind where we can receive inspiration when it comes to us? Think like an artist.

Writer’s Block: How To Break Through – Sometimes to break writer’s block, you need to start at the end and not the beginning.

Creativity 2011 – Week #34

9 Ways To Keep Innovation Alive In Your Organization - When your company has an existing, proven method of conducting business, it can be a struggle to keep innovation alive.

How Good Stress Breeds Creativity – Those of us in the trenches know a little “good stress” can actually help boost creativity and innovation.

QR Code Naysayers

Are QR codes worthwhile? There are a lot of naysayers out there trashing their use. If you are reading a newspaper and a QR code pops up, are you really going to take the time to scan the code to see where it takes you?  Well, the data would suggest a lot of consumers are doing just that. A new study indicates that 14 million US adults scanned a code in June 2011. According to Mashable,

Bad Marketer, Naughty Marketer

I’ve been in marketing communications since shortly after the earth cooled and I have seen a lot of poorly conceived advertising and marketing programs. But in today’s unstable market, I’m seeing some unstable marketing, too.

Creativity 2011 – Week #32

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A 12-Step Guide To Fostering Your Creativity – How to be creative on demand.

How To Deliver Innovation Overnight –  Have a Fed-Ex Day – a one-day burst of autonomy that allows you to work on anything you want (as long as it’s not part of your regular job) — and provided you show what you’ve created to colleagues 24 hours later.

All Branding, All The Time

We write a lot here about brands and branding, so I thought I’d pull together a compendium of some of our better pieces on the subject to make it easier for you to find.