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Sep 15

The Greatest Movie Ever Made Was By a 1st Time Director

Citizen Kane is often cited as the greatest film of all time. What most people don’t know is that before he co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in it, Orson Welles had never set foot in a studio. As he explains in this clip, it was only because of his naivety…

Citizen Kane

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The Greatest Movie Ever Made Was By a 1st Time Director
The Greatest Movie Ever Made Was By a 1st Time Director
Citizen Kane

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Sep 15

Confessions of a Creative Coach

For the last five years I’ve been a creative coach. I’ve listened to the deepest, darkest fears of countless creative professionals — from Executive Creative Directors who feel that they aren’t really very creative, through to junior designers who are convinced they’ve been given their job by mistake. Over hundreds…

Coaching

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Confessions of a Creative Coach
Confessions of a Creative Coach
Coaching

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Jun 9

Ten Years Ago …

Ten years ago I climbed a hill behind our house, out of earshot of anyone but a few sheep, and I wept. Things were about as tough as they’d ever been for me as an adult. I’d tried unsuccessfully to leave the agency I’d founded, now the agency was about…

Mental Health

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Ten Years Ago …
Ten Years Ago …
Mental Health

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May 16

Why We Should Worry Less

It’s almost impossible to be creative when you’re anxious. Yet a recent study at Cornell University found that 85% of the things we worry about never happen. The study followed subjects over an extended period, asked them about the things they feared and then observed which imagined misfortune actually came to pass. And of the 15% of concerns that did happen, 79% of people found that the challenge was much easier to handle than expected, or that they learned a valuable lesson from it.

Creativity

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Why We Should Worry Less
Why We Should Worry Less
Creativity

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Feb 27

On the Pleasure (and Perils) of Public Speaking

Although I never intended it to happen, I have become someone who makes a living from public speaking: over the past twenty years I’ve given a lot of talks. Sometimes it’s a masterclass with twenty or so people, other times it’s a keynote delivered to hundreds of anonymous faces from…

Public Speaking

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On the Pleasure (and Perils) of Public Speaking
On the Pleasure (and Perils) of Public Speaking
Public Speaking

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Nov 30, 2022

It’s All About the Feeling: An Inspirational Tale of Artistic Failure

During the mid-twentieth century, when New York was the centre of the art world and all eyes were on the work of the abstract expressionists, a young British woman called Bridget Riley began to create a cultural shockwave of her own. Her paintings were both striking and original. …

Art

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It’s All About the Feeling: An Inspirational Tale of Artistic Failure
It’s All About the Feeling: An Inspirational Tale of Artistic Failure
Art

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Nov 15, 2022

A Lovely Thing

Every now and then I come across something in my research so wonderful I can’t believe I’ve not heard of it before. In 2006 a bunch of…

Kurt Vonnegut

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A Lovely Thing
A Lovely Thing
Kurt Vonnegut

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Oct 7, 2022

Lessons in Writing and Art from Hilary Mantel, RIP

I spend a good deal of time, perhaps more than I should, delving into the experiences and observations of writers, musicians, artists and creators of all kinds, as I attempt to understand more about this mysterious thing we call ‘the creative process’. Inevitably I gravitate towards those whose work I…

Hilary Mantel

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Lessons in Writing and Art from Hilary Mantel, RIP
Lessons in Writing and Art from Hilary Mantel, RIP
Hilary Mantel

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Aug 18, 2022

Is Coffee a Help or a Hindrance to Creativity?

Coffee. I love its viscous, black, deliciousness. It’s inconceivable to me that I could begin a day without it. But when it comes to creativity, to having ideas, is it an aid or a hindrance? Had I posed this question to the celebrated French novelist Honoré de Balzac his response…

Coffee

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Is Coffee a Help or a Hindrance to Creativity?
Is Coffee a Help or a Hindrance to Creativity?
Coffee

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Apr 29, 2022

Why is this Great Ad Great? #2

Often in the workshops I run for creatives I’ll ask them to bring along a commercial they love. And of all the hundreds of commercials that have been shared there is one that pops up again and again. …

Advertising

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Why is this Great Ad Great? #2
Why is this Great Ad Great? #2
Advertising

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Richard Holman

Richard Holman

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Writer, speaker, creativity coach. Author of ‘Creative Demons & how to Slay Them’.

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