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    • "And when the event, the big change in your life is simply an insight - isn't that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you're less fearful and less anxious and generally stronger as a result: isn't it amazing that a completely invisible thing is your head can feel realer than anything you've experienced before? You see things more clearly and you know that you're seeing them more clearly. And it comes to you that this is what it means to love life, this is all anybody who talks seriously about God is ever talking about. Moments like this."
    - Jonathan Franzen (2001) The Corrections


    Audio & Video

  • Video clips of a talk given at the Promax & BDA Conference 2005, at the Marriott Hotel, New York

    •   - Clip 1 - Intro   (MPG - 12.5Mb)
      - Clip 2 - Questions   (MPG - 7.5Mb)
      - Clip 3 - Summary   (MPG - 18Mb)
      - Clip 4 - Brain Research   (MPG - 9Mb)
      - Clip 5 - Normals & Creatives   (MPG - 9Mb)
      - Clip 6 - Biculline   (MPG - 8Mb)

  • Audio clip of an interview with Dr Chris Stevens on ABC Radio, October 5 2005, for the Brisbane Powerhouse Centre Advertising Federation of Australia (AFA) Conference   (MP3 - 9Mb)





    • PDF Articles

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  • "Creating the Creators" - an article that appeared in issue 2 of the Brand Strategy Roundtable journal, February 2006   (PDF - 0.2Mb)

  • "Stories of Creation" - an interview with Dr Chris Stevens that appeared in Television Asia, in December 2004.   (PDF - 0.1Mb)





    • Quizzes & Suggested Reading

    Some books we've found helpful (please suggest others to us!)

  • ?What If! (2002) Sticky Wisdom (Capstone)
  • Andreason, Nancy (2005) The Creating Brain (Dana Press)
  • Blair, Mark, Armstrong, Richard & Murphy, Mike (2003) The 360 Degree Brand in Asia (Wiley)
  • Carter, Rita (1998) Mapping the Mind (Phoenix)
  • Christensen, Clayton & Raynor, Michael (2003) The Innovator's Solution (Harvard Business School Press)
  • Christensen, Clayton (1997) The Innovator's Dilemma (Harper Business Essentials)
  • Claxton, Guy (1997) Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind (Fourth Estate)
  • Claxton, Guy (2005) The Wayward Mind (Abacus)
  • Cook, Peter (1998) Best Practice Creativity (Gower)
  • Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1996) Creativity (Harper Collins)
  • Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly (1997) Finding Flow (Basic Books)
  • Davila, Tony, Epstein, Marc J. & Shelton, Robert (2006) Making Innovation Work (Wharton)
  • Drucker, Peter (1985) Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Harper Business)
  • Drucker, Peter (2002) Managing in the Next Society (St Martins Press)
  • Earls, Mark (2002) Welcome to the Creative Age (Wiley)
  • Florida, Richard (2003) The Rise of the Creative Class (Pluto Press)
  • Gladwell, Malcolm (2000) The Tipping Point (Little Brown & Company)
  • Gladwell, Malcolm (2005) Blink (Little Brown & Company)
  • Greenfield, Susan (2000) The Private Life of the Brain (Penguin)
  • Greenfield, Susan (2003) Tomorrow's People (Penguin)
  • Heilman, Kenneth (2005) Creativity and the Brain (Psychology Press)
  • Hersham, D. Jablow & Lieb, Julian (1998) Manic Depression & Creativity (Prometheus)
  • Honoré, Carl (2004) In Praise of Slow (Orion)
  • Kelley,Tom (2005) The Ten Faces of Innovation (Currency Doubleday)
  • Pink, Daniel (2005) A Whole New Mind (Riverhead Books)
  • Restak, Richard (2004) The New Brain (Rodale)
  • Rose, Steven (2006) The 21st Century Brain (Vintage)
  • Seligman, Martin (1991) Learned Optimism (Random House)
  • Stewart, Ian & Joines, Vann (1987) TA Today (Lifespace Publishing)





    • Quick Quizzes *

    Stress & Burnout Test

    1. Do you find yourself becoming increasingly jaded, disillusioned or overly critical? Yes No
    2. Do you sometimes have trouble remembering appointments, deadlines etc? Yes No
    3. Are you more frequently feeling flat or less motivated without knowing why? Yes No
    4. Do you have less energy than you used to? Yes No
    5. Do you find yourself at times becoming more edgy with people and less tolerant? Yes No
    6. Are you making less time to keep in touch or return non-work calls? Yes No
    7. Do you interact & talk less with people outside work than previously? Yes No
    8. Is your concentration not what it used to be? Yes No
    9. Do you regularly go to bed worrying about work? Yes No


    Procrastination Test

    When faced with an important task I sometimes...

    1. Start work immediately, then quickly become distracted
    2. Feel pressure to perform exceptionally well
    3. Find myself cleaning my desk, filing, making telephone calls
    4. Question my ability to meet the expectations of others
    5. Focus on the fun things and delay the challenging work
    6. Become pre-occupied with the ramifications of failure and 'what ifs'
    7. I dream about success more than taking definitive action to ensure success
    8. Question if expectations of me are greater than expectations of others
    9. Like to daydream, think of related issues beyond the scope of the project
    10. Immerse myself in the smaller project details, sometimes to the exclusion of the main issues


    * These tests are indicative tests only. They are not for formal diagnostic purposes.

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