Three simple ways to boost creativity
Are you feeling a bit stuck for new ideas? Do you need to get your creative juices flowing again? We’ve put together a list of our favourite, quick ways to get out of creative ruts and spark new ideas:
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In September last year I began a course in psychotherapy and counselling at Regents University. Aside from driving my friends mad with psychoanalytic readings of every small event in my life, more and more the programme has begun to make me re-think work and our relationship to it. It seems that the workplace, in the ‘family’ we exist in from 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, under pressure and with numerous complex relationships to negotiate, is a site of enormous psychological tension.
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After our successful social entrepreneurs meet up last week, we are pleased to announce we will be running another session on 13th October.
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From the electric shock of Brexit to Team GB’s golden triumph in Rio, the Summer of 2016 has been nothing if not eventful.
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Social media sparked a revolution in marketing. As Scott Stratten remarked, brands had to move away from the traditional ‘push and pray’ method of broadcast marketing, to an approach of ‘pull and stay’.
Read MoreHow to manage conflict in the workplace
Conflict at work is inevitable. With the heady blend of personalities, goals and stresses that come with the modern workplace, frustrations are bound to mount from time to time. So, you may not be able to avoid conflict, but when it does flare up what is the best way to manage it?
Read MoreAre you sticking to your marketing plan?
A strategically sound, targeted and measurable marketing plan is key to marketing (and therefore business) success. Personally, I love researching, creating and developing marketing plans with Make Happy’s clients. However, getting the plan down on paper is just the beginning. The next step is to actually see it through.
Read MoreAre you giving yourself enough time to be creative?
As the media keep reminding us, we are working longer hours than ever before. The average Briton now works 44 hours per week, with many people working significantly more than this. Indeed, for a lot of people, long working hours are a badge of pride, demonstrating dedication and commitment. However, could long hours spent slaving away over a hot computer screen be dampening your creativity?
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