Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/We-Need-25-or-More-Possible-Answers-to-All-Questions-Today.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/We-Need-25-or-More-Possible-Answers-to-All-Questions-Today.html What we do in our classrooms, training rooms, offrices, factories, sales rooms determine how creative our people are and become. Today no company will exist in this economy without being far more creative than they have ever been before. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Aunt-Pollys-Fence--Creative-Teamwork.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Aunt-Pollys-Fence--Creative-Teamwork.html Different Thinking. Thinking Differently. Both lead to creative results and success. Explore the metaphor of painting Aunt Polly's fence to expand your thinking skills. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/GNATS-of-Creativity-instead-of-BLOCKS-of-creativity.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/GNATS-of-Creativity-instead-of-BLOCKS-of-creativity.html You have heard about the "Blocks of Creativity" and "Keys of Creativity". But have you heard of the "G.N.A.T.S. of Creativity"? As their namesakes, GNATS, G.N.A.T.S. of Creativity are little things that can irritate and cause pain when we least expect it or simply distract us long enough to stop or stifle our creativeness or creative energy. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/BROKEN-CRAYONS-TOOK-ME-AROUND-THE-WORLD.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/BROKEN-CRAYONS-TOOK-ME-AROUND-THE-WORLD.html Our speaking and writing can promote us around the world. My book BROKEN CRAYONS has done that 8 times and to many other countries on single trips. This article explains how your books, articles, speeches on tape of in MP3 format can take you around the world to promote your work, products, profession. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/ESTABLISHING-ENVIRONMENTS-FOR-CREATIVITY.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/ESTABLISHING-ENVIRONMENTS-FOR-CREATIVITY.html The U.S. needs more creativity and creativeness today than it has ever in its history. Financial, physical, social, political, governmental, educational, business, industrial, professional problems abound throughout the country. True many people and organizations are experiencing success and making progress yet the greatest majority are experiencing setbacks and challenges daily http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Be-a-Maverick-But-I-Aint-No-Maverick-Dont-Want-to-Be-and-Besides-I-Would-Lose-My-Job-If-I-Was.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Be-a-Maverick-But-I-Aint-No-Maverick-Dont-Want-to-Be-and-Besides-I-Would-Lose-My-Job-If-I-Was.html In times of chaos it is the mavericks who spark the needed creativity that produces the innovation that organizations needs to succeed. Read and discover how you can recharge the maverick in you and your people. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Plan-Plan-Plan-Some-More-Then-Do-What-You-Need-to.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/Plan-Plan-Plan-Some-More-Then-Do-What-You-Need-to.html We all need to plan, yet most people do not. As often is said by motivational speakers quoting other motivational speakers: "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." There is some truth to that. Yet no matter how much you plan @#$%^&* still happens. Yet by having planned beforehand you are prepared to create Plan B to Plan Z no matter what happens. This article provides an example based upon a 3 month marketing trip I planned around the world in 2003. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/OutofBox-IntheBox-NewBox-OtherBox-NoBox-Thinking.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/OutofBox-IntheBox-NewBox-OtherBox-NoBox-Thinking.html It is not the boxes in our lives and our work that stops us, instead it is what we do with them. And as Walt Kelly, noted cartoonist in his strip POGO once said: "We have finally met the enemy, and it is us!" How you see boxes determines how you deal with them. Highly successful people use boxes as stepping stones, inspirations, or containers as they succeed. http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/32-Traits-that-Help-People-Become-Successful.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/Leadership/1981/32-Traits-that-Help-People-Become-Successful.html Successful entrepreneurs are also people who use many creative thinking skills and traits, either consciously or unconsciously. This article shares 32 traits that I discovered through research that can be found in highly creative people. Each of these can be developed, taught, learned. To be successful in business and life you will often need to exercise these skills