by Jessica Kinsey | Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving
Gary Vaynerchuk recently gave a talk where he discussed how much money old-school companies are spending—i.e., wasting—on traditional advertising. Anytime a commercial comes on people reflexively pick up their phone and tune out those annoying ads. Large corporations...
by Jessica Kinsey | Career, Creativity, Problem Solving
How does creative thinking help you in business? I get asked all the time “Why do I need to worry about how creative my thinking is? Don’t I just need to do my job well?” My return stare is usually a bit glassy-eyed and blank – I’m working on that. But then I...
by Jessica Kinsey | Design Thinking, Innovation, Problem Solving, Success
My most recent article for Stilettos on the Glass Ceiling is about how to find project success by designing for people. Are you creating, designing, or developing something? Aren’t we all, really? No matter your industry or profession, we all create and design new...
by Jessica Kinsey | Connections, Innovation, Learning, Personal Development, Problem Solving
I have committed to reading 50 books in 2016 to increase my knowledge of varied fields to up my innovation skills and my ability to make connections between seemingly unconnected ideas. And also because I love books and learning. I’m an awesome nerd like that....
by Jessica Kinsey | Creativity, Problem Solving
I used to think I wasn’t creative because I wasn’t an artist or musician. That was creativity to me. Nevermind that I spent a significant part of my childhood with an imaginary friend named Anderson, or that my best friend and I played “bank” where we created money,...
by Jessica Kinsey | Problem Solving
Have you ever struggled with a problem you just could not move past? At work, trying to get a customer to purchase your solution that you know will make their work easier and more profitable. Or trying to figure out why a once bestselling product has lost market share...
