Innovation and Creativity Institute
Entrepreneurial coaching and programs designed to transform you from being invisible to your market to in-demand through inspired creativity.
If you’re wondering how to know what you want, it’s time to break out your journal and the one vital question that will change everything. The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.—Michel de Montaigne We Convince Ourselves We Don’t Know My long-time client, Paul, came to me recently…
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Unlock your potential and discover the art of creative thinking through the power of your own hands. In today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world, we often overlook the profound impact that writing and sketching by hand can have on our ability to think and create. Let’s explore how this tactile approach helps bypass the noise and overthinking…
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” —Anaïs Nin The Relentless Voice of Self-Doubt There is a whisper inside you. A pulsating dream that will not quiet down. A vision that keeps tugging at your heart, no matter how many…
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When self-sabotage arrives, greet it with a grounding practice and remember that it’s your body’s safety response. Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Entrepreneurs and creators often hit invisible walls. It’s rarely due to a lack of strategy, talent, or drive. Instead, something internal tends to pull us back just as we…
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Creative genius isn’t what we think it is. After watching a decade of intimate footage following Hayao Miyazaki, I discovered that our greatest creators aren’t fearless visionaries—they’re doubt-ridden artists who break past despair to create anyway. “The creation of a single world comes froma huge number of fragments and chaos.”―Hayao Miyazaki I played hooky on…
French brands evoke emotion—does your business do the same? Beauty awakens the soul to act. —Dante Alighieri Let’s talk about something most business advice skips over: aesthetics. Not as decoration. Not as surface polish. But as a strategic tool for impact, connection, and growth. French Brands and Beauty In my favorite city in the world,…
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