When I was in business school, my wife studied fashion design at FIDM in San Francisco. While I was working spreadsheets and powerpoint, she was making patterns and building "inspo boards." I had no idea what they were for…

Someone tipped me off to David Lynch's "Catching the Big Fish," which deconstructs his creative process in a series of somewhat-chronologically-ordered vignettes and reflections. I'm glad they did - if …”

Someone tipped me off to David Lynch's "Catching the Big Fish," which deconstructs his creative process in a series of somewhat-chronologically-ordered vignettes and reflections. I'm glad they did - if only because it's an easy book to "get under your belt," so to speak. Lots of interesting tidbits for fans of his films, too, I'm sure (admission: I've never seen one)…

I have noticed that when the design-driven approach to innovation that we espouse at Stanford fails to unleash a flood of new ideas and fresh energy, the culprit is often a failure to stimulate curiosity on the part of those doing the work…