What kind of changemaker are you?
The social entrepreneurship organisation, Ashoka, coined the term changemaker to mean, one who desires change in the world and makes it happen. They can also be described …
10 ways to choose hope and what creativity has to do with it
Over the years of tracking social, environmental and economic change, I have felt like I am on a roller coaster ride of optimism and despair. …
8 ways personal creativity can inspire and activate your work
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” George …
Change is inevitable. Is suffering optional?
In early October I moved from Dursey Island back onto the mainland (‘the Continent’ as its sometimes referred to on the Island). I moved about …
Embrace your dark side….
Some days are just shit. Everything that can go wrong seems to go wrong. It feels like nothing is creative and nothing changes. It appears …
What if I do this every day?
At the time I wrote this piece I was living out on Dursey island for a few months. It was around the time of the …
When the creative process is excruciating
For my previous post I experienced a real challenge in writing about Redefining success and it got me thinking about when the creative process is excruciating: how …
How redefining success effects change
How do societal definitions of success underpin collective decisions and our personal definitions of success, and how could the process of consciously redefining success for …
Why I do what I do
Creativity for change is about recognising the power of our imagination to create better ways of living now and creating a better future for our next …
10 Ways nature can enrich your creativity
Most people would agree that time in nature is good for us: we associate it with fresh air, exercise, health and wellbeing, and maybe also with …