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The creative leader's secret weapon? Walking their own path
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 24/10/2025
» 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference," wrote Robert Frost. Over a recent five-week period, I had the joy and privilege of guiding the latest cohort of Bangkok University's MBA-i programme through my favourite course, Creative Leadership, which is based on my Genius Journey method.
Thriving in the Sixth Wave of innovation
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/12/2024
» 'There has always been, and there always will be, an economic cycle," noted the British journalist and politician Nigel Lawson. He is right, and if you're a regular reader of this column, you know that arguably the most overlooked yet influential economic cycles are long.
The anatomy of creativity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 23/10/2024
» Let's admit it: Defining terms isn't entertaining, but it's essential. That's why I defined the crucial terms creativity and innovation in earlier articles in my blog. To recap, the easiest and most impactful way we can define these two concepts is with the help of two equations: the Creativity Formula and the Innovation Formula.
Portugal reviving tax breaks for foreigners
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2024
» LISBON - The government of Portugal is planning to reintroduce tax breaks for foreign residents in an effort to attract skilled workers despite criticism in the past that the scheme stoked housing prices, the economy minister said on Thursday.
If at first you don't succeed …
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 07/06/2024
» One of my maxims as a blogger and columnist is never to regurgitate a topic I already covered in an earlier article.
The art of simplicity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 07/05/2024
» 'For the simplicity on this side of complexity, I wouldn't give you a fig. But for the simplicity on the other side of complexity, for that I would give you anything I have," said the American essayist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Seven creative questions for 2024
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 10/01/2024
» For many of us, the turn of the year is a time to take stock and look ahead. It's the time to set new goals and resolutions, and you probably have already done this. In that spirit, allow me to pose seven creative questions that connect you to your essential genius core and core capabilities to set you up for success as a creative leader in 2024.
How ideas flow and grow
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 28/04/2023
» 'I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else," the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said. He is right. As you go through an effective creative process method stage by stage, the nature of an idea changes and evolves.
Rhythm is gonna get you to peak creativity
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 19/01/2023
» 'Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances," noted the American poet Maya Angelou. How about you? Do you follow a rhythm? Do you, so to say, dance?
Keeping an effective notebook
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 06/01/2023
» In part 1 of this two-article series on Jan 5, you learned some benefits of getting into the routine of actively keeping a notebook as a creative leader. But how can we do this effectively and creatively? Let me share nine suggestions for keeping an effective notebook.