Posts by Rachel Audige
Using limits to become limitless
[I wrote this pre-COVID-19 but it seems more pertinent than ever…] I had coffee with a wonderful young artist-entrepreneur at Melbourne’s NGV [before things shut down] who told me that his creativity is best “without constraints.†I looked at his art and stage design work and his three budding startups and had to agree that…
Read MoreWelcome to the world of thinking Inside the Box…er … House!
Creativity loves constraints and there has never been a time when we have all been forced to think not outside – but inside the box. 4 principles to keep in mind.
Read MoreProblem Solving: Your problem may be your best resource
Testing the traction We all try to avoid the bias of the ‘Law of the Instrument’— whereby we walk around with our hammer and see everything as a nail — but when you keep seeing a method really help people think differently, it’s hard not to want to share the hammer around… I gave a…
Read MoreInclusive Innovation: Who are you excluding?
I was challenged and excited by a presentation by Michael Sui @soundslikesue at Pause Fest, here in Melbourne, on Inclusive Design and it struck me that we need to overlay — or better, underpin — all our creative thinking and work on new product & service design, process enhancement, website design, signs, visuals…by the question: ‘Who am I excluding?â€â€Šâ€” and…
Read MoreResourceful Innovation from Inside the Box
There are so many clichés around innovation but the one that causes me the most grief is this idea of “thinking outside the boxâ€. ‘Ever asked someone to show you how you actually go about thinking outside the box? I have…More times than not, they’re not really sure what to do with it.
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