by Nicky Tillyer | Apr 2015 | Curious, Inspiration
As long as I can remember I had access to books. Story books – Little Golden Books, Ladybird Books, Dr Seuss books – my grandmother tried to convince people that I knew how to read at age 3 due to my ability to recite Dr Seuss’ ‘The Diggingest Dog’ and ‘The Cat in the...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jun 2014 | #ADMel2014, Creativity, Inspiration
I remember attending a seminar about – oh – 20 years ago (yes I confess I am a serial learner…more in the future on that!) I can’t of course remember the exact event but it was about innovation in business. The presenter was telling a story...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jun 2014 | #ADMel2014, Creativity, Inspiration
Continuing on my learnings from attending the Analogue Digital Conference in Melbourne on 15/16 May – I want to share the notes from the creative boutique session. Speakers were Zann StPierre who insisted that everybody should know how to code at least a little...
by Nicky Tillyer | May 2014 | #ADMel2014, Creativity, Inspiration
I had a fantastic experience recently when I attended the Analogue Digital Conference for it’s first visit to Melbourne. I was not disappointed! The first session was with 3 fabulous new creatives Carla McRae (Mel), Loretta Lizzio (Mel), Sam Yong (Mel) plus a...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Creativity, Curious, Inspiration
There was an interesting article in ‘The Age’ on Saturday 11 January by Jane Sullivan. It was about creativity and the fears expressed by author Sam McNerny that the gung-ho unlock your creativity type of pop culture we are lambasted with almost daily [or...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2014 | Curious, Inspiration
When we try new things, sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t. Not rocket science there eh? But it is how you handle the ‘failure’ that dictates your future. Will you wallow, will you learn, will you regroup, will you surrender to new, or will...