LifeHack: Wouldn’t it be nice if ideas came to you when they were supposed to? You sit down, decide to be creative, and boom:→

photo credit: Eleventh Earl of Mar Today, many workers are beginning to ask themselves and their employers if now is the time for them→

photo credit: Gaetan Lee When working in a group situation it is very important to evaluate the group on their performance, how they are→

Lifehack: Developed by creative consultancy The Director’s Bureau, The Idea Generator uses randomly-displayed words to help you generate ideas for your next creative project.→

photo credit: eye of einstein While many business people may feel that the weekday are for hard work and new ideas, and the weekends→

CNN: One small business has found a way to dig itself out of the snowballing recession — snow rakes. Lots of them. Tipke Manufacturing,→

The Times: History is peppered with tales of phenomenal ideas taking shape in sleeping minds; Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune→

WIRED: In the fall of 1972, when David Galenson was a senior economics major at Harvard, he took what he describes as a “gut”→

Killer Startups: ShareYourBrain is an online brainstorming platform that intends to become a standard for individuals who wish to seek advice and contribute ideas→

The Wall Street Journal: Most people know what brainstorming means, but few are ever taught how to do it effectively. Matt Bowen, president and→

The New York Times: John Davis, a chemist in Bloomington, Ill., knows about concrete. For example, he knows that if you keep concrete vibrating→

The Wall Street Journal: Ideas are everywhere. It’s execution of good ideas — not the ideas themselves — that makes for successful businesses. That→

Kiplinger: in a world where we’re all expected to be entrepreneurs and reinvent ourselves to stay competitive in the workplace, it’s never too soon→

Entrepreneur: So maybe you didn’t invent the wheel, or the iPod wave passed you by. But other people’s hot products can mean an opportunity→

Gladys Edmunds for USA Today: Many of us are so preoccupied with our busyness that we miss many opportunities. We move through our days→

Wired: Reed Hastings Founder and CEO of Netflix Canyon Video La Honda, California “I had a big late fee for Apollo 13. It was→

Wired: J. K. Rowling Author Train car between Manchester and London, UK “It was extraordinary, because I had never planned to write for children.→

JoshauSaunders: The best way to think of an idea is to consider things that upset you or cause problems in your daily life. Don’t→

Wired: Shawn Fanning Founder of Napster Kennedy Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts “My roommate had a bunch of friends from back home come visit.→

Wired: Arthur Fry Researcher at 3M Choir loft, North Presbyterian Church St. Paul, Minnesota “I was singing in the church choir, and I would→