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Smart People Podcast

Dave Birss - Great Ideas, You've Got Them

Smart People Podcast

Smart People Industries

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6736 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Dave Birss is a creative at heart and he's one of our favorite creatives to have on the show. Dave is the author of the bestselling book, A User Guide to the Creative Mind: Understanding Where Ideas Come From and Helping You Have More of Them. In addition to writing, Dave's credits are many. He runs RIGHT Thinking, which shows organizations a more effective way to generate more effective ideas.  Dave was also the founder and editor of Open for Ideas; an online magazine that focused on creativity. Before that, he spent the majority of his career in the world of advertising, both as a copywriter and an art director. Dave's newest book, How to Get to Great Ideas: A system for smart, extraordinary thinking is phenomenal. You need to go get it and read it! To learn more about Dave, visit his website at: davebirss.com We discuss: How do we embrace diversity more in the creative process? Why do we need to put a definition on creativity? How do we go about being creative and adding value to the world? This episode is sponsored by: Blinkist - To start a 7 day trial, head to blinkist.com/smart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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