Timelines, emails, back-to-back events—busy season for event professionals is no joke. And when it hits, your creativity can quickly take a backseat. This time of year has a way of turning even the ...

How’s this for mad science: Within the next 15 years, people could elect to have their brains “zapped” to boost creativity in the workplace or classroom. The process -- based on functional MRI studies ...

We all know the experience of having an "a-ha" moment. We can be walking in nature, taking a shower, or playing the violin, in Einstein’s case, and suddenly a brilliant idea pops in our head. “Wow!” ...

If you’re an expert on African drumming or a thought leader in the field of quantum computing or any other topic as rich and rare as these, chances are, you’ve been immersed in your topic for years.

In a culture that treats every idle minute as a missed opportunity, the idea that doing nothing could sharpen creative thinking sounds almost subversive. Yet a growing body of psychology, neuroscience ...

Have you ever stumbled upon a tool or app and thought, Why didn’t I know about this sooner? We’ve all been there—spending hours on a task, only to later discover a solution that could have saved us ...

No work in the pipeline? It’s a dreadful scenario that freelancers face from time to time. Contracts aren’t guaranteed. Often, they come in waves. Feast or famine is an apt description, even if it is ...

Zehra Soysal is the Director of BizOps & Finance at Metaphysic.ai, an ex-BCG consultant, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. In fashion, every second and every dollar counts. While much of ...