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While it is not uncommon for the creative teams to work remotely away from their office confines, being mandated to stay home-bound could be restrictive for a process that heavily depends on team chemistry. Moreover, with a continuous flow of stories about selfless service, human sufferings, and the fragility of life as a whole, presumptions on human behavior probably need to or are being reconsidered, particularly when it comes down to creative thinking. The big question here is – in this restored focus on “pure creative thinking,” has a notable change taken place in perspective and approach towards ideation? Is there a need to polish some meta-skills and to have a deeper connection? According to Agnello Dias, Co-Founder Taproot Dentsu, and Creative Chairman, DAN, the frantic churn for newer creative that decreased the lifespan of every piece of creative to a couple of weeks might and should (honestly) slow down. He believes that the race to get something “new” out there often outweig...

Creativity is not something you either have or you don’t. Think of it as a muscle in our body. You need to stretch, challenge, and push it out of its comfort zone from time to time. In this blog, we will discuss how you can boost your creativity effectively. Let’s dive into the details. Learn via collaboration Curiosity will inspire your creativity. Whenever people are stuck between what they should do next, they tend to go out, seek information, read a lot, and talk to experts. That’s how the human brain naturally works. Curiosity can encourage you to go above and beyond, unlike anything else. It’s magical! With enough inputs, information, and knowledge from experts, new innovative ideas start popping up in mind. So indeed, collaborating with others will help you learn, and maybe that’s exactly what you need to boost your creativity. Do what you love Running out of ideas? Don’t know what to do? You need to maintain some balance in your life to make sure your creativity is not sufferin...

Many career counselors emphasize about enhancing hard skills in order to get better career opportunities. Though they are right to some extent, having only hard skills are like someone is using an advance robot. Today, most of the companies are looking for employees that can understand the company structure and possess powerful social skills. Many interviews show that companies are likely to draw more towards the person who posses astonishing soft skills and apt hard skills. So it makes us come to the conclusion that in order to advance in a field, you should learn and practice some essential soft skills. If you don’t know what soft skills are, then do not be a worry at all. Here is a straight definition. “It’s a combination of skills regarding various fields such as social, people, communication, personality traits or character, social intelligence, emotional brainpower, and career attributes.” Now let’s come to what soft skills are way too essential to getter better persona...