David Chislett

David Chislett is a speaker, trainer and writer who has been working in the creative fields since 1994. He aims to change the world by helping people and organisations tap into their inherent capacity for creativity. David believes that Creativity holds the answers to many of the social and economic ills of our world and hopes to help more people discover their own options and choices by accessing their ability to create them. David is also a working poet and publishes work regularly on https://www.patreon.com/davidchislett. To learn more about his training and speaking offerings, head over to https://davidchislett.com

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Do you really want good ideas?

Do you really want good ideas? Who wants more good ideas? More good solutions to pressing problems? Who wants new and better answers to the difficult questions that confront us? All of us, I’d imagine. Yet...

Computer Says No uh huh

Computer Says No uh huh. You know what I have been doing lately? Not creating. Not writing, not pumping out content. Instead, I have been … hibernating. While this may seem defeatist or weak, I learned...

Just change already really

Just change already, really. You don’t need to be a mystic to see how changing yourself changes the world. It’s just science. When you change, HOW you see changes … your assumptions, expectations and attitude...

The Genius Of Discipline

The Genius Of Discipline. When we fail, we all too often give up. The outcome, it seems, is not important enough to us for us to stop, reflect, learn and try again. So, we move...

High Mavericks!

High Mavericks! Aldous Huxley, Jim Morrison, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ernest Hemingway... the list of famous artists who used drugs and/or alcohol to see the world differently is long. (For example,we could include the entire Beatles...

Opinions and Elbows? Huh?

Opinions and Elbows? Huh? Do you have an opinion? Why, you judgemental person you! Sorry, but it’s true. Your opinions ARE a form of judgements … attitudes or positions we have chosen to take, based...

The power of doubt – really?

The power of doubt - really? Fake it until you make it, act with certainty, do what you think is best. The list of self-help advice in this direction is regrettably long. All of it results...

I’m Not A Maverick

I’m Not A Maverick. I am A Human Being. We live in a sorry time on planet earth where names like Maverick and Creative are most often used as subtle insults … accusations of being...

Is writing a Maverick skill?

Is writing a Maverick skill? I have recently seen a couple of thought-provoking comments and even polls come by on my LinkedIn feed. Names and exact wording have been changed to protect the innocent, but the...

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