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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Curiosity Made Me Maverick

Curiosity Made Me Maverick. I am often described as a maverick. I never really thought about myself that way, so I was curious! As part of the re-work of my website recently, I asked a lot...

Being Maverick In The ‘New Normal’

Being Maverick In The ‘New Normal’. No-one knows what the future will look like. The optimistic feel there'll be a vaccine and we'll go back to something like what the world used to look like....

The nature of creativity

The nature of creativity. Ingenuity, inventiveness, innovation … all great, positive words that we use to compliment and admire people. Creative …. Hmmm, all too often a word we use to explain why someone we...

Weapon of mass creation

Weapon Of Mass Creation. Human beings are like tactical nuclear devices, just waiting to go off. They are weapons of mass creation. 40 years ago there was no internet, no mobile phones. We've just exploded...

Question everything

Question everything I love this example of graffiti. It reminds me that no matter how convinced we are of how we see the world; questions will always remain. It’s like a music video literally representing...

Execute or suffer the consequences

Execute or suffer the consequences. The problem with creative thinkers and unconventional people, the traditional wisdom goes, is that they never get things done. Truth is, often this is correct. Maverick thinkers can be prevaricators. But the...

Rebel Reject Create Now!

New Thought for New Times Rebel Reject Create Now! The world is full of rules. Rules are designed to make behaviour uniform. I hate uniforms. But you know what I hate more than uniforms? Negative people....

The Maverick Magician do you know him?

The Maverick Magician do you know him? Or her? Why do leaders and managers hate mavericks so much? It’s got a lot to do with the tendency to not think about things in the same...

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