A World of Connections
One of the ways to ensure that your creativity is nourished, is to continuously feed your curiosity about the world around you.
Make time to read or listen to what others have to say about your profession, your industry, your organisation, society and… well, the world around you.
By receiving stimuli from different sources, you will be able to change your points of reference and come up with creative solutions by drawing from a wide range of ideas.
Below are some of our favourite web-spaces. Please feel free to add yours as comments below and do let us know if there are any broken links.
PODCASTS
In particular, we would like to recommend:
The Bottom Line – which you can also watch on BBC News.
Forum – for tackling “big ideas”.
Peter Day’s World of Business – to hear the thoughts of some of the big players.
BLOGS AND ARTICLES
Leading Blog from Leadership now - daily postings on the latest leadership related books.
The Naked Scientist – updates from the world of science. (Also available as podcasts.)
Harvard Business Review - needs no introduction. Includes a blog network and daily management tips.
The Guardian’s Theatre Blog – the top British theatre reviewers on top theatre shows.
LEGISLATION
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - as people manager, it helps to stay on top of legislation. Some resources are restricted to members, but there is a plenty of worthwhile open information on the site.
VIRTUAL FILING
If you use the Internet to gather information you would like to come back to later, I recommend you use
Google Reader – to manage your blog and podcast subscriptions.
Delicious – to tag pages and articles you want to keep handy.
