The Creative Life TV: Creativity, Innovation and Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor

How To Evaluate Your Ideas Using A Value Hierarchy [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ] In this episode, you'll learn: How do you evaluate which of your creative ideas or projects to pursue? The secret to making good creative decisions The Value Hierarchy Personal Values Organizational Values Enjoy this episode? If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes or Stit...

Keynote: Artificial Intelligence B2B Marketing And Augmented Creativity [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ] In this episode, you'll learn: Reclaiming Your Creativity Becoming An Unconventional Creative Why Creativity Is A Team Sport Hacking Creativity By Drinking Wine The 4 Types of Creative Collaboration Artificial Intelligence As Creative Collaborators The Centaur C...

How To Increase Productivity - Attention Pays by Neen James [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ] In this episode, you'll learn: How to increase productivity Attention Pays by Neen James Avoiding overwhelm Time management Attention management Get your copy of Attention Pays here. Enjoy this episode? If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes or Stitcher and write...

Keynote speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger on how to market your speaking In this excerpt from International Speakers Summit, innovation keynote speaker Patrick Schwerdtfeger shares with us how to market your speaking. To watch the full interview get your Free Pass HERE . What we cover in the full interview:  Keynote mastery LinkedIn marketing for speakers Building your keynotes like songs Biography: P...

From The Sage On The Stage To The Guide On The Side You and I are living at an incredible time in human history. Did you know that in the next 3 years over 3 billion people will be coming online for the very first time. That’s 3 billion people who have never bought, uploaded or sold anything online and I believe it represents one of the greatest periods of opportunity for you and I. These people a...

Augmented Creativity and The Age of Centaurs Did you know that creativity is going to become the third most important job skill by 2020? Why, well because the University of Oxford estimates that nearly 50% of jobs are at risk from automation. Technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning will replace many jobs that involve doing routine tasks or analytical work and the jobs of the...

The Rise Of Flipped Events I recently had the opportunity to interview over 30 of the world’s leading event professionals as part of the Event Professionals Summit I co-host with Erin Gargan. These top meeting planners, conference organizers and event pros provided some fascinating insights into the future of the events industry. Hi, I’m James Taylor, business creativity keynote speaker and in tod...

How I Plan My Year - Part 2 In the previous episode I helped you identify your mission, values, vision and strategy. It’s all very well having a big vision and goals for your life but unless you can execute them effectively they will remain as dreams only. And when you combine great strategic thinking with excellent execution it will put you in the top 1% of your field. Hi, I’m James Taylor, busin...

How I Plan My Year - Part 1 There’s a wonderful quote from former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower who said “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable”. It’s that idea that while your plans may change, the real value in planning comes from the strategizing and thinking through the various steps you need to achieve, the skills you need to acq...

The Creative Event Professional We’ve all heard that automation, robots and artificial intelligence are going to fundamentally change the future of work but do we know how? One area where technology is already starting to make a profound change is in the events industry. This industry is bigger than the automobile industry and encompasses conferences, conventions, meetings and festivals. About 18...

The Rise of Artificial Intelligence Marketing As a keynote speaker, Artificial Intelligence Marketing is a trend that I’m being asked to speak about more and more at global conferences. Why? Well the rise of technologies such as AI and machine learning lead management consultants McKinsey & Co to predict that 45 percent of jobs will be automated in the next 20 years. Marketing is one area whic...

Top Artificial Intelligence Keynote Speakers Are you looking for the top AI keynote speakers in 2025 ? Look no further. Our list of the Top 12 Artificial Intelligence Keynote Speakers has been carefully curated over the past year based on multiple criteria, including industry impact, speaker reviews, books authored, and global prominence in the field of AI. These are highly acclaimed experts who a...

A Tale Of Two Tribes - Keynote Speakers vs Platform Speakers vs Motivational Speakers vs Inspirational Speakers There often appears to be two competing tribes in the speaking business. These two types of speakers often view each other with a mixture of envy, suspicion and sometimes a grudging respect. This two-tribes view became apparent recently in a debate that was raging on a popular Facebook g...

Why You Need A Side Hustle Everyone needs a side hustle. What’s a side hustle? Well it’s a moneymaking project you start on the side, usually while working a day job. A side hustle is a bit like a hobby but with one big difference, most hobbies cost you money while a side hustle puts money in your pocket. And here’s the good news. It’s never been easier to start your own side hustle. In his new bo...

Watch the Video We often think of success as being something that is hard-won, but what if success is actually gifted? Performance coach Sean Brawley recently interviewed some of the world's top tennis players and came upon a startling discovery. Each of the tennis players had received a major injury only weeks after winning a big championship. This unplanned time away from the sport made them red...

Watch the Video Ever struggle to come up with new creative ideas or overcome creative blocks? Ever feel on some days like your creative juices just aren't flowing? If you are a speaker, author, entrepreneur, artist or have a job which requires that you generate and develop new ideas (which is 90% of them now) then chances are you’ve experienced that frustration of feeling creatively blocked. It ha...

Watch the Video I was talking with Chip Eichelberger the other day. Chip was the international point man for Tony Robbins and is a successful keynote speaker in his own right. And we were discussing the rituals we have as speakers and performers before we go onstage. You know I’m often asked if I get nervous before I speak. My usual reply is that I don’t really get nervous but I do go into a certa...

Watch the Video I’m often asked which tools I use as a keynote speaker, consultant, author, and marketer so I thought I’d share what is in my box of tricks. My most frequently used, low-tech tool is my notebook and pen. I have fireproof filing cabinets full of these notepads which go back over 20 years. My current favorite is the Leuchturm1917 Bulletproof Journal and attachable pen. These things n...

Watch the Video Every generation has their great orators. The 1940’s gave us Churchill, the 60’s JFK and Dr King and arguably President Reagan in the 1980’s. Perhaps the greatest orator and public speaker of today is former US President Barack Obama. Last week I had the opportunity to meet and speak with him and ask him what advice he would give on how to be a great speaker. While I don’t want to...

Watch the Video How would you like to be paid to travel the world and share your message? How would it feel to get paid $5,000, $10,000 or $50,000 to travel first class and stay at an incredible 5 star hotel in an exotic location. All you have to do is give a 60 minute talk to an audience on a topic you are passionate about? Sounds fun doesn’t it? What I’ve just described is the lifestyle enjoyed...

Watch the Video We live in a time where we are all told that to do great work we must focus. Focusing techniques such as to-do lists and blocks of scheduled project time are the norm in business while we are also encouraged to practice mindfulness exercises in order to quieten the mind and develop a diamond like focus. However while focus is useful for many things it can actually hinder your creat...

Watch the Video Have you ever noticed how politicians and celebrities use the same phrases over and over again when being interviewed. In fact politicians are actually trained to keep repeating set phrases because of the belief that repetition is what works. The danger is they end up looking robotic and not really connecting on a human level. And in business we're told that we should have a 30seco...

Watch the Video How do you discover what kind of creative work you want to focus on? There is a piece of advice I heard recently for aspiring authors. That they should try writing in the style of 100 famous authors. So one one day you might try writing in the short direct style of Hemingway while on another you experiment using complex prose in the manner of Umberto Eco. In the process of writing...

Watch the Video How many times have you heard phrases like "A Jack of all trades but a master of none" or "Do one thing and do it well". Since the industrial revolution our society has valued and rewarded specialisation. As creatives we are often pressurised to be a specialist rather than a generalist. However technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning means that the tide is tu...

Watch the Video Are highly intelligent people more creative? Is there even a link between creativity and intelligence. In his seminal study 'The Creativity Crisis', academic Dr KH Kim looked at this link and also why creativity levels are declining in America. [ Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen in Spotify ] [ Listen on Stitcher ]   Are Highly Creative People More Intelligent? In this episode, you'...