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Now we are three : what to learn about creativity from pre-schoolers
Ideally has just turned three! We’ve made it past the precarious newborn phase and the petulant tantrums of the terrible twos...
Ally Castle
Aug 2, 20173 min read


What two years of Ideally has taught me about creativity (and creative people).
Creativity is notoriously hard to pin down. In fact its mysterious, ethereal nature is the very thing that drives it and makes it...
Ally Castle
Aug 8, 20165 min read


Ideally : the interns' eye view...
Earlier this year I was really pleased to welcome Sam and Carla from Bath Spa University as Ideally’s first interns. But what does it...
Sam Greenwood & Carla Segieth
Apr 11, 20165 min read


New year, new creative you?
Should old creative habits die hard, or be milked for all they’re worth? January is typically full of resolutions to change and promises...
Ally Castle
Jan 8, 20163 min read


More than a number
8 REASONS YOU NEED YOUR AUDIENCE & WAYS TO USE THEM In my experience there are some TV types (and all sorts of content-makers) who seem...
Ally Castle
Nov 11, 20155 min read


Happy 1st Birthday, Ideally!
Ally celebrates the first full year of trading with some of her tried, tested (and very much borrowed) favourite pieces of strategic...
Ally Castle
Aug 6, 20153 min read


To broadcast is not to communicate
Why Twitter may have reached its ceiling of users - and what that says about how the medium dictates the message. Sometimes, honesty...
Ally Castle
May 25, 20154 min read


Why creativity can’t be left to the market
The great and the good might acknowledge that creativity is necessary for the market to flourish - but is the market necessary for...
Ally Castle
Apr 14, 20154 min read


Creativity is a two-way exchange
Transactional Creativity and how every idea needs an audience - even those which aren't about making money. Through many years of work in...
Ally Castle
Jan 8, 20154 min read


To create is to be human
How artistic expression and appreciation is a human need, to nurture both individuals and communities - and means we are all creative....
Ally Castle
Nov 30, 20143 min read
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