by Byron Mccaughey | Jun 5, 2025 | Article, Creativity
Rick Rubin – the producer behind many of your favourite albums* – doesn’t measure the success of a piece of work by popularity, sales or applause. For him, it’s the private experience just before a release. “When you’ve done all you can to bring out the work’s great...
by Byron Mccaughey | Mar 20, 2025 | Article, Creativity
Haruki Murakami has a rather unique relationship with time. On the one hand, time is fleeting and it fuels his urgency, ensuring a steady output of words when writing novels. On the other hand, he sees time as abundant, allowing him ample opportunity to let his work...
by Byron Mccaughey | Nov 28, 2024 | Article, Creativity
It’s early 2000s and Metallica are well established heavy metal gods. But progress on their highly anticipated new album St. Anger is plagued with issues, including creative tension between frontman James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich. Ulrich reflects during...
by Byron Mccaughey | Jul 18, 2024 | Article, Creativity
Winnie and Nelson Mandela shared a vision of dismantling apartheid in South Africa but had rather contrasting approaches to achieving that vision. Winnie adopted a strategy focused on grassroots activism and direct action. She was heavily involved in organising...
by Byron Mccaughey | Jun 19, 2024 | Article, Creativity, Resilience
Stephen King was so appalled by his draft outline of Carrie that he scrunched up the pages and threw them in the trash, resolving to give up on the story of a tormented high school girl with telekinesis powers. When he returned from his day job as a schoolteacher the...
