Welcome to The X Factor Blog. Here you’ll find relevant use cases for Ideasicle X. Articles on the art of generating ideas while working remotely. Insights and studies into creativity itself. All from the desk of our founder and CEO, Will Burns.
It’s funny. When I started the original Ideasicle in 2010 I figured if I could use technology to tap into world-class minds then the sacrifice of doing the idea generation online would surely be overwhelmed by the great minds. But what I quickly learned as we did more and more idea projects was that the virtual nature had virtues far beyond giving me unbridled access to great minds. Here’s what I learned.
Read MoreI believe virtual idea-generation is better than in-person idea-generation. I admit it’s not an intuitive notion (and even debated a skeptical host Justin Brady on his podcast about it), but that’s exactly what I have experienced for the last ten years developing the Ideasicle X platform. Four freelancers working together vs two, each reduced to a typeface so no human bias can get in the way, allowing creativity to happen when it wants, etc. Well, here’s another one. Creativity increases when you are at home and freelancers tend to be, you guessed it, working from home.
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