Get to Know the Creative Industries

Learn more about the emerging field of the creative economy

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Creativity

Learn more about the emerging field of the creative economy.

Get to Know the Creative Industries

Learn more about the emerging field of the creative economy

The Bestseller Code

Jodie Archer & Matthew L. Jockers

Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel

The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

The (Dodgy) Business of Popular Music

19 min

4.0

Streaming, Sharing, Stealing

Michael D. Smith and Rahul Telang

Big Data and the Future of Entertainment

16 min

3.5

Creativity: Hallelujah

What separates those who are able to realize their creative visions from those who can't? One might assume the answer is talent. But in this episode exploring the varying nature of the creative process, Malcolm Gladwell discovers why we shouldn't be discouraged if our first attempts are unsuccessful—and how time and iteration were essential to some of the world's most revered creative works.

13 min

4.9

Creative Schools

Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica

Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up

Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life

Learning to be Creative

15 min

4.4

Creativity, Inc.

Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives that Captivate, Convince and Inspire

19 min

4.1

Thinking in New Boxes

Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny

A New Paradigm for Business Creativity

20 min

3.9

How to be Creative and Thrive: Jeff Goins

Creative breakthroughs like taking up painting or starting a podcast can seem like far away goals. In this episode, author of Real Artists Don't Starve Jeff Goins reveals how you can thrive in the new creative age, outlining viable strategies on collaboration and how to draw inspiration from others, unleashing your creative dreams. He’ll tackle some of the myths that we've all heard about creativity, and you'll learn to reject the myth of the starving artist and discover how you can make a living from your creative work.

11 min

4.7

The Design of Everyday Things

Donald A. Norman

The cognitive psychology of good design

How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration and Get to Work

16 min

3.7

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