Some ideas from Dave Birss
create a Zapier Chatbot in under a minute
At last, chatbot creation is in everyone's handsCreate a zapier chatbot in under a minute Dave Birss , writer, speaker, creative experimenter9th September 2023I want to give a shout out to Jason Gulya, who shared how to do this on LinkedIn a few days ago. I couldn't...
I got ChatGPT to build this web tool
Aim for being better rather than fasterChatGPT gives you more power but not more speed Dave Birss , writer, speaker, creative experimenter3rd April 2023I've had an idea for a webtool for a number of years but I've never had the coding chops to make it happen. So I...
The Lonely Planet Guide to Time-Travelling
This ChatGPT prompt is like a Lonely Planet guide for time-travellers. Tell it a destination and date and it writes you a handy travel guide.
ChatGPT helped me code a web app in 1 hour
Is ChatGPT code any good? It was perfect for me. It coded a web tool in under an hour. See my prompts and play with the tool it created.
An author gets an AI to write a book in 3 hours (and record an audiobook)
Award-winning author Dave Birss works with the ChatGPT AI to write a book and record an audiobook in 3 hours. Download for free.
Your company culture is damaging your business
Company culture has been a hip thing to talk about in recent years. I believe most companies are doing it wrong and damaging their business. Let me explain.
Creative minds need a holiday
Travel can be an amazing benefit to creative thinking. But only under certain conditions. In this film, I reveal the scientific research that explains how.
Digging underground for inspiration
I show people how to be inspired by anything. And in this film, I visit the London Underground to find something to learn from. Get your Oyster card ready.
My employer isn’t interested in my ideas
Do you feel frustrated with your workplace? Are you coming up with ideas that nobody wants to hear? Here’s some advice to save your sanity.
Being inspired by the street
I believe we can be inspired by anything if we just know how. And that’s what this series of films shows you. In this case, we’re learning from the street.
How to present ideas more effectively
I personally get a bit embarrassed with the idea of selling. But an idea will never exist if you don’t sell it. Here are my tips on how to do that better.
Inspire me in a hotel room
You can find inspiration anywhere. And I’ll show you how to do it. Join me in a lovely hotel room to see what inspiring things we can find.
How to improve your creative presentations
Most creative presentations suck. Here’s how to improve yours. I’ve got four pieces of advice that will transform how you present and how you succeed.
What innovation can learn from dogs
Innovation isn’t doing so well, it seems. Only 6% of CEOs are satisfied with their innovation. So let’s learn from one of man’s oldest inventions: the dog.
Inspire Me or bust
People often ask ‘Can you inspire me?’ Yup, I can. So I created workshops to show them how to be inspired by anything. And here I am doing it in action.
How to sell ideas
Contrary to what some people say, a great idea doesn’t actually sell itself. This video looks at how to sell your ideas more effectively.
The blog post of the book of the conference
In November 2017, Heimo Hammer, Jon Burkhart and myself decided we wanted to do a conference that was unlike any other conference we had ever attended…
Thinking beats doing
The misunderstandings that surround the topics of creativity and innovation are stopping people from thinking as effectively as they could. And that’s really bad news for business and humanity…
Getting your magic back
Many years ago my career was nearly destroyed by a colleague. I was working as a copywriter in an advertising agency and had just teamed up with a new art director…
And now I’m an international author
Well, this is a first. One of my books has been translated into Macedonian. And I went over for the book launch – which was pretty action-packed…
The most amazing conference you’ll ever attend
I’ve just returned from the most amazing few days in St Tropez. That’s where we held the Fast Forward Forum – a conference with a difference that I helped to create…
A prime spot on the Front Row
BBC Radio 4 invited me on to Front Row to talk about creativity. Naturally, I accepted and tried to cram my advice into about 3 minutes of airtime…
Bucking the trend is a trend
The worlds of design and advertising are populated by two kinds of people: those who’ve been in a D&AD annual and those who haven’t. So I was massively flattered when D&AD asked me to help write a trends report a few months ago.
I’ve set a new Track Record
I was privileged to be invited on to the Track Record radio show a few weeks ago. We spoke about my ridiculous career (if you could call it that) and played some of my favourite tunes. You can get an earful right here.
The biggest killer of creative ideas is fear
One big turning point for me was being fired from a job after a colleague told lies about me. I initially thought it was a disaster but I immediately stepped into a better job. The very same day, in fact!
Get Iconic Advantage before anyone else
The last year and half have been a pretty intense journey for Soon Yu and myself. Even although we’re on opposite sides of the Atlantic, we managed to write a book together. And it’s nearly ready to hit the shops.
The Conscious Leadership Podcast
Just before Christmas, the Conscious Leadership Podcast released a little chit chat with me. We talked about how best to get ideas out of teams of people. In short, it involves not being an a**hole and enabling instead of instructing.
I didn’t realise audiences liked my keynote talks so much
I usually get some pretty good feedback. Which isn’t always a good thing if you want to keep improving. So I set up a post-talk survey so that I could find out what people found most helpful and what they thought could be improved.