by dustin | Jul 8, 2019 | Creativity, Ideas, Personal Development, Professional Development
When I volunteered on the creative planning team for my local church, we wanted members to share creative ideas freely, even bizarre ideas. One practice in particular encouraged idea sharing. It is called The Covering of Grace. This came in handy when you had an idea...
by dustin | May 4, 2015 | Creativity, Ideas, inspiration, leadership, managing people, Professional Development, Success, Teamwork
Creating something seems synonymous to producing something. Yet, the terms creativity and productivity can be very different concepts. If I describe someone as “creative” you probably imagine an artist or a person who generates clever ideas. When I mention...
by dustin | Nov 14, 2014 | Creativity, Ideas, inspiration
I decided to try something different this week and create an infographic to go with my post. (Hat tip to my friend Sandy and the members of my Master Mind group who have been encouraging me to do something like this.) Let me know how you like it. I like to write about...
by dustin | Apr 11, 2014 | Blogging, Creativity, Ideas, inspiration, Personal Development, Tom Peters!
You probably haven’t read the hundreds of posts on this blog. I wouldn’t expect anyone (other than me) to do that. But because of the reverse chronology of blogs, there may be posts you’d find valuable buried back in the archives. Here are a few. 7...
by dustin | Nov 13, 2012 | brainstorming, brand you, Creativity, Ideas, inspiration, leadership, Personal Brand, Personal Development, Professional Development, Purpose, Success
I have often described myself as a creative thinker. It’s not an exercise in self-aggrandizement, it just happened to be the quickest way I could sum up how I love brainstorming, white boards, quizzical questions and looking at things differently....
by dustin | Sep 18, 2009 | Creativity, Ideas
In her book The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp gives several creative exercises. Creative Exercise #16 is Pick a Fight Tharp states that “Creativity is an act of defiance.” What are you defying? Are you willing to defy your usual route to the office and see...
