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 | Dec 18, 2014 | Bloggers I Read, books, Creativity, inspiration, leadership, Personal Development, Seth Godin, Success
After reading Seth Godin’s latest book What To Do When It’s Your Turn (and it’s always your turn), a friend and I talked about it. She questioned why there is such a disconnect between how most people live their lives and the possibilities Seth...
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 30, 2014 | Creativity, managing people, Teamwork
Years ago, the clever word-of-mouth marketing expert John Moore of Brand Autopsy claimed Starbucks baked marketing into their business model. Starbucks helped to popularize the “New Marketing” ethos of spending marketing dollars on making better customer experiences...
by dustin | Apr 25, 2014 | Creativity, inspiration
My college degree is in graphic design, but I took many fine arts classes as part of my degree plan. One benefit of these classes was the critique. Often, we would draw or paint for the majority of our class period, then we would post our creations on the wall. Our...
by dustin | Apr 16, 2014 | brainstorming, Business Management, Communication, Creativity, leadership, managing people, Professional Development, Teamwork
People are imperfect creatures. Most of the time we manage to keep these flaws from being obvious. But in a group where personal agendas are at play and motives are suspect… our dysfunction can shift into overdrive. I’ve been in several team meetings...
