by dustin | Mar 16, 2020 | Creativity, leadership, Professional Development
As adults, when we think about creativity, we imagine giant crayons and finger paints. When we were five year olds, this was our way of expressing our creative spirit. This is also an age when we identified being an artist. So, now that we don’t wrap our fists around...
by dustin | Jul 10, 2019 | Courage, leadership, Purpose
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. Ernest Hemingway If you’re feeling...
by dustin | Mar 18, 2019 | Creativity, leadership, managing people
When I talk to people about workplaces that maximize creativity, they often imagine ping-pong tables and brightly painted walls. I enjoy an entertaining game of ping-pong as much as anyone. I even have a ping-pong table at my home. I have nothing against brightly...
by dustin | Mar 16, 2018 | Creativity, inspiration, leadership
Many years ago, I volunteered to lead dramas performed at our church. We followed a model promoted by Steve Pedersen at Willow Creek Church near Chicago. He believed church dramas should not be skits. They should be 5-7 minute vignettes of live theatre. The major...
by dustin | Mar 13, 2018 | Decision Making, leadership, Success
As your stomach empties it sends a hormone to your brain. This creates the sensation we call hunger. It is a simple signal that triggers a response that keeps us alive. Too much or too little of this signal can lead to unhealthy consequences. Our lives are full of...
by dustin | Mar 9, 2018 | leadership
Confidence is important to our creativity and success. Tom and David Kelley talked about this in their book Creative Confidence. creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you. But, to maximize your creativity and...
