by dustin | Dec 7, 2017 | leadership
Life doesn’t always go the way we want it. In fact, sometimes it can feel like it rarely does. Unless you’re a spectacular hypnotist or sorcerer, you can’t control the decisions other people make. You can predict and persuade, but you can’t...
by dustin | Dec 6, 2017 | leadership
I’ve talked about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and its impact on creativity before. It’s a powerful model that changed the field of psychology. The needs at the bottom have to be met before the needs above it become relevant and accessible. Patrick...
by dustin | Dec 5, 2017 | leadership
As a follow up to yesterday’s post, here is more practical advice from the book UNSTUCK by Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro. If you’re feeling stuck and wonder what the issue is, the authors suggest looking at the system–instead of focusing on symptoms....
by dustin | Dec 4, 2017 | leadership
When we start something, we envision progress being consistent and continual. A straight line up and to the right. But that’s not what happens. The reality is our efforts will have periods of highly productive progress, but also times when it’s a slog and...
by dustin | Dec 1, 2017 | leadership
A common method for getting productivity out of people is to set deadlines. HBR contributor Elizabeth Grace Saunders promotes the use of deadlines, advising us to assign deadlines to work that matters. So, if you want more productivity, then you should set tighter...
by dustin | Nov 30, 2017 | leadership
Yesterday’s post focused on using combinations to expand your creativity. Growing is one way to travel toward infinity, but it’s not the only way. We can also zoom. Ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras established early western concepts of infinity. He...
