In the interest of providing practical ideas to improve creative performance, here are five "creative" insights that can help: 1) Your Environment: Where do you actually do your work? Your surroundings have both a direct and indirect impact on how your mind works. Recently I saw the home office of [More]
The term diversity had its start with the human rights movement, and lived in the same space with terms such as enforcement, quotas, and affirmative action. Despite these seemingly negative terms, there is a powerful case for organizations to adopt a positive and proactive approach to diversity. (Note that I [More]
Many leaders find themselves faced with the difficult task of harnessing their team's creativity to solve challenging problems. Yet so often, group brainstorming yields little or no significant benefits. Why? Sometimes it is a question of facilitation skills. Sometimes a lack of creative process. But often it is because of [More]
How can you be your most creative? Google the topic and you will find millions of pages with an answer. Some will say you are "born" with it. Others will say it is a matter of following a process. And others will claim it is a matter of using a [More]
Have you ever spent time staring at your blank screen, wondering what your next blog post should be about, then staring at the clock, stressing about the looming deadline. While it's tempting to think of this problem as writer's block, it is really a question of process gone wrong. (Or [More]
How often have you run into a creative roadblock? Or you were stumped with a problem that you couldn't figure out? When this happens, we are usually operating under a conventional wisdom that artificially closes the door to possibility. To break the block, one need only ask for help from [More]
Have you ever found yourself in a position where you're asked to be "instantly" creative? Maybe in a staff meeting? Or a client who is in trouble and needs a clever way out immediately? Or maybe you're writing a report, and you've got writer's block? If this happens to you, [More]
Creativity can help you solve some of the most difficult problems, which is why it is why it is valued so highly by clients (and your employer). Yet why are some people seemingly so creative, and others aren't? Creativity in business is something that you can develop through practice with [More]
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