“Help!” says a new client, “I recently got promoted to a management position at work. How do I find the balance between leading and being in control, without being a control freak?” As a former prima donna, I’ve been on both sides of the fence on this issue. When I was a design consultant, many [...]
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This post is part of the Blogging Marathon: 24 Hours of Innovation: We are living in the midst of a seismic shift that calls for us to redefine the way we live and work. This is not a time to hunker down and wait for the turbulence to subside. This is the time to mitigate [...]
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This newsletter is dedicated to Arthur (Andy) VanGundy who passed away May 5, 2009 Dr. Arthur (Andy) VanGundy, was a pioneer in business creativity, a friend, colleague, and my co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work. He died May 5, following heart surgery. I posted some of my memories of Andy on my blog and would [...]
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Posted in Home on May 9th, 2009
I am mourning the loss of Dr. Arthur (Andy) VanGundy, pioneer in business creativity, friend, colleague, and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work. He died May 5, following heart surgery and you can send condolences to his family online. Andy and I first met online about 10 years ago, and one thing led to another. [...]
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Posted in Home on May 2nd, 2009
It was this story that influenced my decision to try out Twitter: Three ways airline brands can make money from Twitter My plan is to use Twitter as an experiment to collect and ask thought-provoking questions as a catalyst for coaching. You can follow me here:
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(These are some of the questions we are helping clients answer.) How do we continue growing your business amidst an economic downturn? How can you work more effectively with constraints? Do your leaders have a set of principles and methodologies for developing creativity in your organization? How do you keep re-inventing to stay relevant to [...]
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I wonder why they chose a Sunday…. Here’s a message from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office: World Intellectual Property Day, April 26, is an annual celebration linking intellectual property and creativity. It is an opportunity to celebrate and promote innovation and economic growth. This year, the theme of World Intellectual Property Day is green innovation. [...]
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Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Harvard professor Robert D. Austin, and Carl Stormer in this case study examine how successful companies can “jump to the next S-curve” through an analogy to the life’s work of Miles Davis, especially his paradigm-shattering Kind of Blue album in 1959. Students consider how and why Davis, who had already [...]
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