creativity, collaboration, & innovation in teams
On the creative power of discipline We tend to think of creativity and routine as being polar opposites. Creativity is about freedom and spontaneity, while routine is about structure, discipline and constraint. Here's [...]
Build your creative resilience capabilities In today’s fast-paced world, creative resilience is essential for reinvention and innovation. Drawing from Stoicism, Positive Psychology, and Appreciative Inquiry, we can build pathways to bounce back from [...]
Try this powerful question-storming technique to enhance creative problem-solving Give your team a brain jolt to kickstart creativity, by asking them to question-storm 50 questions in 15 minutes about your topic. It's a jolt [...]
Question orthodoxies and reframe flawed assumptions that rule your business Assumptions are beliefs we take for granted and accept as true. Most of our assumptions are unconscious -- and for good reason. We would be terribly [...]
7 ways to avoid getting bogged down when your project starts to feel like a marathon It's hard to stay creative throughout the day when there are so many demands on your time and energy. To avoid getting bogged [...]
Marshall Goldsmith, a renowned business coach, observes when people initiate a personal campaign to improve themselves — for example, shed a bad habit, exercise more, be nicer to their co-workers, learn a new [...]
When it comes to inspiring creativity in your team and engaging participation, meetings go better with art Here is an example from an innovation workshop I conducted. The objective was to: To instil a sense of [...]
How do innovators come up with groundbreaking new ideas? If it were possible to discover the inner workings of the masters’ minds, what could the rest of us learn about how innovation really happens? [...]
Corporate arts-based learning as a catalyst for Creativity, Collaboration, and Transformational Leadership in Organizations Watch excerpts from a webinar I first presented to organizational development professionals at sedaa.net on how I use the arts in business. [...]
When a meeting is necessary, try these suggestions for making them enjoyable, engaging and productive: Set the stage. Is the purpose of the meeting clear? What is the subject and why does it matter? [...]
Why are creativity and collaboration so important? "If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is the artistry we must cultivate to fully explore the promise of this form." [...]
