Jul 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Essentialism, Flip Phone Hack
I believe there is a practice we’re losing quicker than we realize, and it was a practice that meant our survival in those ‘early days.’ Today, I think it’s a practice that sets leaders, innovators, and even happier people apart from the...
Jun 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Managing Change, Resources
Do you consider yourself a designer? As you begin a new project where do you start? How do you know which team members to bring in and when? What processes do you use to define your goals, set specific guidelines, or clarify what success looks like? Is your model...
Jun 7, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness
Do you ever sit down to write about something or begin thinking about how you can implement your great idea, to then discover that it’s already being done, or that the topic has been extensively considered? It is rare that we are the lucky catalyst to...
May 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Developing Teams, Managing Change
I am asked often what my process is when helping solve problems for leaders and organizations. I don’t have an immediate answer, as part of my process is organic and determined by the challenge and context at-hand. I believe that fluidity and nimbleness are key to...
May 7, 2018 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Developing Teams, Essentialism
You will see concepts from design thinking percolating into my writing and work more and more as this powerful tool becomes so evidently productive. I thought it might be interesting this week to offer a couple of prompts (homework assignments really) to connect you...
Apr 22, 2018 | Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Teams, Essentialism, home, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
The Two Best Things You Can Do For Your Team I have a friend that is a flight-for-life helicopter pilot, a profession that you simply have to admire. When he visited some time ago he was intrigued by my work, both the content of my consulting and the concept of...
