Jun 21, 2016 | Breaking Through, Building Community, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Developing Teams
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 42 (reprise, originally written in Fall 2014) On Saturday, I spent a really cool morning with local high school students and their teachers at the ArtHaus (an awesome space in the RiNo which opened their doors to these student...
Feb 26, 2016 | Breaking Through, Developing Innovative Awareness, Thoughts for New Professionals
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 16 One of our coaching areas focuses on “New Professionals,” exploring the struggles and leadership divides of new professionals. Why? For the last decade, I’ve been working with and mentoring college seniors, recent...
Feb 19, 2016 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Developing Innovative Awareness
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 15Leadership takes on many forms. While there are only a few widely accepted, researched, and officially ‘academized’ leadership theories, and somewhere between only 12 – 20 traits or skills that a lot of people will...
Jan 22, 2016 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Resources
from the Break Through, V. 1, P.4 Last week, we mentioned Divergent Thinking as a technique to fire-up our imagination. Divergent Thinking is the most powerful way to discover the break through idea you need instead of waiting around for that lightning bolt...
Jan 15, 2016 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness
from the Break Through, V. 1, P.3 This is a Droodle, or our version of one anyway. Droodles were originally drawn by Roger Price in 1953 and have served as napkin decor, rock album covers, newspaper cartoons, and most importantly, brain teasers. Why are they...
Jan 8, 2016 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness
from the Break Through, V. 1, P.2 Take something like the common billboard … it’s been around since the 19th century. Mostly it’s a large, in-your-face way to advertise. And while the billboard has evolved with other marketing styles, it remains a...
