Nov 15, 2018 | Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Developing Teams, Essentialism, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
How often do you feel like you never have enough time? How often do you exclaim, “I just don’t have time for that”? How often do you spend time reading posts that start like this? Let’s be blunt: “I don’t have time for that,” is a...
Aug 15, 2018 | Breaking Through, Building Community, Creative Leadership, Essentialism, Flip Phone Hack, home, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership
In last month’s post, I offered a case for spending less time looking down at our phones and more time looking up and around at the world. This week, I want to offer some observation techniques or routines to practice looking up. And if you need to set an alert...
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...
