Effectiveness
Getting in the Mood
Creativity doesn’t happen in the five minutes between meetings or between reading our emails. If we want to get in the right mood to be creative, we need to create a specific time and identify a specific place where we will focus only on being creative. John Cleese, the famous British actor, of Monty Python… Continue Reading Getting in the Mood
Read MoreThe Outward Mindset
Imagine a SWAT team busting into a home to arrest two drug dealers. The home is filled with mothers and their infant children. While the arrests are being made, the babies are screaming, not sure what is going on all around them. In the kitchen, one of the SWAT officers is looking for baby formula… Continue Reading The Outward Mindset
Read MoreMotivational Theories Revisited
In the mid-1950s, psychologist Abraham Maslow published his famous Hierarchy of Needs. This pyramid comprised five levels, with Physiological Needs at the base and Self-Actualization at the top of his model. According to Maslow, all five of these levels were capable of motivating people, in the order he laid them out in his hierarchy. Maslow… Continue Reading Motivational Theories Revisited
Read MoreThat's Cute
Back in 1975, an engineer at Kodak invented the world’s first digital camera. When this engineer, Steve Sasson, went to his management to present his new idea, the response he received was “that’s cute”. While that response ultimately led to the demise of Kodak, we shouldn’t be surprised with the reaction by the company’s management… Continue Reading That's Cute
Read MorePutting a Saddle on a Duck
In our interactions with others, it is all too common to get frustrated with what people aren’t. Rather than celebrating and leveraging the strengths of those we work with, we can easily end up communicating an expectation that everyone must be good at everything. Have you ever tried putting a saddle on a duck? How… Continue Reading Putting a Saddle on a Duck
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