If you want to spark your natural sense of creativity, it helps to get away from your normal surroundings — by half a block, or half a world!
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DEC
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DEC
2014
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Get Away to Get Creative
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A Simple Creativity Technique
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If you need to put your brain (and your teams’ brains) in a creative space to find a creative solution, try this simple technique!
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NOV
2014
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NOV
2014
Smart Leadership: The View from Outside
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This weekend I’ll be in Utah speaking to a group of credit union leaders. Although I’m a credit union member, I’m not a credit union leader, nor do I work in the credit union industry.
Next week I’ll be in Michigan speaking to the staff of a company that makes, among other things, high-end wheelchairs. Although my sister uses a high-end wheelchair, I don’t work in the wheelchair industry.
The following week I’ll be in Tacoma speaking to a large health insurance ...
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OCT
2014
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OCT
2014
To Lead Creativity, Create a Team of Dots
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If creativity is nothing more than connecting dots, then, as a leader, shouldn’t you have as many dots as possible available to you? Then here’s a tip: apply this principle to your team as well.
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SEP
2014
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SEP
2014
[Tweet “Why Good Magicians–and Good #Leaders–Have a Plan B”]
In card magic, there are a number of secret moves, or “sleights,” that all self-respecting magicians must master. I still remember spending hours, days, and weeks practicing maneuvers like the side pass, the Elmsley count, the glide, and many others. I got fairly good, although my professional magician friends can run circles around me. I was a pretty good amateur, but I was never a master.
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2014
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JUN
2014
The Screwy Math of Achievement
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When does 10×20=8? Well, in the world of producing results, sometimes the math can be screwy!
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MAY
2014
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MAY
2014
A Different Place for Creative Ideas
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If you want to come up with more (and better) creative ideas, here’s a tip that’ll help you achieve exactly that!
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APR
2014
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APR
2014
2 Creativity Myths Busted!
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Today I bust two of the most prevalent myths about creativity.
To go to my list of 10 Favorite Books on Creativity & Innovation, click here.
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MAR
2014
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MAR
2014
I’ve written countless (well…I suppose I could count them, but what’s the point?) articles about creativity and innovation. As the leader of an intensely creative team for fifteen years (the team that created and produced Seattle’s legendary comedy TV show Almost Live!), I’ve been a student of creativity and innovation for the better part of ...
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MAR
2014
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MAR
2014
Innovation Killer: Attack of the Clones
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You want to know who’s really bad at coming up with innovative ideas? Clones. Also goldfish, but for now let’s stick to clones. Why are clones so bad at coming up with innovative ideas? Because they all think alike! They can’t help it—they’re clones!
It stands to reason then, that if you’re looking for an innovative ...
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MAR
2014
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MAR
2014