Designing a Process Step-by-Step Use this worksheet to gather information when you’re designing a complex process as described in Critical Skill 4: Part 2-Designing a Complex Process and Critical … [Read more...]
Finding Ideas Outside the Box
There Is No Box There is no box. There never was one. We just got taught to think inside one. You see, it was a management issue. With so many kids to teach at once, it’s more productive to teach one … [Read more...]
Monkey on Your Desk? Morph It, Mosh It, Write It Up
Boring, Broken, or Both. “The only thing an intelligent child can do with a complete toy is take it apart,” a kindergarten teacher told me. “An incomplete toy lets children use their … [Read more...]
Start in the Middle 3: Alligators and Anarchists
Problems and Opportunities Starve the problems. Feed the opportunities. —Peter F. Drucker, regarded as the founding father of the study of management Problems and opportunities are two sides of the … [Read more...]
Think You’re Not Creative? That Could Cost You Your Job
Balderdash and Piffle Creativity comes from the sum of oneââ¬â¢s life experience. It pulls from knowledge, abilities, and skills. It uses neural pathways in the brain made by everything a person … [Read more...]
5 + 1 Habits that Make Good Things Happen for You
Make Things Happen Some people say “It’s smart to be lucky.” My favorite boss used to say, “I’d rather be lucky to be smart.” I’ve always said, “You don’t need luck, if you can make good things … [Read more...]
Bloggy Question 32: Blogger Alert! Where Is She? What Should You Do?
She Was Just Here . . . For those who come looking for a short, thoughtful read, a blogging life discussion, or a way to gradually ease back into the week. I offer this bloggy life hypothetical … [Read more...]
Critical Skill 5A: 3 Parts of Spectacular Ideas
Originality When I compiled this list of ten critical skills, it was an original list — the list came from my head not from the Internet, not from some book. I’ve done continuous work on thinking … [Read more...]
FIOTB–Tool 1: Content Development Tool
Because thinking outside of the box is unstructured, it can can lead to “swiss-cheese solutions”–answers that have holes in them–things that we just didn’t think of in our unstructured thinking. So I … [Read more...]
Muppet Metaphors of Social Media
Sometimes I meet Liz – in the city, or on Twitter – to talk about not talking about social media. “So here’s what I want to know,” I asked one night, “Does talking about not talking about social media … [Read more...]
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