Fighting Fatigue and Stress
Seventeen days of work Seventeen days in a row without a day off. Problems with an elderly parent’s health. Combining stress and fatigue has serious implications for workplace safety, risk, problem...
View ArticleSummer Short Bytes – Creativity
Creativity - something new and useful Who cares about creativity? You should. Get creative to address the complex problems coming your way, do more with less. exceed customer expectations, respond to...
View ArticleSummer Short Bytes: Find Time to Think
“I look at my calendar and find no time to think.” If you are always doing and never thinking, is your focus on detail or big picture? Are you a good role model? The work won’t go away, so here are...
View ArticleTake the Shape Quiz to learn about yourself and colleagues
This fun quiz is designed to get you thinking about how different we are. It’s important to understand that you approach your work with a style and perspective that varies from your colleagues....
View ArticleNifty Free Visionary Thinking Tool for Business, Nonprofits and Individuals
You’ve got to take a look at this elegantly simple Business Model Canvas. It could help you gain clarity whether you’re creating a whole new business, a new product or service, getting your non-profit...
View ArticleInnovation Ideas from Pumpkin Use by Toddler
It’s a decoration, not a toy While walking my dog, I watched a mother yell at her toddler rolling a small pumpkin across the lawn. He had disturbed her graduated pumpkin display on the front steps....
View ArticleWalking Meetings – For Health & Innovation
Walk and work We now spend 9.3 hours a day sitting, on average. More than sleeping. Bad for our health – it’s hard to find time to exercise when you are sitting at your desk all day. Bad for our...
View ArticleWorkplaces, Meetings, & People Dry Up Without Play
Over the top? When is play appropriate at work or at meetings? When dealing with challenges, encouraging innovation, wanting to celebrate success, or looking for ways to practice new skills, that’s...
View ArticleLateral Thinking – Steps to New Solutions
The Trap of Assumptions I just read an interesting post from the folks at 99U and Behance about lateral thinking to solve difficult problems. They start us off with this puzzle: Pretend that you’re...
View Article2 Questions for Innovative Solutions
Tangles Prevent Action A client had a gnarly problem and there seemed to be only one solution, which he didn’t like. He felt his hands were tied, so he procrastinated, and then called me. I suggested...
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