I read in a not yet published book written by a friend and hero of mine an approach to receiving feedback. He suggested taking the feedback and really exploring it, relax, chew it over, find some benefit, find something to do differently next time, and if after some time the feedback still seems to be [...]
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What’s the opposite of creative?
When I think of the inter-personal dynamics that fuel creative environments, and the opposite behaviour that snubs out any trace of creative thinking I get something like this: Creative / The opposite of Creative Supportive; “Every contribution is valid.” / Critical; “That’s wrong!” Adventurous; “Go for it!” / Fearful; “Don’t screw up!” Experimental; “What if?” [...]
Armchair critics
We all love to have an opinion, there is a very satisfying feeling associated with making sense of a bit of the world, whether we do that out loud or internally. We are also happy to do this when we are really clueless – and some people form opinions about the clueless stuff with the [...]
10 tips for generating ideas from a Jammy Entrepreneur
My friend Fraser Doherty has recently released his second book ‘SuperBusiness’. His first book was a collection of the ‘SuperJam‘ recipes than made him the youngest ever supplier to a major supermarket chain. Fraser developed a fantastic unique product (jam without sugar) and has an amazing story (starting at 14 years old in his parents [...]
How to snub-out your creativity…
How to snub-out your creativity… “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone” Bill Cosby Most people who create exceptional things are far too consumed with bringing their vision to life to worry about whether anyone else likes it yet. Most people start from the point [...]
Complexity
I’m often asked what I think about ‘decision making in a time of complexity’. I find it an odd question. Decisions are as complex as you make them. It depends on how many perspectives do you take, how much data you chuck in, how long you open it up for debate and how many opinions [...]
Great for the Spreadsheets, not for the Bed Sheets
One of the biggest challenges that we currently face in organisations is our addiction to huge volumes of explicit information that none of us have time to properly digest. This type of information may be clear and informative, but it never turns us on – it’s not very influential, it never captures hearts and minds, [...]
Still the best speech I’ve seen in years
This speech has been viewed thousands of times – more than 2.5 million times on YouTube alone. It’s a mini online revolution. If you are following this blog you have probably seen it. If not – it’s a MUST SEE:
Creative Thinking and Motivation
Another passionate rant about the need to think creatively in business… This time from the perspective of motivation. Carrot or stick? Neither – something else! dan_pink_on_motivation.html
Fear – The Creativity Killer
Most of us realise that it’s very difficult to thrive in extremely political environments, and fear of getting things wrong or fear of making a mistake will extinguish any sparks of creativity. Yet so many businesses create ‘fear driven’ experiences every day through a punitive approach to management. If human error and mistakes are singled [...]
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