This is the first part of a 4 part series of articles regarding challenges.
Imagine 5 brilliant entrepreneurs sitting down to consider new ideas. They can’t get started until someone proposes something. But where does the proposal come from? How do they decide what problem to solve? Who decides the focus? How do they determine the […]
Everyone has creative talent, but many people lack confidence in their own creativity. “I’m not very creative” is a common lament, even from people who manage their careers well and are extremely successful in bringing value to the business where they work. In fact, developing a more efficient approach to your own workload requires […]
In looking back on unpleasant situations and experiences, the thought occurs to us: if only we had done or said x or y, if only we could do it over. Which is precisely the wrong approach. What makes us go astray is in the first place is that we are unattuned to the present moment, […]
This week’s creative whack is….card 57 Have something at stake.
A frozen-fish processor had trouble selling a new line of frozen fish because it tasted "flat". The company tried everything to keep the fish fresh including holding them in tanks until just before processing but to no avail. Then someone suggested: "Put a predator in there […]
So last week I started the Creative Whack of the week, every Monday I’ll be doing this. For today the whack is card number….
43 Flex your risk muscle. Bull’s-eye every time? If so, you’re standing too close to the target. As comedian Woody Allen puts it, "If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s […]
Are you an idea person? Following these 10 tips from Michael Michalko’s Thinkertoys you’ll be able to become an everyday idea person. Pumping your mind is like making a path through tall grass. Originally there is no path, yet as you walk the same way each time, one appears. In the same way, you may […]
