Leaders: Where Are Your Best Ideas Born? The Power Of Incubation
Guest post by Roger L. Firestien, PhD: I’d bet you a hundred dollars that you don’t get your best ideas at work. Most people in my seminars and classes tell … Read more
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The Lion on the Desk
Guest post by David Komlos and David Benjamin: You arrive at work one morning, take the elevator up to your appointed floor, amble down the carpeted hallway staring at … Read more
The 6 Conditions Required to Scale a Creative Leadership Culture
Guest post by Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams: We all look up to the great leaders among us—the men and women who seem to have a knack for … Read more
Are You Recognizing Your People’s Best Ideas?
Guest post from David Burkus: In the early 1900s, Navy officer William S Sims had uncovered a better way for sailors to fire mounted guns at targets at sea. The … Read more
Put a Little Air in the Balloon
I heard the following simple but powerful little lesson from a Fortune 500 executive last week: As a leader, if you want to create a culture of innovation, you need … Read more
Leading in a New Direction – 3 Techniques for Thinking up New Business Ideas
Here’s a guest post from entrepreneur Duncan Murtagh,”an Irishman living in Taiwan, who has been to New Hampshire several times”: How can we move past the tough times of 2011 … Read more
“Because that’s the way we’ve always done it!”
I first came across this story from an engineering colleague of mine, Kyle Smith. He said he got it from Howard Winsett, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. I have no … Read more
12 Ways to Bring an External Perspective to Your Team
Teams and organizations can often get too insular and unable to think outside of their own boxes. Leaders need to encourage team members to look outside for new ideas. Here’s … Read more
5 Ways to Think More Creatively
The ability to think creatively is a valuable thinking skill that leaders can apply when faced with problems that require a fresh approach. What is creative thinking? It’s the ability … Read more
10 Tips for Creative Thinking
1. Challenge current approaches to your work. Think about whether you and your direct reports can work together in new, previously unimaginable possibilities. 2. Challenge existing beliefs and assumptions. Ask … Read more