Reactive vs Creative Leadership

“Yesterday I told Fred he could work from home from now on because he has kids going back to school and his 90-year-old grandmother lives in his house,”…

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Moving Past “Courteous Compliance”

“We need to focus more on profitability,” said Claire, the CFO of a family-owned design firm. “Too many of our projects take too much time in relation to…

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Ask Good Questions, Get Good Results

Do you ever get frustrated in a virtual meeting when you ask for input and get crickets? Have you considered that the problem might be, not with your…

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Reactivity vs Inquiry: A Case Study

The manager — let’s call him Jerry — would storm into the open-plan area where the writers and designers were working, shout to get everyone’s attention, and then…

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Breakthrough Thinking

One of my personal heroes, the photographer and creativity keynote speaker Dewitt Jones, has a philosophy I enjoy.  Dewitt says that creativity is a moment.  Just that.  A…

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