Love this ad, love what it captures. Today looms large but not so much tomorrow or the long term prospects. Where's your focus? Likely it's barely beyond the tip of your nose. On today. With all the flotsam and jetsam of today's frenetic life we have to jettison the garbage in order to focus … [Read more...] about Chuck the flotsam & jetsam so you can see beyond the horizon
Want to know how you measure up on creativity skills?
What are your creative strengths and gaps? Take this 6 question, multiple choice creativity assessment and find out. Oh and if your (un)creative devil is whispering sweet and sour thoughts into your ear like ... "I'm not creative" "I don't have a creative bone in my body" "I don't ____ (fill … [Read more...] about Want to know how you measure up on creativity skills?
What do women want?
Good question. Turns out it's not big, burly men to help carry our parcels to the car. Best Buy was trying to increase sales to women. They hired a male consultant (go figure) who said the answer lay in hiring beefy male employees. Didn't work (surprise surprise). What did work? Asking their … [Read more...] about What do women want?
Kick the rabbit in the butt & suspend disbelief – it'll lead to breakthroughs
Can you walk on water? These guys can. Check out the video below to see how they do it. "You have to believe ... it's not impossible." "We're discovering it as we go along." Some of it "was by mistake." "It takes a lot of practice." "If you fall down try again." All words of advice from these … [Read more...] about Kick the rabbit in the butt & suspend disbelief – it'll lead to breakthroughs
What is creativity? Making a radio out of a phone
The other day my 13 year old nonchalantly took my IPhone and placed it in the radio (see above). What was he doing? Using the radio to play the music off my IPhone. Simple? For him, yes. For me, no. I had banded my thinking, which is a creativity killer. Banded thinking is placing … [Read more...] about What is creativity? Making a radio out of a phone
What does it take to win Olympic gold in women's ski cross?
On the last day of the Every Woman conference I got to listen to Ashleigh McIvor, the first Olympic gold winner of the women's ski cross at the recent Winter Olympics. She's tall and lithe and she had some surprising things to say. How often do you think she thought about winning gold? Would it … [Read more...] about What does it take to win Olympic gold in women's ski cross?
What does it take to say 'good job'?
I was shopping in Costco yesterday and saw the above sign on a cash register. At the bottom of the sign was written 'Great job everyone! Let's keep those sales up!!!!' What's wrong with this picture? Certainly not endeavouring to raise money for a good cause. Certainly not spurring each other … [Read more...] about What does it take to say 'good job'?
Shiny Object Syndrome – why it's hard to tell the difference between styrafoam and gold
What does a teenage run away, Buddhist monk, Geisha girl and Bill Gates have in common? They're all connected to Christine Comaford whom I heard speak recently at the BCHRMA annual conference. Don't know her? Here's some background: she ran away at 16 she's a high school and college drop … [Read more...] about Shiny Object Syndrome – why it's hard to tell the difference between styrafoam and gold
Kindness doesn't have to be huge, hairy and hard to reach (or teach)
Some things are complicated. Some things are complex. Some things though are simple. Deceptively simple. Like kindness. I love Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Thought Bubble - Kindness video for that reason. It's not huge and hairy and hard to reach. Rather it's simple, soft and within our grasp. … [Read more...] about Kindness doesn't have to be huge, hairy and hard to reach (or teach)
Putting fun and evaluation in the same sentence
Evaluation terminology is enough to make you want to hide your head in the nearest toilet. And flush. Program logic models, median, mean, outcomes, indicators, activities, outputs, baseline, denominators, dissemination, focus groups, inductive, deductive and the list goes on (and on and on). Yet, … [Read more...] about Putting fun and evaluation in the same sentence
Business or pleasure? Why do we have to choose?
"Business or pleasure?," said the guy who was sitting beside me on a recent flight. "Business," I replied. But I got to thinking. What does that say about business? That it can't be pleasurable? That we can't have fun or have ease when we're working? Let's face it, the old adage 'put your nose … [Read more...] about Business or pleasure? Why do we have to choose?
Those who laugh last (up to 7 years longer)
Having a happy disposition affects how long you live, up to 7 years longer than grumpy folk. Researchers at Wayne Statue University in Michigan looked at 230 pictures of major league baseball players from 1952. They categorized the pictures according to how much they were smiling and their laugh … [Read more...] about Those who laugh last (up to 7 years longer)
