What would you rather do?get a bikini or chest wax (gender dependent) speak in public take a long haul flight with massive turbulenceFor many the thought of speaking in public is only marginally less than dying. Yes dying. Or perhaps getting the hair ripped off your body or thinking that … [Read more...] about 3 simple lessons in public speaking – (heavy) breathing made easy
Beauty comes …. beauty goes
My last post was about 'beauty being in the eye of the editor.'Important stuff. Serious stuff.And...because I like whimsy and because 1 of Rock.Paper.Scissors' founding principles was and continues to be humour and improv, there's always another side.Tongue firmly planted in cheek, where … [Read more...] about Beauty comes …. beauty goes
What's real? Take a second look to find the White Hot Truth
What appears real in our hurry flurry world often isn't. Authenticity is big. Being real is in.Not being true is passe. Being fake is to be a flake.How do you tell the difference though? What appears shiny and true can either be a golden nugget or a trashy piece of styrofoam.Making time … [Read more...] about What's real? Take a second look to find the White Hot Truth
Take a deep breath & remember to exhale
To get the things you've never had Do the things you've never done (Sign posted in a store I visited while at a community festival today.) If you define 'things' beyond just stuff this is powerful. It's also timely. I'm embarking on some radical new learning for some new business goals. Most of the … [Read more...] about Take a deep breath & remember to exhale
What we adults can learn from kids on how to stay positive & not set limits for ourselves
Look at the possibilities you're missing.Set some time aside to think big. Bigger.There'll be time later for evaluating, categorizing, weighing the pros and cons etc. For now don't set any limits. Repeat. No limits.Sing to yourself.Move.Enjoy.Enough said. … [Read more...] about What we adults can learn from kids on how to stay positive & not set limits for ourselves
How to get creative – backwards and forwards
How creative are you? Do you know your creative assets and blind spots? Keep reading for a simple way to discover them.With help from the wonderful Dolly Hopkins, I created a creativity skill set called E.S.C.A.P.E. Each of the letters stands for a different creativity skill.The 'A' stands … [Read more...] about How to get creative – backwards and forwards
How do you get creative? Why use a mosha cup of course
I was driving to pick up my hubbie from the airport and listening to Stuart McLean's the Vinyl Cafe on CBC radio. The tunes were great and I was bopping and singing along, a great big grin plastered wide on my face.Stuart was relaying his tales of growing up in Montreal, and, as only he can, … [Read more...] about How do you get creative? Why use a mosha cup of course
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
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
