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What’s Your Conventional Wisdom?
How is it keeping you from winning? by Holly G. Green It’s hard to beat experience, strength and knowledge, right? Try telling that to the Los Angeles Lakers. Conventional wisdom said the Lakers were...
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Importance of Empathy to Leadership
A while back I wrote a blog about resilience being one of the most important qualities for today’s leaders. A number of readers agreed with me, and one went on to point out another very important...
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Protect Yourself From Conventional Wisdom!
Recently I wrote about the dangers of relying on conventional wisdom to make critical business decisions. I thought it would be fun to look at some actual examples from over the years. “This...
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How to Stop the Dreaded ‘Decision Drift’
Have you ever had a meeting that didn’t work out quite as planned? Where everyone agreed to a specific course of action and two weeks later you discover that what they’ve been working on doesn’t come...
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Pre-thinking: The New Scenario Planning
We can’t predict the future. But “pre-thinking” about it will put us in a much better position to respond appropriately when unexpected changes come our way. Continue reading →
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How to Develop 5 Critical Thinking Types
Remember as a child how much fun it was to ponder the future? Well, now it’s your job…as well as all that other stuff you have to do! Find out why five thinking types are essential for today’s business...
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How To Tell If You Are An Innovator
In a world of celebrity driven Twitter, "reality" shows and always on news, Andy Warhol was only partially right. We'll all be famous for 15 minutes. Unfortunately some people seem to get their 15...
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Tease Your Brain – It’s Good for You
How sharp is your brain today? Get in the habit of teasing your brain. You’ll be amazed at what you end up seeing that you didn’t see before. Try these fun brainteasers to find out. Continue reading →
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Why We Often Do Stupid Stuff
We know that texting while driving can be potentially fatal, yet we do it anyway. Find out why our brains sometimes cause us to do really dumb stuff. Continue reading →
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Stop Slamming the Door on Innovation
People in your organization are killing innovation without even knowing it. Find out how, and what you can do about it. Continue reading →
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Divergent and Convergent Thinking
How can we become more creative? Let’s start by thinking about our thinking. Continue reading →
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Rewarding Responsible Innovators
How can responsible innovation lead to financial rewards? Continue reading →
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Taking the Mystery Out of Innovation
If innovation seems like some mystifying, unfathomable task, these “Playing With Your Brain” exercises can take much of the mystery out of the process. Continue reading →
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Zen and the Art of Innovation
For the past 53 years, Synecticsworld has been studying and applying the learning of the processes of collaboration, creativity, creative problem solving and innovation. As a one who has begun studying...
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Design Thinking
Empathizing is not easy. It should wreck you! It should shake you to the core. And it has done just that to me--to my life. I am so grateful for the people who I have met, who have shared their...
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Who is your Socrates in your organization?
Thinking for yourself and challenging the status quo will keep you on the inventing side of business and life. Continue reading →
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TEDx: Are You Open Minded? Three Ways to Break Thinking Patterns [video]
In this TEDx Talk, Paul Sloane explains how to use the Power of the Random to boost Creative Problem Solving. Continue reading →
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Recently I wrote about the dangers of relying on conventional wisdom to make critical business decisions. I thought it would be fun to look at some actual examples from over the years. “This...
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We can’t predict the future. But “pre-thinking” about it will put us in a much better position to respond appropriately when unexpected changes come our way.
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