Most In-Demand Skills in 2019 According to LinkedIn
LinkedIn’s data suggests that there are over 50 000 skills in the world. These can be divided into soft and hard skills. While hard skills only apply to specific sections of the workforce, soft skills apply to all. In 2019, of all 50 000 skills listed,...
Don’t Read Those 3 Books – Go Find Your Own Books
It was this headline (Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at Davos: Every Business Leader Should Read These 3 Books) on Inc.com that had me responding with the title of this post… Don’t read those three books. Go find your own books!!! I’m not against people...
The Danger in Times of Turbulence is Acting with Yesterday’s Logic
The heading of this post is a paraphrase of a well known quote by management consultant, educator, and author, Peter Drucker The greatest danger in times of turbulence, is not the turbulence, it’s acting with yesterday’s logic It’s a quote I’ve...
It’s True! Brainstorming Groups Kill Creative Ideas
For as long as I can remember I’ve hated getting into huddles, with others, to brainstorm and come up with creative ideas for whatever the project was that I was working on. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the people I didn’t like, and it’s...
Henry Ford can teach us about Customer Experience in a Digital Age
Henry Ford is well known for saying, “You can have any car you like, as long as it’s black”. I’ve asked hundreds of audiences why they think he said this, and had answers that range from, ‘he had a fetish for black’, to ‘it was the cheapest colour’, to ‘there wasn’t...
Sometimes Creative Quantity is better than Creative Quality
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’re creating something (painting, music, writing a letter, designing a website, coming up with a new idea, looking for a new sales angle) and you freeze half way through because you’ve transported yourself...
The Data is Clear. We’re Becoming Less Creative
Before I get into anything, the data is American. So it may just be confined to that part of the world, although I’m not going to bet any money on that. Ever since the 1950’s, children have undergone annual creativity tests, in the same way they’ve...
Reversing Assumptions | A Useful Creativity Technique
This past week, Nug, our clever little Bot who teaches Creativity online, presented a neat Creativity Technique – Reversing Assumptions. It’s a great tool to use when you get stuck trying to find a way around, over or through an obstacle. Our brains are...
How Embracing Your Constraints Can Improve Your Creativity
I wrote last week about how putting limitations and constraints in place has the ability to enhance your creativity. But what about if you have limitations and constraints in place naturally? Built into you? Things that make you a little or a lot different from the...
