Counter to what you make think, the constant respond-ability of your team members is detrimental to productivity. To solve the many challenges of today’s workplaces, we need more creativity.
That’s why it’s so important to create uninterrupted times to focus, or to just drift, at the workplace.
What I have experienced during many hands-on experiences of the innovation space is that most of the focus is on creating the right diversity make-up of teams, and on making the physical space conducive to creativity and play. Sometimes this leads to innovation - and...
“We will never transform the prevailing system of management without transforming our prevailing system of education.” W. Edwards Deming. You might not be familiar with the name of W. Edwards Deming. You might, however, have experienced the fruit of his work:...
If you haven’t buried your head in the ground for the past eight weeks or so, you’ve experienced leadership that you don’t often see. Epidemiologists are leading many countries’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic without authorityin a constantly shifting context,...
Creativity does not peak in your twenties to then drop continuously. On the contrary, it peaks again in your fifties, never to drop thereafter.
This week we are asking for your help: We need everyone to contribute to society and environment.
So if you are in your fifties and beyond, we invite you to a 30 minute conversation about how you are, or would love to be, contributing to society and the environment in a positive way.
Fail early and often to succeed sooner is a Design Thinking principle. The rationale behind it is that we cannot create something really new, if we don’t allow ourselves to fail. Instead, we have to stick to what’s already been tried and tested elsewhere.
Of course, we can…
Structure is what allows creativity to flow. It makes space for it. Because here’s the thing:
You might have a genius idea out of the blue some day.
It’s just very unlikely.
Your killer idea …
Structure and creativity are often seen as enemies. And most people love either one or the other.
Creativity might scream chaos at you. Structure might look like a straight jacket. But what we can all learn from successful writers, humorists and any other creators is this:
What if your people brought their full creative self to work?
What if they brought a CAN-DO attitude to challenges and setbacks?
What if everyone was open to notice and share opportunities for the benefit of the whole organisation?
What if customer service people, product developers and controllers co-created with ease?
At Choose Leadership, we firmly ground our work in the co-active approach – when we are in conversations with each other or our clients, when we design our leadership programmes, when we co-facilitate workshops, and when we coach individuals or teams.
Both experiences have shed a light on our blind spots, have put us in touch with our deepest longing, and our daring. Along the way, we have created a strong community with people who don’t allow us to play small when we struggle, and who have our back.
We’ve been challenged to step up as leaders, to step into our lives’ purposes and commit to expressing them in the world. One of the direct results is…
WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. Reading about the origin of this “philosophical quote” made me laugh today, when reading Mark Mansen’s “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck.”
What really stopped me in my tracks immediately afterwards, was …
The world of business faces unprecedented economic, social, environmental and technological challenges. At the root of this is…