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Build | Create Field Guide #3: Questions Lead to Clarity The last blog post discussed some of the dynamics of identifying, pursuing and abandoning goals, as well as introducing the process of inquiry as a tool when building or creating something new. As I read about brainstorming, idea generation and selection, there is the reminder […]
Does That Idea Give You Butterflies? It’s likely that if you are on to a good idea, it will give you butterflies and make you uncomfortable. If you are feeling that way about something, and it’s preventing you from trying your idea, I invite you to watch the Dance It Out video of the week. […]
Build | Create Field Guide #2: All Ideas Welcome At work and in our personal lives, we often feel there is a gap between where we are and where we would like to be. It can be a soft whisper or a load roar… but we know something needs to change. Sometimes we aren’t sure how […]
Start Here: What is Your Goal? In creating anything, from an artful conversation to a work of art, there are several key rules. The first, inspired by Steven Covey…begin with the end in mind. This is the second habit of the seven he describes. This chapter encourages the reader to go deep and imagine what […]
…The Workbench Presents: A Manifesto for Creating…and Building YOUR Next Great Thing. This week, I attended the ATD 2018 Conference here in San Diego, and I’m all fired up. Presented by the Association for Talent Development https://www.td.org/, this is for anyone interested in development: leadership, organizational, employee performance, training, personal. The keynote speakers this year included […]
There Was Evidence of Fun A few years ago, I believed this season of life (mid-career, parent of a teen) mostly held only a boatload of work. Work raising the kids, work dealing with career, work on relationships. Even vacation consisted of a lot of work – preparing both work and home, making travel arrangements, […]