5 Techniques to Choose Better Language for Innovation and Collaboration
1.) Learn to Focus on the DOs, and let the DONTs take care of themselves If you go into a team innovation meeting, and spend 30 minutes analysing what is wrong with the current state, does this create the right environment to innovate in? Observe the mood, energy, body language of such meetings… Image by JB Photo via Flickr Innovation is about what is possible, about inspiration, about a positive mindset, and the language we use directly impacts our ability to contribute. Gripe sessions get in the way. Positivity engages. Broadening our horizons to focus on the possible rather...
read moreLeadership State of Flow = Unconscious Competence. If you fall often on the way there, don't worry…
I’d encourage you to read an excellent post on “Are You StriDing or StriVing?” by Susan Mazza on her blog “Random Acts of Leadership“. Much has been written about flow and being in the present moment. I have read a ton of it, searching for keys to experiencing more flow in my life and work. I can work so hard at times that I exhaust myself in the process. There have also been too many times in my life when I have worked like crazy and not been particularly satisfied with the outcome or the journey. Does this sound familar? I have a contribution from the sport of...
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