Make Your Plans Bulletproof
This week at work, bulletproof your ideas. If you've got a new idea, a plan, a program; find people you trust who can poke holes in it for you. Not someone who is going to agree with you, nor someone who [...]
Arrive With A Solution
While you may feel like a smarty-pants worker to be the first to discover and inform your boss of a problem, don't alert them without also being able to offer a potential solution. Anyone can point out problems. Finding something broken [...]
Attention To Detail
You're looking at an interior detail from the pop-up (i.e. temporary) Museum of Ice Cream located in the Meatpacking District in New York City. Not only is their lighting made to look like upside-down ice cream cones... But, the walls are [...]
10-Point Presidential Formula For Success
I didn't know a lot about President Lyndon Johnson, but I've enjoyed learning about him via Wikipedia. While reading the terrific book, The Magic Of Thinking Big, by Dr. Joseph Schwartz. In a section about "Thinking Right Toward People," Dr. Schwartz [...]
Do First Things First
Where to start, huh? No matter what system you use to plan your activities - paper or digital - sometimes it can be difficult to determine what to do first. Especially since *all* of it is important, right? I've tried lots [...]
Meetings Don’t Bore People…
We blame our meetings for lack of innovation and progress in our companies. It has been declared "brainstorming doesn't work!" We spend our days sitting, wasting time, energy, and money in boring... tan... artifically-lit conference rooms. Accomplishing? Nothing. But, here's the [...]
Curiosity Creates New Paths
"We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney
Grains of Sandbox Wisdom
When speaking with students, or someone asking for career advice here are some grains of wisdome from the sandbox. Keep an Idea Journal Always have something with you to write down thoughts and ideas. Getting them out of your brain and [...]
On Resisting Change
How To Be Like Walt Disney
In How to Be Like Walt, Pat Williams cites the six qualities that made Walt Disney's work so creative and innovative. In re-reading How To Be Like Walt, it was a great refresher on what contributed to Walt's success. The Six [...]