By Austin Kleon The subtitle of this short book filled with images, handwritten notes and more is: 10 things nobody taught you about being creative. Just looking at the book will make you smile and will likely make you feel a bit more creative. But if you will read it, and take action on some […]
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
By Adam Grant Adam Grant’s first book, Give and Take, was excellent and so I was looking forward to this one. I was so interested that I pre-ordered it a couple of months before its release. It’s now been out for about a month and I predict it will be very popular, well-read and often […]
What Do You Do With an Idea?
By Kobi Yamada, Illustrated by Mae Besom From the picture you can probably tell that this isn’t the typical book I recommend here. It is shaped like, and illustrated like, and categorized like a children’s book. While I would highly recommend it as a book to give to children, make no mistake; this book speaks […]
Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower (and Why Matters)
How many times have you gotten a flash of insight, a great idea or remembered the name of that person you couldn’t come up with, while taking a shower? I’ll bet it is more than once. In fact, one survey of highly creative people found that 19% of those people get their best ideas in […]
Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals
As a leader you know results and productivity are higher when people are committed to their work. You also know higher levels of commitment or engagement also increase job satisfaction, safety performance and focus while reducing on-the-job stress and turnover. Commitment, engagement or buy-in – whatever you want to call – it’s a good thing. […]