Think about where you routinely have your most genius ideas. Spoiler alert: it is not at work.
Read MoreYour mind is a magnet for novel stimuli. While this can support incredible observational abilities, it can also lead to endless distraction in new environments.
Read MoreHumans are fantastically clever, resourceful creatures; they are also, ironically, terribly effective at constraining this ability through their language.
Read MoreWhen everything goes sideways, and your attention is centred on navigating change, you have a sneaky opportunity to effectively shift habits.
Read MoreConsciously and unconsciously, you are fixated on having certainty; when certainty is absent, your mind works overtime.
Read MoreAn estimate is a guess based on your experience. The problem is you organize around estimations as if they were comprehensive evaluations.
Read MoreSometimes the best leadership lesson is simply remembering who you are and offering it.
Read MoreEconomically, considering the future is natural. Including the present and time spent to achieve a decision around the future takes a bit more focus.
Read MoreStandards can feel constraining. A lack of standards can feel overwhelming. Thoughtful leaders find a balance, and awareness, in between.
Read MoreYou have a plan to get organized and a strategy for a process. Yet the immediacy of acting today gets in the way; time to think about it differently.
Read MoreYour mind is naturally drawn towards gamified situations; the risk arises when the reward of winning overshadows the purpose of playing.
Read MoreWe process observations and thoughts incessantly. Taking the time to reflect around how those two inputs affect each other happens much less.
Read MoreSeeing capacity in terms of limitation is easy; occupancy capacity, for example. Seeing the limitation, especially when intangible, takes leadership.
Read MoreThe fear of a monster under the bed is more than a childhood dilemma; it is an iteration of a recurring unconscious fear of the unknown.
Read More20/20 is a measurement of visual acuity based on adult humans. The proliferation of other species shows that clarity can be accomplished many ways.
Read MoreOrnaments without context quickly become novel trinkets; leaders are responsible for navigating the narrative.
Read MoreYou are not going to find many folks who say investing in people is worthless; actually doing it, though, is more complex.
Read MoreBinary thinking drives us to make absolute distinctions; when it comes to the words we use, binary logic should be exercised with caution.
Read MoreTo be centric is to be central to something; different problems require different centricities, yet most teams are not equipped to pivot accordingly.
Read MoreIt is exciting to consider how an investment grows over time; it is also easy to ignore the inverse correlation that occurs with investments of time.
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