The Creative Innovation Blog
The Power of Recognition: Catching People Doing Things Right
In a world where criticism often outweighs praise, catching people doing things right becomes a revolutionary act. It's a simple, yet profound, gesture that has the power to transform relationships, teams, ensembles, and communities.
How To Achieve Your Innovative Mindset
An innovative mindset is often characterized by a relentless pursuit of novelty and improvement. It is not merely about generating new ideas but also about the implementation and execution of those ideas in ways that create value. This mindset is distinct from an entrepreneurial mindset, which often focuses on identifying and exploiting business opportunities. While both mindsets value creativity and initiative, an innovative mindset emphasizes the process of making something new or improved, regardless of the entrepreneurial outcome.
How to be Innovative: Unlocking Creativity in Everyday Tasks
To foster innovation in the mundane, one must first recognize the potential in everyday challenges. Whether it's finding a new route to work to spark different thoughts or reimagining how to organize your workspace for better productivity, innovation starts with a willingness to question and experiment. It’s about turning the coffee-making ritual into a test lab for efficiency or seeing a team meeting as a chance to brainstorm creatively, rather than a time sink.
Creativity and Innovation: Tools Against Depression & Suicide
9-8-8. Perhaps the most important phone number there is for you. Depression and suicide are real. They affect more than just the person experiencing it. Perhaps there is a way for creativity and innovation to help.
Multitasking Costs Creative & Productivity- The Switch Cost Effect
While multitasking might make us feel productive, it can also lead to a phenomenon known as the "switch cost effect." This cognitive phenomenon has a profound impact on various aspects of our lives, including creative innovation and productivity. It is estimated to take 23 minutes to regain the level of focus we had on a task from even just a moment of interruption. How many interruptions do you have in a day?
Shared Struggles of Entrepreneurs and Parents in Motivation
Parenthood and entrepreneurship are two seemingly distinct aspects of life, but they share surprising similarities when it comes to risk, motivation, and responsibility. Both roles involve taking on significant challenges, making sacrifices, and striving for long-term rewards. Let’s explore how being a business founder or executive compares to being a parent, focusing on the risk-reward dynamic and how it impacts motivation and commitment in the longer term. Then, a small thought experiment on how employees or children perceive these.
It Is Only Scary In Your Head
In the quest for growth and self-improvement, there exists a hidden source of immense power: doing something scary or incredibly uncomfortable. While it is natural for humans to seek comfort and security, it is in those moments of fear and discomfort that true transformation occurs. The road less traveled is often riddled with challenges and obstacles, but those who dare to confront their fears head-on unleash a profound inner strength that can reshape their lives. More specifically, they can reframe their lives because of the realization that it is our minds that are holding us back from attempting to accomplish the big dream.
The Power of Prioritization: If It's Not Now, It's Not a Priority
Time is a precious and finite resource, and how we choose to utilize it often determines our success and fulfillment in life. From daily tasks to long-term goals, understanding what truly matters and prioritizing accordingly is essential for productivity and personal growth. One powerful principle that can significantly enhance our decision-making process is the notion that if the answer to the question, "When are you going to do something?" isn't "now," then it isn't a priority. This article explores the importance of this mindset and how adopting it can lead to a more focused and purpose-driven life.
Embracing Imperfection: Letting Go of the Fear of Being Wrong for Personal Growth
The heaviest weight you can lose is the opinions of others that make you smaller.
Success Traits
This post briefly touches on the top five traits for success. Grit, Saying No, Creative Communication, Demonstrating Humility and Following to Lead.
Change shouldn’t be by chance
Hopefully, you notice these gradually build and move you from your comfort zone to an area of discomfort. That is how you change. It is the only way we #change.
Creativity Requires Time
The question you may have is, how do you find the time? The answer is you don't. You already have it.The only thing you have that is truly yours is time.The problem is you are too diluted, meaning you simply need to stop doing some things. That is a radical notion, but it is the only logical one. Take a lunch, do not take work home after being at the office all day, and absolutely sign out when you are on holidays, vacations, or just days off.
Kids insight into stress relief
Kids get stressed like adults. They also start to learn to hide it at an early age so they aren’t adding stress to others.
Rethinking Getting What You Pay For (AKA Quiet Quitting)
Plenty of companies and individuals fail to see these Quiet Quitters as a way to gain an advantage in the marketplace. They are the same companies that take too long to adapt and battle a market full of competitors on price over commodities. The inability to value people first often translates into a failure to directly appreciate customers in a meaningful way to bring true innovation.
5 Tricks to Get Mentally Unstuck FAST
Here are 5 different ways to get mentally unstuck quickly.
Intentional Fun Delivers Profitable Creative Innovation
Everyone knows how to have fun with their friends. The challenge is how we have fun with people who may have vastly different definitions of fun than we do. The easiest is by indicating at the start of the meeting what you are working on, then diving into the energizer.
Age and Intellect Doesn’t Define A Mentor
If you are frustrated with life and want change, find the right mentors to help you bring it to life. Don’t make the mistake of think that those individuals are older or smarter than you.
Indicate To Innovate Together
We can’t just think everyone knows what direction we are going We have to actively show them so we can move together and avoid accidents that derail innovation
Pizza and Paving Roads
Breakthrough Thinking™ often makes us stop and smile when we see companies do it. Perhaps it is because it is a “What are they doing” moment, but it grabs our attention. Domino’s has delivered on a fantastic example that brings home a message about who they are.
3 Things To Get Your Creativity Back
Here are three things you can immediately do to get your creative mojo flowing at work and at home. These can lead to laughter, team building, and easier innovation.