Conscientiousness Personality In The Workplace And On The Team
Posted on01 Oct 2018
TagsBig Five Personality Traits Series, conscientiousness personality trait, team building, process, innovation, ideas, creativity
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Many value the conscientiousness personality in the workplace. Plenty of research shows it a high predictor of on the job success. Does... Read More
Difference Between Innovation And Creativity In Business
Posted on26 Feb 2018
TagsElisha Otis, elevator, MIT Technology Review, The Economist, perspective, innovation, creativity, Creative Innovation Series, context, business, artificial intelligence
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Simply, the difference between innovation and creativity in business is commercialism. Innovation makes money on a large scale. Creativity does not. The... Read More
6 Challenging Assumptions Exercises From Business
Posted on12 Feb 2018
TagsCoca Cola, Challenging Assumptions Series, agenda setting, innovation, customer service, assumptions
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Challenging assumptions makes for better problem solving. Becoming better at it is simple. Practice. It trains the mind to see assumptions. These... Read More
Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... Read More
Extroverts and Introverts Differences as Innovators
Assessing personalities is a key task for a change management strategy. As a change management consultant I find discussing extroverts’ and introverts’... Read More
Wood Splitting Teaches Us About Knotty People
Thinking at the intersection of ideas is very helpful in solving problems. The book, The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson, says this... Read More
The Secret to Making Uncertainty Our Friend
Posted on12 Mar 2015
TagsPredictability as Hell Analogy, uncertainty, J. Michael Fox, innovation, fear, decisions, creativity, certainty
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When we do not deal well with uncertainty, we make bad decisions. As an unspecified fear, it stirs anxiety in us. The... Read More
Protection from Extreme Decision Making
Posted on29 Jan 2015
Tagsstorytelling, University of Oregon, University of Las Vegas, Sonja Kolstoe, Mary Riddel, balanced nutrition analogy, indecisiveness, forecasting, big data, what-if scenarios, reflection, innovation, information, Harvard Business Review, decisions, creativity, confidence, change
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At its root, extreme decision making is about how we assess possibilities in events. The adage, “Things are never as good nor... Read More
Introverts and Extroverts Working Together
Posted on19 Jan 2015
Tagsproject management, Personality, money, introvert, innovation, extrovert, energy, brainstorming, value, Introverts and Extroverts (Series), extroverts and introverts
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How do we get introverts and extroverts working together? Researchers often share how to identify them. Few share how to lead them.... Read More
Authority Figures as Dangerous Figures
Posted on20 Oct 2014
Tagsauthority, innovation, placebo, problem solving, The Economist, training, predictability, expertise, Kristi Erdal
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Authority figures help in many ways, providing expertise, guidance, definitiveness and certainty. We’re taught to respect them too. Yet, they can be... Read More
