Archive for June, 2007

27th Jun 2007

Encouraging innovation in the organization

By D. Quinn Mills Most organizations are not particularly good at creativity. This is because large organizations exist to carry out a particular set of  more...

25th Jun 2007

Developing creative teams

Characteristics of Creative Teams By Adrian Brown Researchers who have investigated the characteristics of creative teams have identified the following five factors as particularly common  more...

22nd Jun 2007

Clear sight

By Jefferson Flanders Thinking clearly requires clear sight. Seeing clearly is the ability to see things are they are, to overcome your own misperceptions or  more...

20th Jun 2007

Winning the talent wars

By D. Quinn Mills Having effective employees is central to business success. Some executives say that the winning play every time is having the right  more...

18th Jun 2007

Informed curiosity: asking the right questions

By Jefferson Flanders To the extent that I can claim to be a clear thinker, the credit goes to my parents. They met in the  more...

13th Jun 2007

What are the advantages of creative teams?

By Adrian Brown Some of the most famous creative minds who we may romantically assume were “lone geniuses” were in fact supported by large teams.  more...

11th Jun 2007

Leading not-for-profits

By D. Quinn Mills Leadership is different in not-for-profit organizations than it is in business firms. It is in some respects more challenging, for the  more...

08th Jun 2007

Clear thinking, clear writing

By Jefferson Flanders “The problem is to teach ourselves to think, and the writing will take care of itself,” observed author and journalist Christopher Morley.  more...

06th Jun 2007

How do I find my career “sweet spot”?

By D. Quinn Mills We increase the likelihood of advancing in our careers if we can bring together what motivates us (our passion) and what  more...

04th Jun 2007

Meaningful and innovative content equals effective presentation

By Lisa A. Sisco Over the past 20 years I have sat through thousands of presentations, many that have been terribly boring. Unlike most rhetorical  more...

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