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Tag: creative thinking

The framework for creativity

Posted onAugust 3, 2014AuthorBob Williams

How do your find your creative zone? Finding a creative zone is a popular topic for writers, artists, journalists, designers, and many other professionals that create content for a living or as a hobby. Some thought leaders like Graham Wallace have tried to define the stages of creativity in academic Read More …

CategoriesCareer, IdeasTagsbusiness focus, creative thinking, creativity

Think to plan. Plan to think.

Posted onJune 8, 2014AuthorBob Williams

Time to think and plan is elusive. During the normal patterns of a work week I tend to get pulled into the daily operational tasks of keeping the business running and solving for immediate needs. That stuff is ultra-important because it involves the daily interaction of servicing customers.  But what Read More …

CategoriesCareer, IdeasTagscreative thinking, rethink, strategic planning

Innovation process?

Posted onJune 16, 2010AuthorBob Williams

Earlier this week I had lunch with @Cjack_HC, @ElliotLeson, @Westdene64, and a few others. I joined the lunch late as the group was in the middle of a brainstorming session on creating names for business card designs.  Sounds easy, but I found the task pretty challenging.  It made me think Read More …

CategoriesBusiness Process Management, Customer Focus, IdeasTagsbusiness process, creative thinking, Innovation, Managed Process

Resist Learned Mediocrity

Posted onNovember 6, 2009AuthorBob Williams

During a team meeting last week, one of my colleagues used the term “learned mediocrity”. I thought about what this expression means within the context of an organization and for individuals.  Businesses and people don’t set out with an objective to be mediocre. In fact, I’ve read studies that show Read More …

CategoriesIdeasTagscreative thinking, learned mediocrity

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