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Wednesday 25th November 2009
Have I mentioned that I'm busy, really busy? Well, now I am REALLY REALLY busy and life is so hard, and it's not fair, and I will never get all this done, and it's all my fault for taking on too much, and are there really only 4 weeks to Christmas, and why doesn't anyone ever help me, and it's not fair and it's too much, and I will never manage it all and...
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Tags: rushing, creativity, drama, productivity
Wednesday 18th November 2009
It's a great technique: Whenever you have a problem to solve, or need to come up with a fresh idea, challenge yourself to come up with at least three ideas, not just one. Or if you are a team leader, challenge your team to find three ways of doing something, not just settling for their first plan.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, solutions, tips
Thursday 12th November 2009
I am busy at the moment, really busy. (Actually, REALLY REALLY busy is more like it...) So I devoured with immediate interest the Harvard blog post by Gina Trapani on preventing burnout by taking a year-long creative sabbatical. My immediate reaction was 'Great idea, but maybe next lifetime'.
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Tags: rushing, creativity, balance, recharge
Wednesday 4th November 2009
Many people have a perception that innovation is about complex research and scientific laboratory work, years of burning the midnight oil and developing a mad scientist persona. Maybe sometimes that's true, but there are plenty of good Aussie stories of 'ordinary' men and women who saw a problem and came up with a (generally very simple) new and better way to solve it.
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Tags: innovation, creativity, story
Wednesday 28th October 2009
Yesterday I went to my first networking lunch with the Athena Network, and excellent fun it was, too. The week before, I was emailed a template so I could prepare a one-minute pitch about my work, and being a good girl, I followed it. (You know the thing, 10 seconds on your name, 30 seconds on what you do, a quick call to action then repeat your name.)
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Tags: innovation, thinking, creativity, rules, tips
Tuesday 20th October 2009
Last month I painted our backyard. (OK, if truth be told, I hired some guys to paint our backyard...) Choosing the colour was tricky and I'd put the whole thing off twice because I couldn't decide. Finally I found it, a washed-out pale verdigris, aqua, dirty green colour. All was well. Except that on the wall it turned into a very strange neon baby blue...
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips
