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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
Monday 12th October 2009
A few weeks ago, I did a presentation for about 180 people. It went well, and I received some great feedback on the day as well as some solid bookings for paid work. (I like that...). Last week, the 'official' feedback arrived from the organisers. Of the 41 comments on the list, 40 were most gratifying (not counting 4 references to the room being too cold, which I feel entitled to ignore...)
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Tags: thinking, creativity, failure, fear
Tuesday 6th October 2009
I spent last weekend in Melbourne with a good friend. We had a most excellent time. We went to galleries, we ate great food, and inevitably, we went shopping (we were in Melbourne, after all). I bought a pair of bright orange sandals and a black summer coat. When I got back to the hotel, I realised that the sandals were a half-size too small - I had bought them because I loved their orange-ness and their strappy-ness, even though they had sold out of my usual size. Parading round the Chapel Street shop, I convinced myself they were perfect, but now...
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Tags: thinking, creativity, fantasy
