Monthly Archives: December 2015

Last-Minute Gifts

Online learning

If you are still looking for a gift for the leader on your list, be sure to visit our bookstore: https://designingleaders.com/bookstore/

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What Keeps Women Out of Tech?

An article a couple months ago in the New York Times explored the question of why there are few women in tech fields relative to the population as a whole. The author suggests the issue is not so much discrimination against women as it is that the stereotypes of the tech geek are not appealing […]

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Keep the Passion Alive

In the old days (and by that we mean “pre-2000”), the opportunity to create content was a bit limited. Sure, the average person could create, but there were fewer tools available, fewer outlets to distribute your work, and in general, fewer opportunities to see what is possible. Content creation was either done by professionals or […]

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Dealing With Disappointment

No matter how hard you work, no matter how hard you prepare, the universe likes to play tricks on people. If you expect to be bold and innovative, sometimes you will face failures, and you need to be able to accept that and move on. How you deal with disappointment, whether as an employee or […]

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“New” Does Not Always Mean New

Within creative firms it is easy to always keep looking for the next new thing. After all, isn’t that what sells? Don’t your clients want something nobody else has? You hire creative people because they can bring you something unique, right? Well…sort of. You should be careful about always aiming for something new, because you […]

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