Monthly Archives: April 2016

Education is a Sunk Cost

Lots of people make career decisions based on what they have done in the past rather than on what they want to do in the future. A big factor in that is education. I cannot count how many times I have heard someone talking about a job they would enjoy and then say “but I […]

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Break Away From Your Network

The people you know can push you forward. They can also hold you back. When the time comes, you may need to cut some ties in order to innovate, and be able to lead your employees to do the same. Frans Johansson wrote in The Medici Effect about the importance of breaking away from your […]

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Flexibility vs Uncertainty

Office meeting

The last thing you want in a your organization is to be so tied to policies and practices that you never do anything new. It helps to be flexible and allow your employees the freedom they need so they can do what helps them do their job best, which may not be the same for […]

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The Difference Between Creativity and Innovation

Employees in class

We recently led a conversation for some folks at a tech startup, and questions came up about creativity vs innovation. Very often these words are used interchangeably, but they really are different things, and both are important for your organization. Let me point out, though, that these are OUR definitions, based on readings we have […]

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Does Physical Exercise Make You Smarter?

Online learning

Maybe. Some studies of elementary school children a few years ago not only looked at their results on cognitive and complex memory tests after exercise, but also scanned their brains and measured different areas for development. What they found was the growth of important areas of the brain where critical and complex thinking occurs, with […]

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