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Time management for creative people

16 January 2008

 

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Mark McGuinness has collected a bunch of his best posts into one free ebook and has some additional time management  resources here. I found the book filled with valuable time management insights. Given the pressures leaders have on their time, Mark’s time management practices are extremely useful. I case you don’t want [...]

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Are you traveling without a map?

15 July 2007

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Jeffrey Phillips of Innovate on Purpose wrote an interesting post traveling without a map, in the post he talks about innovation and the importance of knowing where you’re going two topics that are central to leadership…

“… it is sort of like traveling without a map. If you don’t know where you are going, [...]

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5 Principles of Innovation

28 January 2007

The Center for Creative Leadership highlights the following 5 principles that form the essence of innovation. They describe principles as:
the fundamental, timeless laws that underlie the methods and techniques used for innovation. While principles are timeless, specific methods will be used and adapted over time as the situation demands.
There are five principles that give life [...]

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The Ten Principles of Permanent Innovation

18 October 2006

InnovationLabs, an innovation consultancy, has published a new book called Permanent Innovation by Langdon Morris, this new book takes the following approach to innovation:
“Innovation is the process of creating new ideas and turning them into new business value. Permanent Innovation is the process of doing it continuously, by developing an organizational culture that embraces innovation [...]

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How to Keep Your Innovation System Alive and Well

29 June 2006

Innovation is a priority for organisations today, Joyce Wycoff details “The Big Ten Innovation Killers and How to Keep Your Innovation System Alive and Well” (hat tip to Be Excellent).
The top ten reasons for innovation failure

Not creating a culture that supports innovation
Not getting buy-in and ownership from business unit managers
Not having a widely understood, system-wide [...]

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10 Rules for Innovators

8 April 2006

Talentism has a great post, “10 Rules for Innovators“, I found them to be useful, the 10 rules are:

Innovation Starts with “And”: All innovation starts with the word “And.” If you really want to innovate, take two statements that can’t possibly go together and join them with “and.” Like “Jump off a high cliff” and [...]

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The Creative Processes

10 December 2005

An interesting post titled Notes on Making Art offers the following insights into the creative process:

Quality through quantity. Don’t get hung up on making this one piece good — make ten and one will certainly be pretty good.
Do NOT mix generating and editing. When you’re making a piece, don’t stop and get judgmental half-way through. [...]

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Life is about Creating Momentum!

24 October 2005

Life is about creating and sustaining momentum. Think about it, anything worthwhile, be it personal development, business development or relationships takes time. Nothing of substance is created without persistence and an investment in time. We live in an instant world with instant coffee and even instant cash. Everything else, requires a commitment, persistence [...]

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Time: The Number 1 Barrier to Organisational Creativity

4 October 2005

As part of a masters degree, a research project, initiated by Wayne Morris to identify the factors that enable organisational creativity, found the number 1 hinderance to organisational creativity is TIME! The survey found that:
More respondents raised the issue of time as the most important factor with regard to enhancing organisational creativity than any [...]

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