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RSS Creativity: Routines, Systems, Spontaneity
Not just a single process, creativity is really a series of interlocking activities. A look at how to lay the groundwork for your "aha!" moment.
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Treat Your Meetings to a Little QA
What is it about gathering a group of employees that sends otherwise well-oiled machines into epic failure mode? We seek a better way to organize meetings…
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Beware of Reactionary Workflow
As our penchant for over-communication makes reaching "Inbox Zero" increasingly unlikely, we look at some key ways to combat "reactionary workflow."
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Reduce Your Level of Insecurity Work
It's easy to fall into a pattern of incessantly checking business-related stats to soothe our anxieties. But how much data tracking is too much?
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Lessons from Improv #4: Establish Context Quickly
Of all the improv games and exercises we learned, the ‘three-line scene’ was perhaps the most enlightening. The takeaway? Context is everything.
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Meet Until You're Weak in the Knees
Productivity comes to a grinding halt when meetings happen, which is why it's important to measure them with action steps--and to keep them short.
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10 Realizations For Productivity & Making Ideas Happen
We've distilled years of research into ten tips for super-charging productivity and turning your ideas into action.
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Focus on Results, Not Time
More hours spent at the office doesn't necessarily mean more things accomplished. We look at shifting the perspective from clock-time to results-time.
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Supervising Productivity
Instilling accountability is crucial for moving ideas forward, but Big Brother-ish supervision can quash creativity. We look at finding the balance.
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Advertise Action to Yourself
Your time is precious currency, and there are many other activities
competing for your attention. How are you going to advertise action to yourself?
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Making Reference Items Helpful
Many of us spend too much time organizing and storing notes. We take a look at what references are really useful and how to organize them.
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Our Action Addiction
After years of research, we developed the Action Method, a simple and easily customized method for managing projects. Then we became the guinea pigs.
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