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/// 1. The process of harnessing your creative energy to achieve maximum productivity and impact. Behance has found that the most effective organizational methods for individuals and teams are simple, attractive, and accessible (anytime, anywhere).

Action Method I: Breaking Projects into Primary Elements

Working with a "bias toward action" is central to productive creativity. In this tip series, we offer an in-depth intro to Behance's own Action Method.…

The Key to Creating Remarkable Things

What is the one simple change you can make to vastly improve your creative output? It starts with aligning your focus with your real priorities…

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.

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…

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."

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?

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.

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.

10 Realizations For Productivity & Pushing Ideas Forward

We've distilled years of research into ten tips for super-charging productivity and turning your ideas into action.

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.

Supervising Productivity

Instilling accountability is crucial for moving ideas forward, but Big Brother-ish supervision can quash creativity. We look at finding the balance.

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?