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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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Strive for the IKEA Effect
Instilling a do-it-yourself ethos in your team, and even your customer base, can encourage ownership and engagement.
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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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Lessons from Improv #3: Failing Is Good
As we learned from Kimmy Gatewood, the importance of failure is one of the most valuable lessons improv comedy has to offer.
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Lessons from Improv #2: Let Ideas Happen
We like plans. They make us feel comfortable. Yet, improv teaches that we must always remain open to new ideas--and maybe to scrapping that plan.
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Lessons from Improv: Create Inertia
In this first installment in our four-part series on the lessons to be learned from improv comedy, we learn about the power of fearless momentum.
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Actually Make Something
For teams focused on long-term projects, tangible products can provide a measurable jolt of motivation.
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Pressure Can Push Good Ideas Forward
When you share your goals
broadly, you risk "failing" in the eyes of those you respect. However,
ideas never happen in isolation.
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Care for Chemistry Before People
Hiring great people is important. But we don't work in a vacuum. Tending to the chemistry of your team is crucial for long-term success.
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Taking A Team’s Temperature
The chemistry of a creative team is absolutely critical for making ideas happen. Yet when a problem is brewing, our tendency is often to block it out.
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Think Inside a Self-Constructed Box
When we generate ideas, we’re told to 'think outside the box.' But it turns out a little bit of structure goes a long way in brainstorming sessions.
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Silence the Creative Visionary!
Visionary leaders run the risk of overriding the ideas of the brilliant people around them. Sometimes, restraint is needed when engaging a team.
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