Break Bad Patterns by Taking Your Errors to Heart
Being right is nice, but we learn more when we're wrong. Conduct an "annual errors review" this year to identify negative patterns and break them.
Productivity Tie-Breaker: How Will You Feel Afterwards?
Should you push a major creative project forward, or answer that nagging email? Psychological tricks for making better decisions about your work priorities.
Staying Strong Under Stress
How to keep a clear head and act as your best self when stress is trying to bring out the worst in you.
Making Big Decisions and Mastering the Consequences
It's natural to worry before making a big decision, but how much "due dilligence" is too much? We examine the pros (and cons) of looking before you leap.
How To Break Through Bureaucracy To Keep Projects Moving
Want to break through the bureaucracy that's stifling innovation at your company? Start by asking the right questions - and lots of them.
Don't Overthink It: 5 Tips for Daily Decision-Making
Indecisiveness is a productivity killer. We look at the science of decision-making, and how you can make better choices.
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Decision-Making
Don’t Decide Until Decision Time
Ever sent an email you immediately wanted to take back? Agreed to do a project and later regretted it? Some pointers on how to avoid bad decisions.
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Decision-Making
Battling the Half-Life of Idea Execution
Is launching a new idea the same thing as "finishing" it? A reflection on the challenges of nurturing our ideas when the novelty has worn off.
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.
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.
Send Ideas to the Graveyard
Most ideas are like bad relationships: you know you have to move on but the idea of letting go seems too unbearable to handle.
