Are you using your brain to its optimum capacity? What thinking skills should you develop? I read in Harvard Business Review that successful organizations of
Typically, we handle problems in a tried and true way that we’re comfortable with. We don’t even think we have a thinking style because it’s
What’s your thinking style? Just like we have personality preferences for introversion and extraversion, we also have preferred ways of thinking about a problem. There’s
As they share in their book, The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight and the Brain (Random House, 2015), psychology professors John Kounios and Mark
I’ve been exploring how leaders and managers can facilitate high performance in people through creative insights. Albert Einstein is reported to have said that if
How good are you at promoting creative insights among your team? What are you doing to prepare for the next five years? In the work
As a manager, how can you encourage creative insights? As I mentioned in my previous post, managers improve their peoples’ performance by reducing errors, but
Managers looking to boost team performance need to minimize mistakes without crushing creativity. Some bosses may inadvertently suppress people’s creative insights. While bragging about innovative,
An organization’s health is only as sound as its leader’s decisions. Some companies prosper from wise leadership directions, while others struggle after flawed choices—choices that
How a leader responds to adversity reveals how effective that leader truly is. Reactions to setbacks or crises not only test leadership character but define
Business is an active, demanding endeavor. Only those who consistently apply themselves succeed. Organizations that thrive require leaders who actively dream, plan, engage, solve, pursue,
Surveys and studies indicate global job dissatisfaction is at a two-decade high. Disengaged employees account for nearly 70 percent of the workforce, which significantly affects
