Why your boss ignores your ideas
Is it because they are set in their ways, or because they can’t do much about the idea in the first place? Continue Reading
Ideation
Solo brainstorming and idea-stripping (oh my)
How to be better at the process of getting to the idea in the right way. Continue Reading
How do we foster trust in new ideas?
This is important personally and professionally, and perhaps now more than ever. Continue Reading
Ideation process might have a basic secret sauce
Borrowing a page from the Malcolm Gladwell playbook. Continue Reading
Get better ideas: Maybe lessen your own ego, yea?
Mostly-logical advice from rich people. Continue Reading
Idea generation is all about persistence
Idea generation would seem to be a pretty big topic in the working world, right? You can argue that ‘no original ideas are left’ — that’s definitely true in content marketing, baby! — or you can argue that the only… Continue Reading
Managers judge new ideas poorly. So what do we do?
Take these two concepts and think about them: Harry Potter, maybe the most successful film + book franchise of the last 20-50 years, comes from JK Rowling experiencing ‘loads’ of rejections before she got a publisher. The main way we set… Continue Reading
How to improve the bottom line with employee ideas
I’ve worked for a lot of senior leaders who seem to hold a belief that the company’s success comes at the expense of its employees, not as a result of their work. What do I mean by that? It’s a common attitude that rank-and-file… Continue Reading