Brainstorming 2.0
Unlock your team’s idea generation potential with the art of brainstorming. Discover proven techniques like SCAMPER, brainwriting, constructive constraints and idea canvases to spark creativity on demand. Whether in the office or the arts, mastering brainstorming is the key to shaping the future of work.
Master Your Inner Monologue With The James Bond Rule
Have you ever paid attention to the tone of your inner voice? We all have one that chats with us throughout the day. Research shows the tone of voice we use directly affects our confidence just as much as what we say to ourselves. In this article, we dive into why this happens and how you can boost your confidence using "James Bond rule” to manage your inner monologue.
Preparing Knowledge Workers of the Future
The future of work is changing fast and knowledge workers who only execute tasks risk being left behind. This article explores how AI, demographic shifts, and new expectations are transforming what makes work valuable, and why learning to “hunt for problems” is now a career superpower. Discover the mindset shift leaders need to ignite innovation, initiative, and meaning in their teams.
Decision Phobia and How to Fix It
Studies reveal decision phobia affects half of experienced leaders and can paralyse an organisation. Where this takes root, innovation and risk taking become pipe dreams and leave businesses exposed. The solution isn’t to insist on more bravery, it’s to create the conditions where the risk of being wrong are minimised and the pursuit of making decisions the priority.
Problem solving under pressure
Problem solving under pressure can make the best of us struggle. It’s biological. What helps make better decisions under pressure is recognising the limitations of our minds when time is tight and the stakes are high and putting in place strategies that compensate for them. Prevention is the best cure when problem solving under pressure and fatigue.
Boredom is a burnout alarm
Human biologist and longevity expert Gary Brecka explains that “aging is the aggressive pursuit of comfort.” It’s a concept that’s not just true for our bodies, it’s a principle that also applies to the workplace.
Prolonged comfort at work leads to boredom, disengagement, and reduced productivity, while meaningful challenges boost skill development, innovation, and team performance.
The most engaged and innovative workplaces such as Pixar, Proctor & Gamble and restauranteur Heston Blumenthal make rotating opportunities, encouraging proactive problem-solving, and rewarding curiosity part of the way they work. They make purposely pursuing challenges part of the way they work. And it delvers results.
Use the power of a pause to speed up your creativity
When you're stuck, the instinct is to push harder. You think, “If I just work a little longer, maybe I’ll crack the code.” But here's the thing: the answer is often found in the pause, not in the grind. The pause—an intentional break—creates space for breakthrough thinking. Find out how Einstein, Nietzsche and J.K. Rowling used the power of pause to accelerate their creativity.
When the best way to give advice, is not to give advice
Narrative sharing is an alternative way of giving advice. Instead of offering direct solutions, the advice giver uses personal stories to address challenges or problems. It’s a subtle shift in how you deliver advice but has a much more impactful result. This article shows you how to use it.
How Dolly Parton stays focused and productive
Dolly Parton has written over 3,000 songs throughout her career, which spans more than six decades. She has three practices she’s internalised that enable her to stay in her creative zone and focused for longer.
How to stay motivated for longer
Dopamine is the brain's reward system, driving us to start and persevere with challenges and feel satisfied when we finish them. But here's the catch: it naturally decreases as we age—unless we take action. Here’s three ways to boost dopamine and stay motivated for longer.
Two factors that lead to high performance
Brendan Burchard’s book, High Performance Habits, is a #1 New York Times best seller. Brendan and his team conducted research with 30,000 people from 195 countries to arrive at two key factors that determine high performance over the long term. Click to see what they are.
How to become less scared of failure
Failure comes in three flavours says Amy Edmonson in her new book Right Kind of Wrong, basic failures, complex failures and intelligent failures. We are meant to make mistakes she argues. Learning about each of these types of failures will help you become less scared of them.
How US music producer Rick Rubin overcomes mental blocks
US music producer Rick Rubin shares a simple hack that has worked to help overcome mental blocks for himself and the musicians he’s worked with.
How dyslexia is a creative superpower
One in five people globally have dyslexia and most hide it from their employers out of fear of prejudice. Rather than a learning disorder, dyslexia can be a problem solving super power. Inside are three ways people with dyslexia can excel at solving complex problems and why you need them on your team.
Psychological safety in teams - why we need it and how to build it.
Google studied 180 teams to figure out what makes them click. Spoiler: It’s not about who’s on the team—it’s about how they work together. The secret? Psychological safety. This article shares four simple ways to build it.
How to choose the right solution
Sometimes, life throws us a choice: stick to your values and face short-term pain or take the easy way out and compromise what you stand for. The latter is tempting—it’s quick, convenient, and feels like a win in the moment. But the real reward comes when you choose the harder path.