Tag Archive | "creativity"
Creative
Lately, I’ve been in high interview mode. Anyone who has been through an interview knows about the amount of time it takes to properly research and prepare for the meeting. In my case, I had a "performance interview" on Monday, which automatically increases the prep time exponentially. For this performance interview for a corporate trainer [...]
Creative, Life
There has been a true lack of blogging activity on my part lately. Perhaps its the weather and the knowledge that spring is so close to being here. I’m ready for the transition to warmth. Unfortunately, it still feels so far away. As I write, my thermometer tells me that it’s 38 degrees F outside [...]
Creative
Chris Corrigan at Open Space has a fantastic post from a week ago called Values, tools and authentic facilitation. What immediately pulled me into the post was this:
Work as practice. And by practice I mean something akin to a spiritual practice, whereby one undertakes a life of value and meaning through living in a particular [...]
Career, Creative
I absolutely adore Kathy Sierra and her thinking. I have to admit sometimes I’m afraid to visit her blog Creating Passionate Users because I know I’m going to have to think deeply and maybe, just maybe have to rethink some assumptions.
So, on this beautiful, but cold Virginia Saturday morning, I visit and find another thought-provoking [...]
Career, Creative, Life
I’m not sure how I happened to discover Charlie Badenhop and Seishindo.org, but it’s one of those wonderful surprises that life presents you. I subscribe to his e-newsletter, Pure Heart, Simple Mind, and eagerly look forward to each issue. If you want to be treated to some truly soulful writing that gets to the heart [...]
Creative, Media
One of the creative habits I’m reinstituting is waking up early each morning as the sun rises and reading in the yellow, cheerful sunroom of my home. I used to do this each workday morning, but somehow I allowed myself to get away from it. Too bad, because now I remember how the act of [...]
Creative, Life, Media
One of the really cool fringe benefits of being a dad is getting to read great stories to my girls. One book that Leah (my oldest) and I share as a favorite is The Chicken Sisters by Laura Numeroff. It’s about three sisters – one who loves to bake, one who loves to knit, and [...]
Creative, Work
The Creating Passionate Users blog has been a favorite destination for me this week. A couple of days ago, Kathy Sierra posted an entry called Be Brave or Go Home. She argues that when it comes to developing products and services, being provocative and taking risks is the key to success. Going safe is a [...]
Creative, Life
I’m in the process of cleaning and organizing my home office. Today, I rediscovered a poem that I used to have posted to my wall a couple of jobs back. It was sent to me by my wife and expresses a romanticism and beauty that continues to haunt me.
Morning by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The mist has [...]
Career, Creative, Life
The idea of creating balance in our lives is a popular one, but for the most part, I think it is unsustainable and unrealistic. It’s not a balancing act between just two variables of "work" and "life" – it’s far more complex than that. Rather than a teeter-totter image, think about a circus performer who [...]
