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Getting Ready for 2010: What Have You Been Saying?
A loyal reader pointed out recently that Brainzooming has become too unwieldy, making it tough to go back and find specific posts. One possibility is using the search function on each page to search for particular topics directly in Brainzooming arti...
What\'s He Doing?
Big shifts are taking place personally. They're sure to affect the direction and content on Brainzooming™, and it's appropriate to let you know what's happening.For the past five years, I've been working a personal branding plan designed to grow my...
Make Mistakes Week
Amid dramatic changes in my professional life, and Brainzooming™ in particular, I'm deliberately forcing myself into uncomfortable areas necessitating rapid development of previously underused skills.Understanding the importance of diving in and no...
A Brainzooming Creativity Manifesto
Getting Ready for This!
Today includes a lunch presentation at the Fort Hays State University Business and Leadership Symposium. The presentation title is "Getting Ready for This," and it focuses on six vital success competencies for graduates coming into the workplace amid...
A Career-Changing Business Quote - 10 Years Later
“Forecasters who extrapolate from today inevitably get tomorrow wrong…(but) by pitting multiple scenarios of the future against one another and leaving many different doors open, you can prepare yourself for a future that is inherently unpredicta...
So You Wanna Write Something? Become a Brainzooming Guest Author
One objective emerging for the Brainzooming blog is to create a place for cool creative and strategic thinkers to share perspectives. It's always great to have new and different voices on Brainzooming, and it's very humbling to see the number of grea...
What Has Social Media Done for Me? Plenty
A January post highlighted the plan to broaden Brainzooming through social media. Specific tactics included Twitter, capturing story ideas with Flip video, and participating elsewhere online.Since many readers have asked, here's a progress update: th...
Off-Blog Brainzooming
Beyond sharing creativity, innovation, and strategic thinking ideas here on the Brainzooming blog, I've had several opportunities recently to be involved with other channels to get ideas out. These are free and available for all of you to download!"F...
Brainzooming – Re-think Your Challenge
Here’s a 3-step approach when you’re stuck for a viable solution to a challenge:State the assumptions being made about the challenge.Specifically remove each assumption, one at a time.Ask and answer, “Without that assumption in place, what new ...
Time Is Always Short
Reviews in Delta Airline's in-flight publication used to end with a section called ITIS. Within the reviews, this portion called out one particular chapter to read or song to listen to "If Time Is Short."It's a cool idea. Yet, who remembers the last ...
Creative Quickie Report Out - Here's How I Helped Someone Creatively
Everybody received an assignment Friday morning: look for someone to help with a creative challenge over the weekend and then comment here to create the Monday Creative Quickie post. Take this as a subtle reminder of your assignment and an introducti...
World Creativity and Innovation Week - Asking a Question to Spur “InYESvation”
Even amid positive energy from activities during World Creativity and Innovation Week, we all may experience times when we become self-destructive to our innovative instincts by telling ourselves, “No, I can’t _____________.” You can fill in th...
Everybody Must Get Stoned on High Velocity Radio
It was a pleasure to do a segment Monday on High Velocity Radio with hosts Stone Payton and Lee Kantor talking about a variety of innovation topics. I met Stone initially via Twitter back in January, and appearing on Stone's show was part of the priz...
Brainzooming - Coming to Your New Senses
PBS recently aired a September 2008 performance of George Gershwin's music featuring the Nashville Symphony. The show's closing piece was "Rhapsody in Blue," perhaps Gershwin's most well-known piece. I've enjoyed the song for a long time but never ha...
Random Inputs Week
Speaking and travel are both great sources of inspiration for blog topics. Twitter has become another one as well. This week, we'll feature posts inspired through each of these sources.Brainzooming - Being Perceived as a Strategic LeaderLast Thursday...
Brainzooming - Get Out of the Office
Don’t believe great ideas and fun are intertwined?Here’s a quote from Parade Magazine by John Kirhoffer, the challenge producer for each of Survivor’s 17 seasons: “My team and I go surfing in the morning before work – we call it ‘board me...
Let Other People Talk Week - Quotes and Links from Twitter
Wrap up for "Let Other People Talk" week features a few more quotes and links on various Brainzooming-oriented topics, nearly all from Twitter.Quotes@CynthiaY29: "Creativity takes courage." Henri Matisse@artrox: Charles Handy "The modern economies wi...
Let Some Other People Talk Week - Go Read This Great Article!
This article on reactionary marketing appeared one day when I was ranting on this topic several times. Maybe that's why it struck such a nerve. It is on Karlyn Morisette's blog, and although her focus is higher education, most business people should ...
Brainzooming - 1 Great Way to Get Lots of Expert Help
Need a quick injection of diverse perspectives?Take advantage of the Q&A feature in LinkedIn. You can post questions under a myriad of topics for other members of LinkedIn to comment on, usually from their personal expertise.Additionally, take ad...
Brainzooming - Have You Tried a ‘Not’ Definition?
It can be a challenge defining what your business brand is. This is particularly true if you’re trying to work through possible definitions in a group setting. In these situations, there’s often a tendency to suppose a brand can stand for everyth...
Picking Up on Hints From Twitter
I’m a contemplator and planner by nature, trying to figure out all potential angles first. It’s who I am.When starting the blog, however, Kathryn Lorenzen, a wonderful career coach (trust me – contact her), suggested diving in more aggressively...
