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Why Leaders Encourage Transformational Leadership in 2021

Vantage Circle

They help employees to perform in ways that create meaningful change. Netflix started as a mail-order DVD service and is now a multi-billion-dollar subscription-based entertainment service. It is also about creative thinking and problem-solving skills. Their corresponding styles can all inspire different outcomes.

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Don’t Try to Be Original

Lateral Action

By the time my partner and I took the stage, we'd watched several other couples perform. As I sat there, watching scene after witty, amusing, entertaining scene, I couldn't help feeling anxious: What am I going to say? The harder you try to be original, funny or entertaining, the more unoriginal, stilted and boring you become.

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Are You Fit Enough to Sit in Front of a Computer All Day?

Lateral Action

In his book Brain Rules , molecular biologist John Medina reports on a research investigation into the effects of exercise on cognitive performance, using a sample of 10,000 British civil servants between the age of 35 and 55. Those with low levels of physical activity were more likely to have poor cognitive performance.

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

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Robert Stickgold associate professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School “Creativity is fostered by a particular, if poorly understood, brain state. It often seems to be induced when you feel under pressure to perform and at the same time free to let your mind wander. No, not everyone is creative.

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How Getting Nothing Done Can Make You More Productive

Lateral Action

It also means no TV, radio, Internet, mobile phone, or entertainment of any kind. As someone who had always performed well academically, and taken a certain pride in intellectual accomplishment, this was a surprising experience. The schedule and rules are designed to minimise not just fun and distractions but also productive activity.

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Seven notes for unlocking creativity in the workplace.

Charles Leon

Employees surveyed said that upper management rarely encouraged creative and flexible thinking, particularly if it might upset or disrupt existing ways of doing things. Creative thinking and systems thinking are not necessarily incompatible. Top performers are: · More likely to make rapid decisions.

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The Crucial Difference Between Creativity and Innovation

Lateral Action

In other words, it’s no use sitting around dreaming up fantastic ideas unless you’re prepared to do the hard work of making things happen.