Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Photo by Okko Pyykko. Everyone knows critical thinking kills creativity. Suspending judgment in order to come up with new and unusual ideas is one of the sacred cows of the creativity movement. Everyone knows that instant judgment is the enemy of creativity. (Edward de Bono, Serious Creativity ). Judgment and creativity are two functions that cannot occur simultaneously.
Creative Think
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
Here's some amazing synergy! Gardeners know that when tomatoes and asparagus are planted together, they have a beneficial effect on one another. • Asparagus roots exude a chemical that kills many of the nematodes that either feed of tomato roots or carry diseases to the plant. • Tomatoes repel the asparagus beetle. Both plants do better when planted together!
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Penelope Trunk
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Asperger syndrome in the office: How I deal with sensory integration dysfunction Posted to: Diversity | Knowing yourself | Office Politics September 30th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook A lot of people ask me how I manage to keep a job when I have Asperger syndrome.
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
A few weeks ago I was due to run a workshop on Time Management for Creative People, based on my e-book of the same name. Normally, I arrive for presentations at least an hour early, to set everything up, deal with inevitable technical hitches and get in the right frame of mind for the session. Not this time. For once, the audience arrived at the venue before I did.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Photo by Leonski. Have you ever walked into an art gallery and thought "I could do better than that!" ? Or are you a contemporary art enthusiast, tired of hearing people criticise things they don't understand? Whichever side of the fence you're on, you're bound to have an opinion on the story of Paul O'Hare , a painter and decorator from Liverpool, UK, who was given just four weeks to transform himself into a fine artist and attempt to fool the critics at a London art gallery.
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Business is rewarding itself to death, according to Dan Pink. He's not just talking about 'fat cat' pay and bonuses. He's talking about something much more pervasive - and more destructive. In this recent TED Talk , Pink questions one of the fundamental assumptions underlying the way most businesses are managed. Here it is in a nutshell: Performance can be improved by offering rewards for good performance and penalties for bad performance.
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Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
cm 27 Mark McGuiness Interview from Creative Momentum on Vimeo. If you've ever wondered about the faces behind Lateral Action, one of them is revealed in this this video interview I recorded with Philip Patston , an entrepreneur, consultant and comedian from New Zealand. Philip is an experienced interviewer - his previous interviewees include creativity guru Sir Ken Robinson - and he asked me some great questions.
Lateral Action
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
Have you noticed there's an epidemic sweeping the globe? I'm not talking about swine flu. I'm talking about the wrong kind of ideavirus. The kind of negative thinking that's highly contagious - and highly dangerous. Fortunately, Lateral Action columnist Rajesh Setty has both the diagnosis and prescription in his latest book: Upbeat - cultivating the right attitude to thrive in tough times.
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