Business and Cognitive Bias
Imagine a workplace where managers and coworkers viewed one another through a purely objective lens. Or where customer concerns were resolved without blame, judgment, or…
Category: Attitude
How Millennials are Reshaping Corporate Culture
According to recent research, millennials would be willing to give up $7600 of their annual salary to find a job where they felt they…
Why humility is important in Leadership
When I think back to my career and one of the most influential leaders in my history at work, it was an individual who practiced…
Resilience and Optimism as Leadership Competencies – Be Resilient and optimistic!
Two great competencies for an executive are resilience and optimism. Is that you? Are you a resilient executive? Because in order to be…
Key Leadership Traits: The ability to Take Risks
SHRM defined one of the most important competencies in leading organizations as taking risk. The ability to risk. Without question, we want to be conscious…
Leading Self: Developing Adaptability
Leadership Competencies is all about honing your ability to be adaptable, to be flexible. Today, I would say more than any other time, we are…
Three Characteristics Of A Winning Locker Room Culture
It’s no secret that Donald Trump’s reference to “locker room talk” during last year’s presidential campaign ignited a great deal of debate and social media…
Three ways we kill our creativity
I recently had the opportunity to take Cayden, my eight year-old grandson, to a hockey game. Fortunately for me he loves watching hockey as much as I do. As we walked into the arena, Cayden immediately noticed all the merchandise for sale. He asked the salesperson how much a “Number 33” jersey would cost, knowing that the price would far exceed his (or grandma’s) budget. He’d already pictured himself wearing one with pride, whether we attended a game or watched on TV. What he didn’t realize was the fact that I already had a “plan b” in the works to purchase one elsewhere. As we took our seats a few minutes later, Cayden said: “It’s OK, Grandma. You don’t have to worry about buying me a jersey. Santa is going to bring me one.” I savoured the moment, having no intentions of shattering Cayden’s imagination. Santa would deliver!
Sadly, for many of us, our curiosity and magical sense of wonder begins to diminish as we age. We become more risk-averse and find ourselves accepting the opinions of others who dismiss our ideas as foolish. In short, we kill our creativity in three specific ways: