How Do You Solve Problems?
10 January 2017
Eden took a FourSight innovation assessment and learned about the way she likes to solve problems and how her preferences can impact group dynamics.
What We're Reading Now
Entries tagged with: Creativity
Storytelling and Creativity
31 January 2017
Janie read Maurice Sendak on Storytelling, Creativity, and the Eternal Child in Each of Us: His Marvelous Forgotten 1970 Conversation with Studs Terkel and reflected on the link between children’s literature and creativity.
The Creativity Muscle
16 May 2017
Eden read Want to Be Creative on Purpose? Schedule It by Carl Richards and reconsidered what it means to be creative.
Lessons in Creativity, Candor, and Failure from Pixar’s Founder
21 November 2017
Barbara read Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Edwin Catmull. It turns out that being willing to fail and fail quickly without feeling embarrassment is the one of the best ways to tap into creativity. (Thoughtful candor from team members you trust helps, too.)
Confidence + Creativity
19 December 2017
Eden read Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All by David Kelley and Tom Kelley and learned that creative confidence isn’t just for “creative types.”
Dream Big Like Stan Lee
4 December 2018
Janie read What Stan Lee Knew About Managing Creative People by Sydney Finkelstein and enjoyed learning more about the man behind some of her favorite superheroes.
How to Be a Better Remote Worker
7 May 2020
Janie read several articles about working from home, considered the best practices Rachel has shared with us at Allison Partners, and pondered discussions with her teammates about things we can do to be better remote workers.
Problem Solving with Six Thinking Hats
13 April 2021
Larissa read Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono and learned a new tool to help her see problems from different perspectives.
Are You Bored? It Might Be a Good Thing.
16 August 2022
Barbara read How to be Creative by Matt Richtel and was reminded that tolerance for boredom allows new ideas to occur. She’s learning to endure some boredom while also creating enough structure and connection in her life to feel satisfied.
Look Away: Maybe It Is Rude To Stare
31 January 2023
Last week Geof read a study in the April 2022 issue of Nature about virtual collaboration. Video conferencing is a convenient way to connect that is infinitely more personal than the old conference calls. However, some of the rules of etiquette may limit video conferencing’s role in more divergent thinking.
Imagining Possibilities
25 April 2023
Janie read Imaginable: How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything—even things that seem impossible today by Jane McGonigal and practiced using her imagination and reflecting on what’s possible.
Creative Expression Can Give You Grief Relief
1 August 2023
Barbara read Grief and the Power of Creative Expression on the Hospice Basics website and learned why she has wanted to paint over thirty 9 x 12 canvas boards and five larger stretched canvases during the last year.
Comfort Through Creativity
24 October 2023
Allison read her Mama’s blog post on how Creative Expression Can Give You Grief Relief and slowly figured out what forms of creativity are the right ones for her grief journey.
More Good Words
21 May 2024
Rachel read The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig and savored all sorts of new ways to describe many universal yet difficult-to-describe sensations.
Practicing Hard Empathy
18 June 2024
Janie revisited Imaginable: How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything—even things that seem impossible today by Jane McGonigal and was captivated by the concept of hard empathy.
Colors Can Lift Your Spirits
27 August 2024
Barbara listened to the podcast Friday Fix: Surprising Ways Colors Affect How You Feel and Behave by Amy Morin, LCSW and was comforted to know other people feel as passionately about color as she does.
Seeing the Invisible Things
10 September 2024
Rachel practiced using Invisible Things by Andy J. Pizza and Sophie Miller as a tool for surfacing the unsaid, exploring the unknown, and having some fun.
