Category: Thoughts
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A Sunset & A Sunrise
As many of you may or may not know, my time at 10up (now Fueled) came to an unceremonious end back in late June as I was a part of another round of layoffs at the organization I’d given so much to for the past 10+ years. While I worked to find my next landing…
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Think Like a Designer
Unlock your exhaustive mind’s true potential by learning to “think like a designer”. This human-centered approach transforms overthinking into a superpower, guiding your thoughts toward innovation. Embrace empathy, prototyping, and strategic testing to solve problems effectively and drive success in every aspect of your life.
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Unlocking Your Inner Superpower
Is your exhaustive mind a burden or a superpower? I believe it’s the latter. By embracing your constant thoughts and channeling them strategically through analogy, intersection, and patience, you can transform overthinking into a powerful tool for innovation and success in life and work.
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We All Want Something
Navigating daily interactions reveals that negotiation extends beyond high-stakes scenarios to every exchange. Understanding human agendas, utilizing frameworks like Maslow’s Hierarchy, and recognizing the importance of vulnerability can foster collaboration. By embracing these insights and a comprehensive mindset, we can transform negotiations into opportunities for mutually beneficial outcomes and deeper connections.
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10 Principles for Effective Innovation in Client Work
Working in the world that we do, we hear terms like innovation and strategy quite often. I want to take some time to look at innovation, with the help of some resources used in post-graduate coursework I was challenged with completing. The course was titled Leading Innovation, and we discussed an article by Diego Rodriguez…
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Small Steps, Big Results: The Power of Action
In my last post I mentioned the importance of self-awareness which can be guided by a manifesto. While I dive deeper into his in my manuscript, here I wanted to also share an abridged version which I think of in my ancestral Choctaw language to give you this: Aloshumo hosh tahli ahni – “With great…
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