Tag: Creativity

Leadership

Improving Cognitive Diversity in our Teams

Mike makes a great point about 100% agreement within our teams. When we start seeing an increase of 100% agreement on our point of view, it is time for us to do two things: 1. Stop sharing our point of view until every one on the team has shared their opinions, without in any way giving away where we are leaning towards. That way the teams can share their honest opinions rather than toe the line that we lean towards. This is critical to avoid group think and encourage diversity of thought. 2. Identify and give the role of a […]

Leadership

First Principles Based Leadership – Building our Systemic Awareness

Premise In this series of posts about First Principles Based Leadership, we have already covered the importance of and how to improve our self awareness, social awareness, cultural awareness and contextual awareness. In this post, we will explore the importance of systemic awareness and how can we continue to improve our ability to understand and be more aware of the systems within which we operate in. We live in a world where everything is inter connected. There is a system at every level of abstraction and these systems create the limits to our efficiency. Systems awareness refers to the ability to understand and identify the […]

Leadership

A Culture of Belonging

One of the primary responsibilities of a leader is to create a culture where our teams can feel that they belong and are part of a team. And we help them do that without them feeling the need to change who they really are. A culture where one can bring their full selves is a culture where creativity is abound and innovation thrives.

Leadership

Your Hidden Super Power

Superheroes emerge from a transformative inciting incident—this post equates such an occurrence with awakening “Curiosity,” a potential superpower. Touted as “Radical Applied Curiosity,” and envisioned for a hero called “The Common Man,” it’s an innate trait propelling humanity’s survival and innovation. The narrative urges rediscovery of curiosity through slowing down, noticing changes, experimenting, acting on insights, and gathering support. Its application to empathy, creativity, and innovation can lead to significant collective achievements, especially under curious leadership.