Productivity
Out of character
If you want different outcomes, you have to try different behaviours.
What could you accomplish if you spoke up more in meetings or gave more honest feedback to your colleagues?
But change is scary. So challenge yourself to just one day a week when you behave differently - but in the direction of who you want to become.
Strategy
Sorry, we are closed
Want to understand the real value your company or services give to the world? Try this tactic from Strategy Tactics;
Imagine if you closed it all down tomorrow. Who would be inconvenienced or even hurt?
Providing the thing that would hypothetically be lost is your meaning.
Teamwork
Big and small
There’s nothing more discouraging than receiving feedback about the font in a project when you’re still working on the big idea.
To make feedback sessions more productive, specify what kind of opinions you’re looking for.
They will either be about the big things (the problem, the audience), or small things (fonts, colours).
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