25 Rules for a Perfect Brainstorm | InnovationManagement.
A nicely structured article that touches on how to organize a brainstorming session. From planning to hiring cartoonists that will display ideas in a visual-friendly way, it’s all in there.
One practice that was not mentioned in the article and can lead to a better session is to have a warmup brainstorm before the actual session. Take a fun topic and allow 15-20 min for people to get in the idea generation mood. Continue reading
the meaning of this verse from Andrea Bocelli is “and to shine, you must win, and so you will win.”
I remember a friend telling me that, unlike other people that are learning from their mistakes, he prefers to learn from successes.
In this article by Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D., she says “Serotonin is released when you feel on top. Serotonin feels calming because being on top brings security in the state of nature. We look for ways to feel on top because the serotonin feels good. That’s not nice, you may think, but there are so many healthy ways to feel on top. Putting yourself below others leaves you in a low-serotonin funk. “
via Winning and shining are the same word in Latin: vincere | Psychology Today.
Some excerpts bellow from an article recently read. Also to test some WP functions :p
Business analytics software company SAS was recently named the best place to work for the second year running according to Fortune’s list of the 100 best companies to work for. Why are SAS employees so happy with their jobs? Continue reading
Jumping thorough Learning and Development forums these days, I’ve come across a question about Gallup’s Q12 employee engagement survey.
As some commentators pointed out, it offers a snapshot of the context at work. A more thorough survey may be needed to have solutions to the points that Gallup’ Q12 reveals.
Meanwhile, here are the questions:
The law of the instrument states that sometimes we rely only on the things we know how to use very well, or on ideas we are extremely sure of. Doing this, we dismiss any alternative and we only have a mono judging-system.
Abraham Maslow said “It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.” Continue reading
Such a great advice I received this evening: if you want to improve on a language, be the one that sets the pace. It’s easy to have a conversation in English, but if you want to learn French, try it with every opportunity. And do it over and over again, until the other person understands that you do want the conversation to stay in French, even though you have difficulty speaking it.
Adrian Dobre 