Take A Minimalist Mindset Into 2024
From saying “no” with intention to timeboxing, here’s your guide to spending less time and energy on low-value activities.
Wednesday Work Hack: What Assumptions Do You Need to Question?
Simple shortcuts for better productivity and innovation.
Wednesday Work Hack: Can an Exit Sign Energize Your Next Brainstorm?
Simple shortcuts for better productivity and innovation.
Why Simple Wins: 55% of Companies Fall Short of EOY Goals
Insights From FutureThink CEO, Lisa Bodell
This Two-Word Phrase Turns Leaders Into Heroes
Manage emergencies while encouraging collaboration and respecting others’ time.
The Subtle Way To Ease People Toward Change
In workplaces where it’s tough to introduce new ways of thinking and responding, a proven strategy for building agility is to start small.
3 Tips for Successful Learning in the Flow of Work
The era of a full day of learning off-site vanished when working from home became the new normal.
How To Innovate Your Way Through COVID-19
by Lisa Bodell for ForbesWomen Recent research from Columbia Business School indicates that financial crises — like the one we’re presently living through — can be a source of great innovation. And while the definition of innovation often refers to breakthrough inventions, it also includes any new idea that brings value to your business and […]
To Survive 2020, Reverse Everything You Believe About Your Industry
by Lisa Bodell for ForbesWomen Despite the enormous challenges of this year, I’ve drawn inspiration from the industrial evolutions that are happening in real time. From the medical profession’s pivot to telemedicine and cars being sold through vending machines to the fashion industry’s embrace of 3-D tech and sustainability, tomorrow’s rules around how companies will create new products, serve customers […]
Stop Saying This Phrase To Activate Remote Creativity
by Lisa Bodell for ForbesWomen Thanks to Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and other members of The Second City theater, you’ve likely heard of the improvisational technique known as “Yes, and.” It asks actors to accept anything — no matter how absurd — that their fellow actor has said (“yes”) and then expand on their line of thinking (“and”). […]