Covid-19 restrictions are still around. Rather than keeping these limitations in mind, now can be a good time to focus on what’s possible. There are especially five things in which the timing is great. Some might be less so when we finally return to our desks, so use your home office time wisely! 1. Expand … Continue reading 5 tips for staying on top of your game from home office
Here’s a few tips to get the most out of online meetings. In these Corona virus times, those of us who can work from home is increasingly depending on online meetings. A big problem is that this remote setting tends to distance us from the meeting itself. Getting people to pay full attention in any … Continue reading Virtual meetings: How to engage your team
This is my favorite problem solving exercise for teams. You only need 1 hour! Our fast paced work lives often demand getting to the solutions quicker, without spending weeks getting there. The company AJ&Smart is behind the “Lightening Decision Jam” workshop video, explaining how it effectively can “define problems, generate and prioritize ideas and then … Continue reading The problem solving super tool
In a group setting, there’s a basic psychological need to make sense of each other in relation to one self. Team diversity therefore poses challenges to group interaction and synergy. Van Knippenberg and Schippers propose to look at group diversity as two perspectives (2007). First, the information perspective looks at diversity at broadening the pool … Continue reading A note on team diversity
Turns out there’s more to vacations than just relaxation. Not surprisingly, going on holiday allows us to use our brains differently. We’re not in the surroundings of our offices, and we get other views and experiences. In addition, we often learn new things by getting familiar with new places and persons – or simply through … Continue reading Boost your creativity with more vacation
“While innovation exists on an organizational level, the level of creativity is individual”, noted Oldham and Cummings in 1996. Although there has traditionally been a focus on individuals within creativity, the term is to a growing extent placed within a collective setting (Nijstad and Paulus 2003; Kurtzberg and Amabile 2016). Nevertheless, King asserted that while … Continue reading A little geeky note on creativity
Regardless of business area, getting information and knowledge across is key. But it can be tricky. How do you know if the people in need of it actually gets it? And what messages do they actually need? In larger firms, staff are often placed within their area of expertise. A person belonging to the legal … Continue reading Why you need “brokers” in any company
Attract and retain the part of the workforce who largely aligns company goals with their own. Research shows that employees who perceive their company to have a ”strong sense of purpose” also report high levels of company satisfaction. Amongst Millennial workers, this seems to be of outmost importance. According to Deliotte’s Millennial Survey of 2015, the … Continue reading Don’t just give them a paycheck – give them a purpose!
Imagine a judge sentencing someone to prison and afterwards saying: “I just went with my hunch”. Jaws would drop to the floor. And in this case, and line of work, you’re supposed to back up your decisions and conclusions with systematic analysis and conscious thought. In fact, in most professions this is what you’re supposed to … Continue reading Why you should trust your gut in complex decision making
The creative class. He calls it “the rise of the creative class”. American economist and social scientist Richard Florida means that people working within the creative industries are the key driving force to future economic development. And this class is not only comprising designers and people in the advertising industry; it encompasses jobs “whose economic … Continue reading – Creativity is the new economy
