Category Archives: Creativity

Feb
19
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A few months ago while helping a couple of friends career hunt, I came up with an idea that I feel can help stand leaders out amongst the crowd. It’s called the Idea Sheet and it’s purpose is to help career seekers the chance to showcase their proactive and creative thinking skills. I’ll be totally upfront that this is still just an idea and I have no proof that it’s worked yet, but I’m hoping one of you curious leaders out there gives it a...
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Feb
13
Puzzle
This past weekend I found myself in an interesting conversation about Apartheid. While I didn’t know much about it, I had the privilege to listen to someone who experienced it first hand. As they explained their struggles facing the government enforced racial segregation, it made me think of how nice I’ve had it being brought up in Canada. As I reflected more on the story and the issue in general I began to see something interesting. Is it just me, or does...
Posted in Connection, Creativity |
Feb
10
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We live in a very competitive society. The mindset ‘anything you can do I can do better’ has drifted us off the track of what it means to be truly competitive. You see when you compete against someone else, what are you really accomplishing? It’s like another form of an argument, where you focus on being ‘right’ and proving the other person/business ‘wrong’. You get 100 points for the pride, but nothing else is often...
Posted in Creativity, Leadership, Marketing |
Nov
18
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When I was younger I liked to consider myself a ‘rebel.’ I always liked to ‘break the rules.’ Why? Well I didn’t want to fit in. I wanted to stand out! I wanted to show everyone I was a rebel. Here’s the thing. Rules are put in place for a reason. They are there to make things WORK. A real rebel plays by the rules and gets creative within them. What do I mean? Let’s use cars on the road as an example. There are the rules of the...
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