April 29th, 2012
I just returned from the annual conference for the Society of Organizational Psychology. Conferences & Seminars always pose that challenge of fitting in time out of town on top of… everything else. But the result is always the same, we’re all happy we made the effort and the trip. So often we get caught up [...]
Tags: creative teams, endeavors, entertainment industries, everything, innovation, interviewees, minded colleagues, Organizational, organizational psychology, peers, presenting research, Psychology, psychology conferences, result, Seminars, Society, tad, time, way
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February 14th, 2012
Last night’s dinner conversation was intense. I was already tired after a long day of thinking intently about some challenges. I knew I had to get this one right in the moment though. It was a touchy subject and pensive discussion, one not to be taken lightly and all points of view needed to be [...]
Tags: admiration, amp, dinner conversation, gesture, inclusion, martin luther king, martin luther king jr, recess, savior, words music
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January 24th, 2012
Scorsese and Hugo, Lucas and Red Tails It’s really no surprise that both of these iconic film-makers have been all over the press of late, allowing us to see the intimate thoughts and frustrations with their own creative life struggles. So many aspects of our growing economy are changing the game. Big business is not [...]
Tags: Creative, creative life, creativity, dwarf trees, employee engagement, employee evaluation, evaluation, Fast, film business, Google, horticulturist, intimate thoughts, japanese art, management, management compensation, motivation, Press, risk, Risky, way
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January 5th, 2012
What have you learned & what’s left to give? I am not big on resolutions, mainly because I resolve to work on myself and help others do the same for pretty much 365 days per year, and I know I am certainly not alone. However, I do think that a new year marks a time [...]
Tags: 365 days, alterations, behavior, buy, days per year, dialogue, gambit, grand gestures, hype, life, moment, physical matter, position, prophecy, reflection, resolutions, small steps, taker, time, way
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November 3rd, 2011
Last week, famed Jungian Therapist James Hillman died. While Hillman was a Jungian Therapist, with mortal challenges of his own, he wrote and spoke often on the human process, power, and ultimately leadership. His approach was that of one we’d expect from a Jungian – focused on the outward behavioral expression of internal unconscious motivation. [...]
Tags: authentic leader, expression, hardest thing, heroics, inborn, Influence, james hillman, judgment, Jungian, jungian therapist, management, mortal, motivation, mystery, office environments, recognition, release mechanism, unconscious motivation, word manager, worker bee
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