Adapted from, Intersections: Four Deliberate Actions That Help You Create Solutions And Achieve Results. Dave Fleming. c. 2017. Coaching is Your Friend Golf swings, musical instruments, exercise regimens and hundreds of other activities. It's no big deal to get coaching for any of them. You're not a failure if you do, get coaching. You're seen [...]
The Universe. The human brain. The Grand Canyon. Any of the world's oceans. Quantum Physics. -- The things above deserve to be described as, "awesome." They fit the definition and spirit of the word. Here's one generally agreed upon definition of "awesome." exhibiting or marked by awe; showing reverence, admiration, or fear. When [...]
Adapted from the book, Tribal Alchemy: Mining Your Team's Collective Ingenuity. c. 2016. Dave Fleming. Explore and evaluate combinations of ideas through divergent and convergent thinking In order to be successful, your team needs to consistently create real-time solutions and results. The solutions you need come, in part, from insights you generate through your [...]
Here are three leader actions that infuse ingenuity into execution. Listen below. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/308980359" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" iframe="true" /]
Ever been in a meeting where someone “reacts emotionally?” Ever been that person? Of course…we both witnessed these relations and been the “reactor.” But, these moments are often full of possibility. Here’s a tip that can help you turn an emotional reaction into a more ingenious moment. Listen at soundcloud: [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/308031796" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="450" [...]
This is an excerpt from the upcoming e-program entitled, Intersections: Four Deliberate Interactions That Infuse Ingenuity Into Your Mission. The four intersections are: hiring talent, onboarding to the party, coaching for continuous improvement and correcting for change. In this excerpt, we explore scaffolding a new hire. Scaffolding is also important at the coaching and correcting intersections. But here [...]
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Adapted from my book, Tribal Alchemy: Mining Your Team's Collective Ingenuity. (2016). Dave Fleming. A Tribal Alchemy Resource. The “I’s” Matter When I was growing up, there was a game in my house that I loved to play. It consisted of a round plastic plate, on top of which were approximately 15 individual plastic, bubble-like [...]
Close your eyes and picture an intersection. Make it one that you either walk or drive through on a regular basis. Got it? Now try and put yourself at the moment where you intersect with others. Imagine that you’re walking down the street— or driving in your car. The intersection, with all the people and [...]