IS GETTING THERE FAST REALLY THAT IMPORTANT?
Giving and receiving feedback is hard. Despite good intentions, we can hurt others and feel discouraged by others. Words are powerful.
I’ve experienced this myself—and continue to do so. While I love collecting feedback as a way to help me improve, I’ve also had “moments” when feedback makes me feel attacked or hugely misunderstood. I intellectually know I shouldn’t take it personally, and focus on the objective learning opportunity. But I always wonder how we can be more graceful in the way we give and receive feedback.
RETHINK RESILIENCE
For many of us, it’s been one year since COVID turned our workplaces (and our homes) upside down.
Recently I found myself reflecting on how we as a company have responded to this emotionally and economically challenging time:
What have we learned?
Where can we improve?
How have we been resilient?
THE ART OF GIVING AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK
Giving and receiving feedback is hard. Despite good intentions, we can hurt others and feel discouraged by others. Words are powerful.
I’ve experienced this myself—and continue to do so. While I love collecting feedback as a way to help me improve, I’ve also had “moments” when feedback makes me feel attacked or hugely misunderstood. I intellectually know I shouldn’t take it personally, and focus on the objective learning opportunity. But I always wonder how we can be more graceful in the way we give and receive feedback.
RETHINK GOALS
Dear Friends –
Every year, as I move through the month of January, I experience silent moments of panic, “How did I already reach this point of the month without making more progress on my goals?”
I start to become more aware of all the things that will be hard to accomplish, the changes I still need to make, and the things that are still not clear despite my best intentions. I start to rethink the promises I made to myself.
THANK YOU 2020. HELLO 2021.
Dear Friends,
Take a moment to imagine this with me:
It’s 2030. We’re catching up over a yummy meal complete with a perfect summer breeze and a magnificent sunset. As we dip into our desserts, somehow, we’re reminded of 2020. We start to talk about how we felt, what we remember, and what we overcame.
RETHINKING SUCCESS
Dear Friends –
As we move into the quiet reflection of the holiday season, I invite you to take a few moments to reconnect with your true purpose, and reflect on what the start of 2021 means for you.
It’s so important, now more than ever, to:
CELEBRATING 5 YEARS OF RETHINKING CREATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE
Humbled. Grateful. Inspired.
This is how I sum up our 5 year journey together.
I started InnovatorsBox with a simple but vital question driven by my own experiences:
How can we create, innovate, and thrive at work?
PEOPLE WHO MAKE ME RETHINK EVERYTHING…
The first time I heard the quote “we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with” I loved it! It reminded me how important it is to surround myself with those who believe in me and challenge me. Over time though, I came to appreciate the other lens of truth:
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME
Growing up, I always wanted to get my homework done before playtime. Not doing so would stress me out. Even if my homework took longer and made my playtime shorter, I noticed how my playtime was more enjoyable. This is one of my earliest memories about the concept and usage of time.
WHO ARE YOU OUTSIDE OF YOUR JOB?
When I wrote down what I wanted in my career twenty years ago, I didn’t realize how little I knew of the future.
This was before:
Smartphones
Zoom
Social media
Global travel
A move (alone) to Europe
A global pandemic…