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6 vital workplace skills you’ll need to succeed in the future

Career Advancement

As a manager, take action now to make sure your organization maximizes the potential of all its people, helping them develop the most vital skills for their shifting roles and functions. Critical thinking ability. You may already be considering how to upgrade your own skill set in order to stay relevant. A high emotional IQ.

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Presenting to Executives: How to Have More Confidence

Let's Grow Leaders

If you’re wrestling with imposter syndrome, you can even take five minutes to brainstorm your “Why I’m the most qualified to talk about this” list. You’ll gain credibility as the executives think, “Yeah, that’s EXACTLY what I was wondering. Start by drawing confidence from that. Know your ask.

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Why Critical Thinking Is Not a Creativity Killer

Lateral Action

Everyone knows critical thinking kills creativity. That’s the reason for the rules about no criticism and no evaluation. Tague, Brainstorming ). It's important to remember that brainstorming is a creative, not a critical or analytical process. Tom Arnold, Improve Your Brainstorming Sessions ).

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Best practices for creating a visual product roadmap

MindManager

Product roadmaps are strategic communication tools that enable product managers to effectively communicate deliverables and expectations surrounding the creation and launch of a new product or version. Encourage critical thinking and creative problem solving. It is the organized output from a brainstorming session.

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Is Brainstorming a Waste of Time?

Lateral Action

Richard Huntington, Director of Strategy for Saatchi & Saatchi in the UK, has a pathological hatred of brainstorming : I hate brainstorms. And so six months ago I cleansed my professional life of this trojan horse of mediocrity, favouring aggregated individual working or two person thinking sessions. Photo by jurvetson.

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14 Ways to Increase Creativity, Backed By Research [And Why it Matters]

She Owns Success

Practice brainstorming Brainstorming is a technique that involves generating as many ideas as possible without judgment. A study published in the Creativity Research Journal found that brainstorming was associated with increased creativity. A great reason to make your team meetings walking meetings.

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Mind Mapping in Education: Curriculum Planning and Beyond.

Ayoa

In both my current and previous schools, the planning process has always started with a ‘brainstorming’ session on a whiteboard. This process has essentially remained the same, but recently we have implemented a task management tool, DropTask [now Ayoa] , into our planning phase.