Creativity
Creative Workspaces
I recently read a great article written by David Straker titled “Creative Workspaces” courtesy of my friends at Catch Your Limit Consulting. Thanks Tom! As you can imagine, that title hit close to home for [...]
Interview with Jackie Sloane, Executive Coach and Communications Consultant
Name: Jackie Sloane Company: Sloane Communications, Inc. Area of Expertise: Collaborating with people to produce results through how they communicate, engage others, cultivate relationships! Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy [...]
Thinking Outside of the Toy Box: 4 Children's Gizmos That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs
Many of you who have been to the Ranch know that one of the key components of the design is the toys. The toys are provided for a variety of reasons. They remind people of [...]
Idea – 340 Club
Our friends at Stuart-Rodgers Photography have come up with a fantastic idea for keeping their creativity flowing and are willing to share it with all of us non-professionals. Here are the details in their own [...]
Purposeful Play – From Pamela Meyer
One of the common misconceptions about play is that it is necessarily purposeless, and therefore can’t possibly have any place in business. Harvard scholar and jazz pianist (and mentor) Frank Barrett calls improvised play a [...]
The Art of Stapling
The next time you pick up your stapler and mindlessly staple a stack of papers together, why don’t you give that stapler a closer examination and really think about your technique? Are you really as [...]
Fill In The Blanks – Fun With Meetings
Here’s a very easy and fun way to start a meeting, using the talents in the room to redesign the environment and give it some pizzazz. Assignment: Draw the missing half of a [...]
Shoulder Toss Energizer
Here’s a quick energizer game that you can play at your next day-long meeting that helps get the blood flowing again. It’s especially good mid-afternoon, when the after-lunch drowsiness is setting in. The whole point [...]
Play: Electric Slide
A group of Columbia University students have a good time reinventing the playground as a place to harness all that youthful energy. By: Marc Kristal Illustrated by: Mike Perry, Jim Stoten Location: New York, New [...]
Creativity
Creative Workspaces
I recently read a great article written by David Straker titled “Creative Workspaces” courtesy of my friends at Catch Your Limit Consulting. Thanks Tom! As you can imagine, that title hit close to home for [...]
Interview with Jackie Sloane, Executive Coach and Communications Consultant
Name: Jackie Sloane Company: Sloane Communications, Inc. Area of Expertise: Collaborating with people to produce results through how they communicate, engage others, cultivate relationships! Share one of your trade secrets for keeping the energy [...]
Thinking Outside of the Toy Box: 4 Children's Gizmos That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs
Many of you who have been to the Ranch know that one of the key components of the design is the toys. The toys are provided for a variety of reasons. They remind people of [...]
Idea – 340 Club
Our friends at Stuart-Rodgers Photography have come up with a fantastic idea for keeping their creativity flowing and are willing to share it with all of us non-professionals. Here are the details in their own [...]
Purposeful Play – From Pamela Meyer
One of the common misconceptions about play is that it is necessarily purposeless, and therefore can’t possibly have any place in business. Harvard scholar and jazz pianist (and mentor) Frank Barrett calls improvised play a [...]
The Art of Stapling
The next time you pick up your stapler and mindlessly staple a stack of papers together, why don’t you give that stapler a closer examination and really think about your technique? Are you really as [...]
Fill In The Blanks – Fun With Meetings
Here’s a very easy and fun way to start a meeting, using the talents in the room to redesign the environment and give it some pizzazz. Assignment: Draw the missing half of a [...]
Shoulder Toss Energizer
Here’s a quick energizer game that you can play at your next day-long meeting that helps get the blood flowing again. It’s especially good mid-afternoon, when the after-lunch drowsiness is setting in. The whole point [...]
Play: Electric Slide
A group of Columbia University students have a good time reinventing the playground as a place to harness all that youthful energy. By: Marc Kristal Illustrated by: Mike Perry, Jim Stoten Location: New York, New [...]