Sustained creativity requires one to: take breaks not to get comfortable be open to new ideas continually explore get out of your comfort zone seek out what you don’t know generate more ideas, many of…
Writing
Generalize and specialize
This selection from Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin’s The Neo-Generalist is a favorite and certainly insightful. It reinforces the idea that a generalist can also be a person that specializes in several different skills or…
Weekly Roundup: The Innovation of Procurement
This is a collection of articles that caught my attention this week. Procurement, like other aspects of a business or government, is a system. Improve or increase the way organizations bring in new ideas, materials,…
Design is responsibility
When you are designing, you are taking responsibility. With this responsibility comes great power to affect the lives of others, both in the digital and physical worlds. Yes, design is fun and everyone seems to…
Procurement, defined
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines procurement as the act or process of procuring. It is derived from procure which means “to get possession of or to obtain by particular care and effort.” Going a step further,…
Q&A with Kelly Drewett, website designer and marketing consultant
Kelly Drewett Kelly and I emailed recently and discussed the challenges she faces designing websites and working with clients. I recently wrote a guest post for her blog and she’s the first true small business…