HMW get hired to do the work we want to do?

What if work was about pursuing your strengths and passions to serve the team and others? This post was inspired by James Victore and Ben Barry discussing how to build your own career in this 99u talk: One of Barry’s work mantras is, “Get hired to do the...

Micro Post-Mortems

I really enjoy reading and listening to all things productivity. All too often productivity is confused with organization. I wonder if this is true because often organized people have a more visible, tangible way of showing their productivity? I am not a very...

THIS: 7.4.14

WATCH: I was reading an article this week about increasing your creativity by learning something that is out of your expertise. I was horrible at biology. I had little interest and honestly was more into physical science. Either way here is a trending YouTube video on...

Designing For Impact | Beyond Prototypes

How do you design for a user that lives on less than $4 a day? Krista Donaldson the CEO of D-Rev, short for Design Revolution a non-profit medical design firm, leads teams to develop low-cost and shippable prosthetics and medical devices. 99U awarded her the 2014 Alva...

Where Do You Go To Create?

This post is inspired by Sarah Lewis’s 99U talk about an innovator’s private domain. These are physical and mental places or spaces where innovators retreat to hone their craft. Specifically, Lewis drills down deep into the inner space creatives retreat...