Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is to look at it from a new perspective—literally. Turning a concept on its head—by breaking a single underlying assumption—is often enough to unlock the creative process and achieve a break through. You can go your whole life thinking all you want to do is succeed… wondering [...]
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Imagine the scene: an auditorium filled with over 330 people. On the stage, the towering, purple curtains are drawn, revealing a monster movie screen. It’s time to go to work, punk monkeys. My on-screen self peels his sunglasses off as my voice booms out from all directions: “People want to fail. I’m Jason Seiden.” The [...]
What Handling Ambiguity means Handling ambiguity—and it’s close cousin, handling uncertainty—means being able to move forward in spite of unclear or non-existent direction. Uncertainty comes about from poor directions, such as “Fold the piece of paper in half,” which leaves one guessing as to which direction—lengthwise or crosswise—the fold should be made. Ambiguity is a [...]
I’m walking the aisles of the HR Technology Conference, and I’m feeling good and bad at the same time. On the good side, there are some really great individual people here, and a few companies doing great things. On the bad side, a lot of companies here are “playing it safe,” showcasing their 3/5/7 module [...]
I had lunch the other day with a friend of mine who is in charge of managing a very famous, very iconic brand. The brand needs some shaking up, and he got the call. He’s very good at what he does, and so far, so good with the changes. Great. But then, as he was [...]
Manager #1: “I want my managers to think more like owners. And frankly, I know a number of them won’t like the message, but they need to hear it.” Manager #2; “Yes, I agree 100%. Plus I’d also like the day to be a morale booster… how can we deliver that message and then ensure [...]
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