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Creativity in Design: Can creating conflict within constraints yield results?

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Creative challenges have no borders I was reading an article on one of my regular haunts, Spin Sucks, which discussed the challenges with creativity in the PR world and offered ways to increase the level of creativity specific to the their industry. There were 3 factors identified which could increase the opportunity for more creative [...]

What does a professional know? You can figure it out!

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Let me ask, how observant are you? Have you ever noticed when a place or space is fully designed to when it is not, where each object relates to its immediate surroundings and the immediate surroundings relate to the overall space painting a complete picture? We attended a lecture recently that featured a new book [...]

If you have a job then your focus is on the wrong things.

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When we get paid for work we try to do as little as possible. Think about it. The mindset of work is structured in a way that makes us want to put a lot of effort into doing as little as possible. It’s a defense mechanism that we all succumb to. Why? Well the alternative [...]

When did responding to a person’s inquiries become a crime?

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Please stop stealing time from your colleagues and friends. That’s what it is if you never return an email, text or phone call. When someone does that to me it pisses me off. Royally. You work hard and get nothing in return. In a business setting it’s not as if you go out of your [...]

16 phrases to communicate your displeasure in an effective manner.

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Think about the last time something really upset you. Upset or not, you have a job to do. We all do regardless of what our situation is. Heck, if you are a stay at home parent you have a job and because of that there will always be a situation that might not be to [...]

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