I have started to post shorter and shorter articles on this site. The reason has a purpose. The reason is on purpose.

I am trying, for myself, to work on THINKing more and talking less. Be able to fully understand the concepts I want to convey while translating those concepts for others to fully grasp, understand and relate to those ideas.

Dan Roam is the author of BLAH BLAH BLAH and explains why we talk too much. He also has a nice way of illustrating how we can use our natural visual advantage that the brain gives us to become better problem solvers. Using the concept of “Vivid Thinking” is one way of becoming better communicators and story tellers.

Here are two videos that walk through these ideas:

Creativity…

If you think about the core of creativity… we are at our most creative when we have

the free will,

the free space, and

the free time,

… to be creative. At times our best work is done when we are not paid to do it!

Commissioned work versus Non-commissioned work…

When you think about the core of work…

we do good work in our paid work environments. But often that paid or commissioned work has requirements. We are most often “told” to do what is “wanted” rather then “given” the permission to do what is needed! Of course this has its place. However, what could happen if we went to our commissioned jobs everyday and were allowed to do some non-commissioned work?

In this talk, given at Business Innovation Factory 7, Dan Pink goes more in-depth on the power of non-commissioned work, including great research from Teresa Amabile.

Sometimes a simple visual can help everyone gain perspective around what is fantasy and reality!