Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

Rather than using a location-centric approach to work flow and scheduling, we have found that a project-centric approach to productivity is a best practice among leading innovators. The Action Method was developed taking

Prioritization is a force that relies on sound judgment, self-discipline, and some helpful pressure from others.

Many small creative teams and start-up companies also suffer from unclear goals. A popular fix is to have regular ten-minute “standing meetings” at which the team reviews the current milestones and deadlines for progress. Another best practice is to have the list of major milestones up on the wall, visible to all. Just a quick check-in—or a glance

For this reason, Action Steps that you are ultimately responsible for should remain on your list until completed—even when you have delegated them to others.

Process is a deeply personal matter of taste and habit, especially for creative people.

Sometimes, to keep moving our ideas forward, we need to relentlessly follow up with others.

Yet, among the hundreds of successful creatives I’ve interviewed, a fearless approach to sharing ideas is one of the most common attributes. Why? Because having the idea is just one tiny step along the road to making that idea happen.

In most cases, leaving a meeting without anything actionable signifies that the meeting was just an information exchange

feedback exchange is a powerful form of self-marketing and can cause a metamorphosis in the project itself.