Indy Neogy
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Coach & Consultant on Thinking. Former Futurist. Personal Coaching @ http://indy.london ; Business Coaching and Human-AI consulting @ http://enoptron.com
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Yancey Strickler’s Nine Creative Meditations
To me or to the mean - Focus on what makes your work strange or unique rather than trying to fit in with what everyone else is doing.
You are your audience - Create work that satisfies your own desires and interests rather than trying to please an imagined mass audience.
Small is more rewarding than big - V
Recognizing that strategy is a creative exercise
I think of the strategy frameworks for more stable environments as castle-building (e.g., Michael Porter’s five forces framework) or chess (e.g., the resource-based view proposed by Jay Barney); that’s in contrast to strategy in dynamic environments, which is more like surfing, where you try to be ag... See more
I think of the strategy frameworks for more stable environments as castle-building (e.g., Michael Porter’s five forces framework) or chess (e.g., the resource-based view proposed by Jay Barney); that’s in contrast to strategy in dynamic environments, which is more like surfing, where you try to be ag... See more
Nathan Furr • Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty
Five Strategic Approaches
BCG suggests there are five strategic approaches to consider, and each is “optimal in different situations” whilst "each requires entirely different capabilities, processes, and tools.” They are:
1. The Classical Approach which is appropriate when operating in “environments with low unpredictability and low malleability”
2. T... See more
BCG suggests there are five strategic approaches to consider, and each is “optimal in different situations” whilst "each requires entirely different capabilities, processes, and tools.” They are:
1. The Classical Approach which is appropriate when operating in “environments with low unpredictability and low malleability”
2. T... See more
Critical Systems Thinking as a Strategic Approach
Different strategic approaches for different conditions
This advice may sound familiar; it lies at the heart of books like Blink and Gary Klein’s The Power of Intuition, which promise to help readers harness their gut feelings. But for executives taught to methodically frame problems, consider alternatives, collect data, weigh the options, and then decide, cultivating emotional self-awareness may seem l... See more
Gardiner Morse • Decisions and Desire
1-sentence summary:
Old models frame change as something that happens to us, when in reality we are always in conversation with change: navigating life's inevitable flux, and walking the path of personal excellence, requires equal parts ruggedness and flexibility.
1 important quotation:
"To be rugged is to be tough, determined, and durable. To be fl... See more
Old models frame change as something that happens to us, when in reality we are always in conversation with change: navigating life's inevitable flux, and walking the path of personal excellence, requires equal parts ruggedness and flexibility.
1 important quotation:
"To be rugged is to be tough, determined, and durable. To be fl... See more
WITH GOD DAILY - "Gifts vs. Giver"
Therefore, creativity does not happen inside people’s heads, but in the interaction between a person’s thoughts and a sociocultural context. It is a systemic rather than an individual phenomenon.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
What do you wish Strategists would do more of?... See more
- “Find opportunities for action, and not just diagnostics.”
- “Choices. Most planning presentations open up possibilities but do not close them. They are exploratory; they analyze issues but never make choices, and for me, strategy is about choosing.”
How do you judge whether a creative brief is good or no