Our last blog discussed how organisations often focus on providing tools for idea generation and evaluation, but fail to create the curious environment that is critical to innovation and that enables the ideas to be generated and evaluated. We suggested that curiosity, courage, fearlessness, vulnerability and playfulness are all important attitudes and mindsets for innovation.
Last week we suggested that you look at a commercial for Apple from the late 1990s. This week, we're offering another YouTube video for your consideration.
While you're watching, you might like to consider:
The world is constantly changing at a fast rate;
- What impact does this have for our organisations, our customers, our products?
- For how we do business?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMB77eJPYs8
Organisations often focus on providing tools for idea generation and evaluation, but fail to create the curious environment that is critical to innovation and that enables the ideas to be generated and evaluated.
Curiosity, courage, fearlessness, vulnerability and playfulness are all important attitudes and mindsets for innovation.
The following link will take you to a commercial for Apple from the late 1990s. As you watch it, you might like to ask yourself:
- How are we crazy? What does crazy look like for us?
- What do we do so that we are not ignored?
- How will we change the world?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SswMzUWOiJg
insium's newsletter on leadership: March, 2016
Written by geoff Thursday, 10 March 2016 00:00
There are a number of apps that are readily available that will support you in building and maintaining your well-being; these apps focus on:
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Brain training
- Breathing
- Tracking moods
- Yoga
- Mindset
- Positive practices
- Physical fitness and more
When choosing an app to support your well-being, consider its fit*; that is:
- Fit with your key well-being goal(s)
- Fit with your strengths and motivations
- Fit with your lifestyle
- Fit with what seems natural to you
- Fit with having some fun
Apps that we use regularly, which fit for us, include:
Buddhify 2 – a targeted mindfulness app which provides suggested exercises based on asking you “What are you doing?”; www.buddhify.com
Lumosity – designed to provide your brain with a workout; it’s a lot of fun and can get somewhat competitive in our household!; www.lumosity.com
Mood Meter – helps to identify emotions, thereby building emotional vocabulary which in turn helps in emotional self management/self regulation; www.moodmeterapp.com
Run Keeper – designed to track your physical activities; www.runkeeper.com
If you’d like to see a list of apps that we recommend, please click here
* Adapted from Sonja Lyubomirsky, 2010. “The How of Happiness,” Piatkus, London.
P.S. Does your team/organisation need assistance to build or maintain well-being? If yes, let’s discuss my Melbourne University Master of Applied Positive Psychology Capstone project. I may be able to help!
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