In recent posts, I’ve been talking about why and how to create conditions conducive to reimagining. In this installment on how to reimagine, it’s time to do it.
If the goal is to paint a more vivid picture of a future you want, start by describing it. You can choose any medium for this — write it down, sketch it out, record it as you speak it aloud…
Continue reading “Be Imaginative Now”Igniting our imagination yields tangible strategic results and can be done in highly practical ways. Here are a few more suggestions, continuing our series from last week.
Today’s installment is inspired in part by Herminia Ibarra’s Working Identity, a title we covered in my no-reading-required book club recently. If you missed it, it’s not too late to be sent the recording.
Continue reading “Make Yourself Malleable”Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve written about what reimagining is and why we need it. So now it’s time to get practical about imagination and dig into how to do it.
You’ll be happy to know that being imaginative is not about sitting (alone and very still, with our forehead crunched up) and waiting for a flash of insight. It can happen through intentional, active and social steps, and I’m going to share a few of them with you this week and next.
Continue reading “How to Reimagine”Today I want to invite you to add imagination to your strategic toolkit.
Here are five reasons why it’s a necessary skill for grown-ups — and especially ones who want to lead well.
Continue reading “The Imagination Imperative”Where I live, summer has about five weeks left on the calendar, but one week left in real life before kids head back to school and we all get back into fall routines. It’s an in-between time, and a season when my heart especially goes out to families anticipating big changes as their kids move into new stages (and parents are expected to adjust accordingly).
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