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).
Continue reading “Reimagination”“Every wise and graceful life I’ve encountered is a life marked by hope”
~ Krista Tippett
In her Aspen Ideas session with Jason Reynolds called “Hope is a Muscle,” On Being podcast host Krista Tippett said that hope requires imagination because it represents an insistence that the world does not have to be this way.
Continue reading “Hope is a Muscle”My friend Alex Hagan is fun and quirky and brilliant. I wish we lived closer together. And today, I would rather you read what he’s writing than what I’m writing. Here are a few nuggets from a recent post of his:
“A scenario isn’t a prediction, but rather a plausible piece of fiction…[and] even a plausible fiction about the future can profoundly shape your choices right here and right now.”
Continue reading “My Imagination Pit Crew”