Tag Archives: creativity

(Issue #597) Whackin’ Your Thinkin’

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Steve Piscitelli

We let go of cherished ideas and begin to seek new waysof thinking, listening, collaborating, and doing. ~~~~~ Ever feel hemmed in by your own thinking? Or better still, do you even recognize that your habitual patterns may have short-circuited … Continue reading →

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(Issue #559) Who Me? Write A Book?

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Steve Piscitelli

Why not you? One of my previous posts encouraged readers to consider the statement, “Geez, I could write a book!” Let’s dive a little deeper and assume you really want to write that book. What I offer comes from experience … Continue reading →

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(#401) Improv and Leadership

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Incompetent and fear-based managers rely on rigid scripts. Sam Wasson’s Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art provides lessons for transformational leadership. As early Improv players experimented and developed the art form, they learned the power of two … Continue reading →

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(#389) Create Your Own Breaking Alerts!

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Steve Piscitelli

Start small. Start local. Do nothing. In a recent edition of The Story of Telling, Bernadette Jiwa noted that a Google search of “how to create a sense of urgency” found nearly thirty-five million hits.  Yesterday, I typed in “breaking … Continue reading →

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(#326) Where Is Your Focus Space?

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Steve Piscitelli

It seems I do some of my best thinking when I am not in my workspace. In her book Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up Patricia Ryan Madson suggests that we pay attention to our “hot spots.” These places … Continue reading →

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(#316) Process, Trust, And Organizational Growth: An Optimistic Approach

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Steve Piscitelli

Trust is what teams, students, teachers, employees and leaders need in order to challenge the process on the way to a better answer.   Earlier this week I stumbled upon some notes from a meeting I attended more than two … Continue reading →

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(#281) Collisions for Collaboration or Crashes of Confusion?

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

Whether talking about the college classroom or the corporate boardroom, conscientious nurturing of authentic relationships improves the chances for effective communication, meaningful connections and powerful creation. A major work published in 1991 on effective college teaching emphasized the importance of … Continue reading →

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(#263) Retreat or Stay-Treat? Treat Yourself!

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Steve Piscitelli

What can you do if you want a retreat but can’t quite swing getting away from your daily routines for three or four days?  I’ve often read about personal growth retreats. You know, those that offer a chance to reconnect … Continue reading →

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(#210) Keeping the Hands Raised

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

[NOTE to my readers/followers: Today marks the beginning of my 5th year writing this weekly blog.  I have not missed a week in that time–and look forward to more great weeks and years ahead.  Thanks for all of your support! … Continue reading →

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(#189) Be Bold. Be Daring. Be Authentic.

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Steve Piscitelli

Be the person you want to be on the way to being the person you want to be! The New Year always brings calls for new beginnings, resolutions, and renewal.  At the risk of adding to the cliché catalogue of … Continue reading →

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