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    • in Negotiation and Conflict · Questioning · Research
    • — 30 Apr, 2014

    Listening to Understand vs. Listening to Reply

    Listening is arguably one of the most difficult skills in communications, and we’re getting worse at it. In 2006, Dr. Ralph Nichols – who established the first study in the[…]

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    Daily Creative Rituals

    On one hand, routines are a pattern of comfort and repetition. Humans survive on them because they create efficiency and accuracy, generally reducing the effort required. At the same time,[…]

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    Can Creativity Be Taught?

    An interesting article about an evergreen question: Can creativity be taught? Here’s the rub. The question isn’t answered in this article from FastCompany, but all the same, author Evie Nagy[…]

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    • in Books and Videos · Leadership Communications · Listening · Presentation Skills
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    Body Language Mistakes

    Body language is a type of non-verbal communications which has a dramatic impact on how you communicate, how the other party listens, and whether the outcome of the conversation meets[…]

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    Working with Creatives and Noncreatives

    Working with people who are polar-opposite from your personality can be challenging, but none more so than when the left-brained “noncreatives” meets the right-brained “creatives,” and vice versa. From Bloomberg Businessweek[…]

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    • in Brainstorming · Facilitation
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    Brainstorm Supplies

    “Be prepared” is a mantra that stretches from Plato to Madame Curie to the Boy Scouts. It’s also relevant for brainstorm supplies. There’s nothing worse when your participants are ready[…]

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