What if work was about pursuing your strengths and passions to serve the team and others? This post was inspired by James Victore and Ben Barry discussing how to build your own career in this 99u talk: One of Barry’s work mantras is, “Get hired to do the...
I really enjoy reading and listening to all things productivity. All too often productivity is confused with organization. I wonder if this is true because often organized people have a more visible, tangible way of showing their productivity? I am not a very...
WATCH: I was reading an article this week about increasing your creativity by learning something that is out of your expertise. I was horrible at biology. I had little interest and honestly was more into physical science. Either way here is a trending YouTube video on...
How do you design for a user that lives on less than $4 a day? Krista Donaldson the CEO of D-Rev, short for Design Revolution a non-profit medical design firm, leads teams to develop low-cost and shippable prosthetics and medical devices. 99U awarded her the 2014 Alva...
This post is inspired by Sarah Lewis’s 99U talk about an innovator’s private domain. These are physical and mental places or spaces where innovators retreat to hone their craft. Specifically, Lewis drills down deep into the inner space creatives retreat...
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to co-design and co-produce #fuse14 at MVPS. #fuse14 is a conference that introduces educators to the DEEPdt methodology of design thinking Developed by Mary Cantwell (@SciTechyEDU). Mary is also the founder of dtk12chat, an...
Wikipedia Facts About 7 James Bond‘s secret agent number is 007 In the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling, seven is said to be the most powerfully magical number. The number seven was also significant to Dwarvish culture as portrayed by Tolkien:...
I am an avid reader of Lifehacker. Although I enjoy the nifty tips, tricks, and apps, my favorite posts are “Go Bag” posts. I know that it might be a little strange to wonder what people carry around with them, but most bags I find some really cool stuff...
I wrote this post on my son Cade’s blog (written by mom). Yes, he isn’t even one yet and he has his own website. I hope you enjoy it. Driving North on SC-93 towards the Bi-Lo my life changed forever. A bit dramatic, but if I were going to look back at the...
The summer hasn’t even broke into a full swing and books are flying off my shelves. I think reading is my favorite part of summer because it is an opportunity to travel from home. There is nothing better than waking up to hot coffee, my back porch, 3 basset hounds,...
