Creativity

If creative work is essential to a fulfilling life, then making space for it in our always-connected, digitally-distracted culture, is a leadership challenge in the workplace and a productivity nightmare for individuals. This has been the focus of my teaching for a while, and working with adult students has helped develop the articles posted here. They are organized by subject: Leadership (LXX), Management (MXX), and Personal Productivity (PXX).

Creativity

(L01) On Leadership

BECOMING MORE THAN A BOSS Schools, colleges, and universities tend to fill their senior appointments with teachers promoted from instructional roles. This can be quite a culture shock. Teachers are sole professionals who teach classes and develop lessons in isolation. They supervise no-one, and are only loosely supervised themselves. A

Creativity

(P02) Against New Year's Resolutions

The new year is here and, with it, a fresh opportunity to feel like a failure. Do you have some worthy resolutions for 2027, but are already sensing they might not work out? You’re not wrong.

We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

Creativity

(P01) Habits

THE ART OF GETTING THINGS DONE In his classic study on the nature of war Carl Von Clausewitz observes that: “Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction…”(1) If you’ve ever fallen off the