Hard work is too hard on us

Burnout, overwork and the drive to ‘do more’ can be a never ending and dangerous loop. 

There are clever and ingenious solutions - or hacks - available to us, if only we’d take them up. 

A hack is a smart short cut, a streamlined process or focused advice to make things easier. 

So, if you knew of a better and easier way, would you take it? 

Some people like to see others do it first ... to see if ‘it works’. 

That’s what the diffusion of innovation curve is all about. There are always some trailblazers and early adopters who take a risk and trust their ability to cope with the new. 

And then come the early and late majority ... once the idea has been ‘proven’. By that time though, the trailblazers are often on to something newer, and easier. 

There’s another hack someone has uncovered or discovered!

Rather than waiting until more people have tried it and your risk is lower, jump in a little earlier. 

Play on the easier side of the curve for awhile.

You can wait to see how something turns out for others ... or run your own experiment, play your own game and live your own experience. 

It could be easier at the other end of the curve. 

Trying out some better ways of working

Today I’m working with an organisation introducing them to some new and better ways of working. 

Work changes all the time. 

But sometimes we’re locked into the way we’ve always done things. 

Hey, how much did we have to change in 2020 when we were forced to work remotely - if we weren’t already! 

What if we kept that pace of change going and tried doing other things differently? 

As Steve Denning in ‘The Age of Agile’ explains, new and agile ways are a vast global movement that have been changing the world of work. 

And these ways are moving beyond software and technology where they became known, finding keen supporters in other fields like health, government, education, marketing and finance. 

Most of all, I think today’s workshop will focus on how it starts with the individual. 

Adopting a flexible, adaptive and agile mindset is where it can begin. Yet it’s also about trying things in different ways, and seeing how mindsets shift... as a result of that experience. 

Who might benefit from you working in new and better ways? 

Where do you need more creativity

- A tech team wants to be able to come up with more creative solutions. 
- A healthcare group wants more interesting and creative meetings. 
- A business owner needs to offer more clever and creative services. 
- A service business wants to stand out from the competition and work more creatively across the entire organization. 


These are some of the situations in business, work and life that can benefit from more creativity. 


Where would you like it?

🔲 YOU
“I need more creativity” 
We can make things more interesting and work more productively and effectively when we bring more creativity. 

🔲 IT
“The task or project needs more creativity”
To accelerate progress, attract interest and support, or run more effectively, greater creativity can boost project success.

🔲 THEM
“They need more creativity”
Participants, attendees, guests, customers and clients deserve more creative communications, interactions and experiences, particularly if what we’re doing is a little dry, detailed or repetitive. 


Where would you like more creativity? 

Try starting with one and let it spread throughout the others.