Tag Archives: design
Design Thinking: A Strategic First Step
I’m always looking for new ideas, approaches, and experiences that allow me to provide better products and services to my clients. In addition, I’m constantly searching for better ways to foster my team’s creative genius and position them to work harder, smarter, and more strategic. Luckily, I was exposed to the power of creativity for [...]
Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
I’m reading a GREAT book by Robert Greene titled “The 33 Strategies of War.” One of his chapters deals with a creating a sense of urgency and desperation. He states at the beginning of this chapter: “You are your own worst enemy. You waste precious time dreaming of the future instead of engaging in the [...]
More on Idea Execution
I’m currently reading Scott Belsky’s Making Ideas Happen. It is a fascinating read that looks at the creative mindset that focuses less on idea generation and more on idea implementation and execution. In my line of work, ideas are constantly generated. However, idea killing and more importantly, idea execution, receive less fanfare. But as I [...]
Different Paths
I have the privilege to manage a multi-year, multi-million engagement that supports one of the offices within the Department of Health and Human Services. My team makes a number of things happen such as web design and development, IT support, database development, call center operations, plain language web writing, print design, social media marketing, [...]
