"It's Monday morning. You open your calendar to find the all-too-typical back-to-back block of meetings. It's draining and there's nothing to do but play the game of Tetris to see when you'll squeeze in time to imagine and create. Maybe you can do it during the five-minute walk to the sixth meeting of the day or the ride home if your brain isn't completely fried."
"Focus on collaboration instead of competition: We've all been in rooms and Zooms where professionals are grandstanding. When presenting becomes more of a performance, you've lost the plot. Instead of performance, I push my teams at West Monroe to take an "even better if" or a "yes, and" mindset, based on the belief that every idea can be made better. BUT it requires everyone to step back and understand the bigger picture, push each other out of their comfort zone, and assume positive intent-always."
Back-to-back meetings and a "just get it done" mindset drain creativity and leave no space to improve good ideas. Businesses across industries encounter the same innovation roadblocks caused by ineffective processes. Building better workplace rituals can prevent creativity loss and ignite innovation. Three starter rituals are recommended, including prioritizing collaboration over competition and limiting agenda overload to enable meaningful dialogue. Collaboration requires an "even better if" or "yes, and" mindset, stepping back to see the bigger picture, pushing beyond comfort zones, and assuming positive intent so leaders uplift their teams rather than just checking boxes.
Read at Fast Company
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