Category Archives: Making better decisions

Planning Tool – Stop, Start, Continue. Part 1.

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The start of a new year is such a hopeful time. Promises, dreams and resolutions abound. It’s also a time for reflection- when we can look back over the past year to work out what new things we want to do and what things we want to leave behind us in the past.

Inner Creative Planning Tool: Stop Start Continue. Part 1One of my favourite ways of getting to the quick of this is to use the Stop, Start, Continue tool. It’s very simple and can be useful in any context – from creating a personal vision for the year, finding ways to be more creative, or setting fitness goals, to holding a team building session, or reviewing your business plan. Basically, you can use it for anything that you would like to change or a problem that needs picking apart.

So what is the Stop, Start, Continue tool? And how does it work? Continue reading →

Plan more successful meetings- Ask this key question

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The key question you need to ask first to get more successful meetings. www.innercreative.com.auWhat’s the first key question that you ask yourself when you’re about to organise a meeting?

Is it about the time? The venue? Or even the people who should be invited?

These are all important questions, but there is one question that I ask all my clients before we start working out these details. Continue reading →

Tips for Introverts – Run a whiteboard meeting that includes everyone

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So you’ve just heard that you got your new project funded, or there’s an issue looming on the horizon. Quick! Get everyone to the whiteboard!Run a whiteboard meeting that includes everyone including introverts www.innercreative.com.au

And while the whiteboard is a great way for capturing ideas from a group, using one doesn’t guarantee the best or most creative results from everyone there.
Whiteboard discussions are great for extraverts: people who get their energy from outside themselves. Extraverts can often think on their feet, and in fact, relish participating in a discussion because it can often help to clarify and stimulate their own thinking.

But what about introverts: people who need some quiet to go inside their own thought space? Continue reading →