October 29, 2007That’s not a knife…THIS is a knife!
From our newsletter Outside the Lines
You might recognize one of the great quotes from Australian cinema - Crocodile Dundee - in the subject line. (It was when my Canadian wife could say that in a perfect Australian accent (and sounded like she meant it) that I knew our relationship was here to stay…).
But the inspiration for this week’s article wasn’t Mick Dundee, but a short article on what knives you need to have in a properly stocked kitchen.
Don’t worry - this isn’t turning into the Cookery Channel
It was a perfectly interesting article, and should you be looking for tips on how and what to wield in the kitchen, I can recommend it.
But what was really interesting was the problem it helped me to solve - how to fine tune my new office space.
As some of you may recall, I moved into a new office a couple of months ago, leaving behind the comfort and familiarity of my home office. The move has been great … and it’s also clear that the office isn’t yet what I hoped it might be.
Danger! Creativity at work
And this of course is one of the genius things about our brain - our capacity to make connections.
In fact, someone one defined creativity as making new connections between known things.
If you’re stuck, what that means at its heart is you can only see one way to do what you need to do - and you don’t like what you see.
If you can generate new possibilities, then you have choice. If you have choice, you have your freedom back - and you’re unstuck.
And one of the best ways to create new possibilities is to add “new stimulus” into the mix, and shake your brain up.
Let me give you an example, combining the article on knives with my challenge to make my office space more successful.
