Experimenting is the act of being hypothesis-driven and curiosity-minded about things you're trying to make happen. Here are three things that make great experiments…
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I’m going to interrupt my regular weekly broadcast of laying out the steps in The Art of Getting Unstuck, and instead offer an underlying framework… This framework shows the steps that people take for successful change: They start with a Trigger (often prompted by a Decision, a Derivation, or a Desire), then they start Batting Around a few things.
Rarely do those things work.
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Design Inspiration isn’t just nostalgia or envy: it’s harnessed wisdom. By peering behind us and around us with a very specific question in mind, we see things we wouldn’t otherwise see. And it's those very things that provide us the clues to our first steps out of the swirl of stuckness.
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I promise you, all the life hacks and experiments in the world won’t cut it if you’re not super clear on why you’re doing something. Because inevitably, something will break your flow. Here’s what will help…
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Often when we’re stuck on something big, we’re stuck on lots of things. For instance: Where should I live when I can live anywhere? becomes inextricably linked with What does my career look like? and How am I caring for my family? This is part of what can get us so very stuck. We start to play with one thread and before we know it, we’ve got a knotted mess and can’t even find the end of the string. The way through this is counterintuitive.
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Reader, it did not go well. To give myself credit, I did actually feel the feeling (of which choice was right for me), but then I let my brain override it and pick another city. A city that served up a sinking feeling as I drove in. “This isn’t your place,” I remember my body so clearly telling me (and my mind echoed the sentiment: sure, NOW it was on board). But I was committed. I had a new job and a new apartment. All my stuff was on a ship from Singapore, bound for this city.
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I've said from the beginning that I help get people out of paralysis and find momentum. I help them get unstuck. But as I evolved my offer, I kept getting hung up on how to clearly and succinctly talk about what I do.
As it turns out, I got stuck myself and didn't even recognize it (oh, the bitter irony!). Let me explain...
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The name Collective comes from the belief that change is easier when we’re surrounded by people who desire the same change. So, we center our offers around cohorts. Speaking of cohorts…
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Recently, the New York Times ran an op-ed titled “There are almost too many things to worry about.”
There aren’t almost. There are…
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Ever had to run from a saber-toothed tiger? No? Me, neither. In part because they’re extinct. But, we’ve all felt the same sensations our ancestors might have had they found themselves in that situation. In fact, most of us experience that sensation multiple times a day, when doing something that doesn’t seem dangerous at all….
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Leadership teams are asking themselves whether to go completely remote, full-time in the office, or hybrid… Instead, we might ourselves: What are the needs we’re trying to design for as we work? How might we use physical spaces and digital tools to create the best solutions for each need? In other words, why (for what purpose) are we opening the office doors, and how will we function when we’re together and apart?
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