Best Amy Climer Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 103: Designing Creative Space with Donald Rattner 42:42

4+ y ago42:42

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Space matters. In this episode, Architect Donald Rattner shares the research on how to design your space to enhance your creativity. Donald shares several simple changes you can make. Then, he examines Amy's office and provides advice on how she can make her space more conducive to creativity. Then, Amy implements those changes and reveals the new …

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Episode 102: Emergent Innovation with Johnathan Cromwell 44:16

4+ y ago44:16

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Deliberate creativity encourages gaining clarity about the problem at the beginning of the innovation process. However, that's not how we always work. It's common to create something new while maintaining ambiguity around the purpose of the solution. Dr. Johnathan Cromwell found this in his research while studying a start-up company that was creati…

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Episode 101: Polymaths with Dr. Angela Cotellessa 40:03

4+ y ago40:03

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A polymath is a modern-day Renaissance person. They have expertise in a range of fields and their diverse experiences help them be more creative. Dr. Angela Cotellessa was the first person to do a dissertation on modern-day polymaths. In this episode, she shares with us what she learned about polymaths and how it relates to being more creative. Wha…

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Episode 100: Creativity Stories from Listeners 40:05

5+ y ago40:05

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Wow! It's episode 100! In this episode, Amy Climer interviews four long-time listeners who share what they learned from The Deliberate Creative Podcast. They talk about their own insights and changes they made in their lives based on listening to the show. Prepare to be inspired! What You’ll Learn How four listeners have applied the learnings from …

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Episode 99: How to Conduct Ethnographic Interviews for Design 20:15

6y ago20:15

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Human-centered Design requires learning people's real needs. It means moving past assumptions and engaging with people to better understand their experiences. Some of the most powerful tools in the Human-centered Design process are ethnographic interviews and other types of ethnographic research. This episode explains what these tools are and how t…

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Episode 98: The Power of Human-centered Design 15:31

6y ago15:31

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Human-centered Design is about looking at people's real problems and creating solutions that meet their needs. In this episode, learn the definition and basic steps of human-centered design and how it can help you solve problems more creatively. What You’ll Learn The definition of human-centered design Why human-centered design matters and how you …

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Episode 97: Intrapreneurship with Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw 37:37

6y ago37:37

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Intrapreneurs are problem solvers who are being recognized as the driving force behind innovation in organizations. Dr. Irena Yashin-Shaw is leading the charge in this new way of working. In this episode, she shares how to be an intrapreneur and how to create a culture that fosters creativity and intrapreneurialism. What You’ll Learn What intrapren…

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Episode 96: Leading Creative Organizations with Charles Day 56:42

6y ago56:42

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Charles Day is an accidental consultant. After building a successful, creative film editing company others started asking for his input on developing their company to be more creative. In this episode, he shares his insights and what he’s learned about organizational creativity. What You’ll Learn common practices of the most creative businesses Thr…

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Episode 95: Conversations Worth Having with Dr. Cheri Torres 35:43

6y ago35:43

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Conversations are the heart of what we do. The type of conversations we have impact all aspects of our business and personal life. Creative organizations have conversations that lead to creativity. In this episode, Dr. Cheri Torres shares how to engage in conversations that matter and how to help your organization be more creative. It is surprising…

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Episode 94: Four Levels of Creativity with Daniel Cape 29:56

6y ago29:56

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Understanding the four levels of creativity can help you assess yourself and your colleagues. In this episode, Daniel Cape explains the four levels and talks about experiential education and creativity. What You’ll Learn The four levels of creativity and examples of each The level we judge ourselves on and how that can inhibit our creativity About …

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Episode 93: The Connection Between Learning and Failing 19:02

6y ago19:02

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It's nearly impossible learn skills without failing some of the time. In this episode Dr. Amy Climer examines the connection between learning and failing. She shares some stories from her own life and how she was able to use failure, mistakes, and mess-ups to further her learning and her creativity. What You’ll Learn How failure is inevitable in th…

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Episode 92: What is the Return on Investment in Creativity? 19:24

6y ago19:24

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This episode is about the financial impact of creativity to an organization. What is the ROI in creativity and innovation? Does it matter if employees are creative? Is it worth investing in training to help people be more creative? Learn the five levels of employee creativity, the financial impact they have on the organization, and why creativity t…

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Episode 91: The Skills You Need To Be a Design Thinker with Dr. Dani Chesson 38:28

6y ago38:28

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Dr. Dani Chesson is a thought leader in design thinking. Through her research she identified six core capabilities that design thinkers possess. In this episode, she walks us through those six core capabilities and helps us understand how to be better at coming up with creative solutions to problems. What You’ll Learn The six core capabilities of d…

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Episode 90: What I Learned From a Big Failure 19:34

6y ago19:34

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Inspired by guests Jeff Leisawitz (episode 89) and Dr. Dani Chesson (episode 91), Dr. Amy Climer shares the story of a big failure she experienced in 2006-2007. Most importantly, she talks about what she learned, what she would do differently, and how you can mitigate your risk on a project that might fail. What You’ll Learn The story of Amy's fail…

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Episode 89: Creativity as a Tool to be Seen, Expressed, and Healed with Jeff Leisawitz 37:48

6y ago37:48

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Jeff Leisawitz is a musician, artist, and writer whose mission to to help everyone be more creative. His focus is on teaching the power of using creativity as a tool to be seen, expressed, and healed. What You’ll Learn How he accidentally wrote a book The impact of creativity on the world Jeff's advice on getting more creative About Jeff Leisawitz …

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Episode 88: Infusing Creativity in Project Management with Dr. Teresa Lawrence 36:45

6+ y ago36:45

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Dr. Teresa Lawrence has found a unique niche teaching project managers how to be more creative and effective by using tools and techniques from Creative Problem Solving. In this episode, she explores how project managers can use divergent and convergent thinking and better use the specific tools they select. What You’ll Learn The definition of a pr…

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Episode 87: Creativity in Practice with Artist Jane Dunnewold 39:25

6+ y ago39:25

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Jane Dunnewold shares what she has learned about creativity in her decades as an artist and creativity teacher. She talks about how she stays creative in her own life and how she fosters it in her students. Her insights are applicable to artists and non-artists alike. What You’ll Learn Who is "the committee" and why you need to be aware of them. Th…

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Episode 86: How to Implement Ideas with Steve Garguilo 33:18

6+ y ago33:18

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Steve Garguilo is an expert at taking action. In this episode he explains his blueprint for how to take action on ideas, big or small. You will learn what gets in the way and blocks us from taking action as well as strategies to help you and your team take action and make progress. What You’ll Learn How to take action on your ideas Learn how to ada…

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Episode 85: 5 Creativity Books I Recommend 8:16

6+ y ago8:16

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Are you looking for some good books about creativity to read for 2018? If so, here are the top 5 books I recommend the most. They will help you be more creative in your personal and professional life, as well as to help you lead your team and organization to innovate more. Happy reading! What You’ll Learn Amy's top recommended creativity books A sh…

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Episode 84: Using Goal Setting to Increase Creativity 19:51

6+ y ago19:51

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If you want to be creative, you have to be deliberate. Setting goals is an important part of being more creative. Many people claim they want to be creative, but don't actually do anything about it. In this episode, learn Dr. Amy Climer's process for how she sets and achieves her goals. Learn what didn't work for her and how she fixed that problem.…

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Episode 83: Creativity in Practice with Artist Hollis Chatelain 37:42

6+ y ago37:42

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Hollis Chatelain is a textile artist and humanitarian. She also teaches creativity. In this episode, she shares exercises and techniques she teaches her students to help them tap into the creativity that is already within. What You’ll Learn New exercises to help you get new ideas Why and how to embrace boredom Why journaling might not be the best w…

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Episode 82: Working with Toxic Employees with Dr. Mitch Kusy 40:43

6+ y ago40:43

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Toxic employees cause significant harm to organizations and decrease creativity. Dr. Mitch Kusy is an expert in everyday civility and has studied toxic personalities in organizations for years. In this episode, he explains how toxic employees hurt organizations financially and otherwise. He discusses why managers don’t deal with them and why they n…

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Episode 81: Be Good Enough Now with Jessica Pettitt 45:14

6+ y ago45:14

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Jessica Pettitt is a diversity and social justice educator. She talks about her new book Good Enough Now and how teams can learn to collaborate at a deeper level, embrace diversity, and get real with each other. What You’ll Learn How to be Good Enough Now The three common response patterns and how to identify yours How your response patterns can he…

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Episode 80: How to Decrease Anxiety Related to Creativity 20:10

6+ y ago20:10

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At different points in the creative process we might come upon some anxiety related to creativity. In this episode, Amy Climer talks about three common factors which cause anxiety related to creativity and three tips so that you can move through the anxiety and start implementing your creative ideas. What You’ll Learn Three common factors which cau…

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Episode 79: Asking Powerful Questions with Will Wise 45:02

6+ y ago45:02

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In this episode we're flipping the script. Guest Will Wise is an expert at using questions to create connections. Today, he will be interviewing Amy Climer and demonstrating how to ask powerful questions. You'll learn how to ask better questions through an exciting live Q&A session. What You’ll Learn How to ask more powerful questions and create de…

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Episode 78: Facilitating Creative Problem Solving with Roger Firestien 42:46

6+ y ago42:46

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Dr. Roger Firestien is a master facilitator of the Creative Problem Solving process. He has been using it, studying it, researching it, and teaching it for 40 years. In this episode he shares his thoughts on facilitating a well-crafted Creative Problem Solving session. He talks about how to get the best results for the clients, how to be an amazing…

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Episode 77: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team and How to Overcome Them 29:50

6+ y ago29:50

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In this episode, Amy describes the five dysfunctions of a team as outlined in the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni and provides ways that leaders might address each of these dysfunctions. What You’ll Learn The five common dysfunctions of a team What you might do as a team leader to overcome these dysfunctions Resources The F…

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Episode 76: The Connection Between Change and Creativity with Michael Diettrich-Chastain 27:12

7y ago27:12

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In this episode, Michael Diettrich-Chastain explores the connection between making change and creativity. He explains seven elements needed to implement change in your life and how to use that to be more creative. What You’ll Learn The connection between change and creativity The CHANGES model and how you can use it to be more creative in your life…

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Episode 75: Being Thoughtfully Fit with Darcy Luoma 38:34

7y ago38:34

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Darcy Luoma shares her philosophy about being Thoughtfully Fit. Just like one would intentionally train to run a marathon, we need to train to be more mentally and emotionally fit. Darcy shares the six components you need to improve many areas of your life - whether it's being more creative with a team or improving your relationship with your spous…

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Episode 74: The Survival of Ideas 22:53

7y ago22:53

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Creativity is about the survival of ideas, pushing and pulling them out of us, giving them shape, and nurturing them into the world. It rarely happens alone. More often teams and groups are critical to creative ideas reaching adulthood. Yet, teams are complex. They can be the greatest champions for an idea or instantly kill it. In this episode, Amy…

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Episode 73: Understanding Creative Processes 19:42

7y ago19:42

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This episode explores the similarities and roots of three common creative processes: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, and Creative Problem Solving. What You’ll Learn The history of creative process The similarities between three popular creative design processes Why understanding these is valuable to your work as a team leader, manager, or c…

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Episode 72: Unlocking Creative Facilitation 1:52:47

7y ago1:52:47

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In this episode, things are flipped. Podcast host Amy Climer is interviewed by Meg Bolger and Sam Killermann from Facilitating XYZ. Amy talks about how she learned to facilitate and explores facilitating creativity in teams. This is a replay from an episode on Facilitating XYZ, first aired on May 16, 2017. What You’ll Learn The difference between a…

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Episode 71: Implementing Creative Projects with Brian Davidson 40:14

7y ago40:14

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Implementing creative ideas can be a big challenge for teams. In this episode Project Manager Professional Brian Davidson explains how to use project management tools with teams to make any project a success. He provides simple, clear processes useful for non-project managers to lead their teams through to execution. He examines typical challenges …

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Episode 70: How to Ask Questions with Chad Littlefield 33:31

7y ago33:31

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Chad Littlefield has studied questions. He knows how to ask excellent questions that lead to open, intriguing, creative conversations. He explains how to ask useful questions that help people be more creative. Learn tips on how to craft the best questions, build team trust, and increase creativity. What You’ll Learn The essential elements of well-c…

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Episode 69: Creativity in Practice Series - Artist Greg Climer 27:31

7y ago27:31

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In this episode, I interview artist Greg Climer. Yes, he's my brother, but he's also an amazing artist and a professor at the Parson School of Design in New York. He talks about his artistic practice, where he gets his ideas, and offers advice for how to get more creative. What You’ll Learn Three tips from artist Greg Climer to help you be more cre…

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Episode 68: The Connection Between Creativity and Yoga with Letitia Walker 25:31

7y ago25:31

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Purna yoga focuses on the philosophy that life is yoga. In this episode, Letitia Walker shares what she has learned from her decades of practicing yoga and her life as a philosophy professor. She talks about the connection between the spark (creativity), the mind, and the body. If you are blocked it may be because one of these is out of balance. Sh…

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Episode 67: The Leadership of Shackleton 42:16

7y ago42:16

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In 1914, 28 men embarked on a dangerous expedition to the South Pole. Led by experienced Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, the men faced more peril that they could have ever imagined. In the middle of Antarctica their ship sunk. No one on the planet knew their situation. Shackleton was determined to get all the men home alive. Defying all o…

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Episode 66: Creative Placemaking with Mike Marcus 26:21

7y ago26:21

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Learn how to use space as a tool to enhance creativity within your team and your organization. Mike Marcus is the Assistant Director of Creative Placemaking & Property Development at The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. In this episode, he teaches us about creative placemaking, explaining what it is and how it can help your team develop and i…

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Episode 65: Immunity to Change with Jen Wilson 39:16

7y ago39:16

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Immunity to Change is a powerful tool to help us figure out what is preventing us from making the change we want in our lives, whether it is being more creative, exercising more, or finishing a project. Something is creating the "immunity" that is stopping the change. In this episode, Immunity to Change facilitators Amy Climer and Jen Wilson explai…

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Episode 64: Five Steps for Presenting Ideas with Jack Hannibal 48:38

7+ y ago48:38

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How we present our ideas affects the audience's reactions. When presented poorly creative ideas get shot down or ignored. In this episode, you'll learn a five-step process that will lead to effective presentations. The steps apply to simple, informal presentations or high-stakes keynotes. Whatever the context, former actor Jack Hannibal shares how …

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Episode 63: How to Manage Up with Julie Koenke 29:46

7+ y ago29:46

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Managing up, also called leading up, or followership, is a critical skill at any level of an organization. In this episode, educational consultant Julie Koenke talks about the nuanced skill of managing up. She explains how it can help you better work with your supervisor and help your organization get the results you are aiming for. What You’ll Lea…

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Episode 62: How to Use Improv to Build Creative Teams, An Interview with Chris Esparza 46:53

7+ y ago46:53

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There is no script for life and there is no exact script that will help you be more creative. In this episode, Amy interviews Chris Esparza about the power of Improv and how to work without a script. The skills and principles of Improv, borrowed from the world of theater, can help you deal with the ambiguity of leading creative teams. What You’ll L…

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Episode 61: How to Select the Best Ideas 15:35

7+ y ago15:35

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Are you overwhelmed with too many ideas? Do you have too many ideas and need to figure out which are the best? In this episode, learn how to select the best ideas. How to use criteria to manage and rate your ideas. Then, learn to test the top ones before doing a full-blown implementation. Try the weekly challenge and let us know how it goes! What Y…

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Episode 60: "Might" is a Mighty Word 11:41

7+ y ago11:41

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Learn how the simple five-letter word "might" can help you be more creative. Might is a mighty word! When you change the format of your questions it leads to impressive results. This episode explains how to make a small shift and generate new, creative, original ideas. What You’ll Learn Why "might" is a mighty word How to change the way you ask que…

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Episode 59: How Sleep Affects Creativity 27:21

7+ y ago27:21

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Sleep is a huge factor in our ability to be creative and come up with new ideas. Recently, there has been more research about how sleep affects our brains. This episode explores the effects of sleep on our creativity. Learn how you can get more sleep and how to support your teams to get more sleep and function at an even higher and more creative le…

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Episode 58: How to Get Input From Every Team Member 13:22

7+ y ago13:22

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Team meetings are an opportunity to gather input, share ideas, and explore strategies. However, in many teams there are some team members who talk more, while others are less vocal. Every person’s input if valuable, otherwise they shouldn’t be on the team. In this episode, learn six techniques to equalize the voices in team meetings. The powerful t…

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Episode 57: How to Close Team Meetings 13:01

7+ y ago13:01

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Meetings are often the primary communication tool for teams. The way meetings begin and end impact the quality of the meeting. The episode explains five different ways to end your team meeting. The techniques encourage reflection and allow everyone to gain data about where the team is at. The episode builds on 056 which talked about how to open a m…

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Episode 56: 5 Ways to Open Your Next Team Meeting 17:57

7+ y ago17:57

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Meetings are often the primary way a team works together. The format and process of team meetings affects how a team works together, their sense of purpose, and their ability to innovate. By changing the format of a meeting you can increase trust among team members, improve communication, and do better work together. In this episode, learn five way…

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Episode 55: Your Creativity Pep Talk 14:22

7+ y ago14:22

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Do you ever doubt your creativity? Do you ever think you just aren't creative enough or you don't have a creative bone in your body? If so, this episode is for you. Amy explains why the planet needs your creativity and reminds you of your creative potential. If you are doubting your creativity listen to this episode! What You’ll Learn How the stori…

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Episode 54: Understanding Social Styles 30:16

8y ago30:16

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Every one of us has our own unique, interpersonal style. In essence, we all have a default, natural behavior that we are most comfortable with. This behavior is called your Social Style. Social Styles explain our communication preferences, how we deal with conflict, and how we interact with others. By understanding your own style and others’ you ca…

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