Category: Creativity

In the 2020s, upskilling and re-skilling will become among the significant trends in professional education, affecting everyone in the workforce, including you and me. A few months ago, a friend of mine (Robert Bluett, the Founder of People Plus) invited…

Business Creativity Innovation

Why is the current crisis unfolding as it is?

Detlef ReisMay 7, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic is about to develop from a health crisis into a worldwide economic and social crisis. Week by week, the business press reports unsettling numbers indicating the economic scale of the crisis. Financial markets dip, unemployment surges,…

Business Creativity Innovation

How to build teams that thrive during disruption

Detlef ReisApril 23, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic has changed work as we know it. The virus has split up work teams whose members now need to work remotely. Team leaders need to motivate, emotionally support, and effectively manage a physically dislocated team of…

Business Creativity Innovation

Twelve tips to stay productive while working from home

Detlef ReisApril 9, 2020

Welcome to our dire new reality. The escalating coronavirus pandemic has massively disrupted our everyday work and lives. COVID-19 has confined millions of people around the world to their homes. How can you stay calm, productive, and optimistic while working…

Business Creativity Innovation

Twelve lessons from teaching my first online course

Detlef ReisMarch 26, 2020

Last Friday, I held my first synchronous online class session ever — and it worked out much better and smoother than I had expected. As a member of Gen X, I consider myself a digital immigrant. I am well-versed with…

Business Creativity Fun & Games

Creativity in the Year of the Rat

Detlef ReisJanuary 30, 2020

Last weekend, we celebrated once again Chinese New Year. On January 25, we started the Year of the Rat, or to be more precise: The Metal Rat. The rat is the first of the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac.…

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