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Take a peek past the business of day-to-day life, catch another glimpse of your imagination.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 30, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model." Vincent Van Gogh

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When we add creativity to a commodity it evolves beyond commodity.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 30, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Less than a generation ago specialized knowledge, alone, could tip the scale in favour of business success. Now, specialized knowledge is nowhere near as special as it used to be. Now, with the press of an 'Enter' button specialized knowledge can be shared broadly and deeply...globally. Now, a business that relies on specialized knowledge to tip the scale in its favour is dreaming. Now, specialized knowledge provides little protection and, at best, short-lived differential advantage. We can no longer protect our commodities with specialized-knowledge bubble wrapper. Those bubbles have burst.

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Creativity is like a good sauce - you have to boil it down before it has the flavour.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 30, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

This is about one aspect of Seeking Simple!

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People self-motivate when you provide situations that combine structure with ability to be creative.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 29, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Situations of pure structure don't promote motivation; situations devoid of structure promote unfocused motivation; situations can be constructed to uncrush creativity.

Well-designed process can co-exist with creativity: well-designed process can breed creativity.

Business Contains Only 3 Things: People, Process, & Situations

Spirited Leaders design situations, providing the opportunity to maximize self-motivation. Designing situations: that's the path to motivated work performance.

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Desire: the fan that stokes the flames of imagination.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 28, 2014

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Desire - desire for something - isn't that what stokes imagination?

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Touching & holding imagination: can there be anything more magical?

by Rick Baker
On Jul 28, 2014

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Imagination waits for us at the oasis where human excellence refreshes itself.

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