Organizations across the world are putting in a lot of energy to create and foster a collaborative environment.  We have companies developing tools to help connect people to share ideas and be productive.  With companies going agile, you are seeing more scrum masters being trained and hired. So with all this energy coming together, why does collaboration still fail? The reason it fails is that we don’t talk about the underlying problem, people’s mindset.  Insecurities, lack of trust and an unsupportive culture, are just a few reasons collaboration fails.  You don’t need any more tools, we just need to change our mindset.

We speed through life, trying to reach personal and professional goals, and we drive over many bridges to get there.  Unless you are aware of what you leave behind, you might accidentally burn a bridge.

A great way to measure how well you are doing is by looking back at your previous self.  You can get some great insights into how you made a change with honest reflection.  Let’s measure ourselves by looking at our mindset in certain situations. We will cover 3 areas to reflect on.  We won’t be talking about any metrics but rather how we deal with the environment around us.

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With all the medical information and stories about mental health, it’s becoming a more talked about topic.  Sadly, it still isn’t a normal conversation though.  We still hear that one phrase, “we had no idea.”

Unless you are producing Pirates of the Caribbean movies, you won’t get too far just spinning new variations of a single idea.  There is a reason organizations are focusing their mission, vision or value statements around creativity and innovation, we need fresh ideas.

Time management is one of the most difficult yet rewarding skills to master.  Emails, meetings, walk-ups and our smartphones, eat at our day, but it doesn’t have to.  This article isn’t about how to manage your to-do list.  You will read about core issues and raise awareness about them.

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