3 Ways To Gain Creative Focus
You have a finite amount of attention to spend on your work.
3 Ways To Gain Creative Focus
Articles about Todd Henry
Safety Is Not An Option
Safety Is Not An Option
The meaning behind a (somewhat scary?) bumper sticker I once made for a team I led, and why the safe choice is sometimes the most dangerous choice we can make. [iframe style="border:none"...
Three Signs Your Team Lacks Accountability
Three Signs Your Team Lacks Accountability
Trust is essential for creative teams, but there is no trust without accountability. On this episode, I offer three signs that your team lacks the appropriate accountability, and how to spot and over come them. [iframe style="border:none"...
Dealing With a Difficult Co-worker
Dealing With a Difficult Co-worker
Work would be so easy if it weren't for all the people, right? However, all of us have to deal (from time to time) with difficult co-workers and people who seem intent on making our lives miserable. On this episode, I share a few principles for dealing with those difficult co-workers.
Shifting Your Goals
Shifting Your Goals
There are three signs that the goals you've set for yourself are no longer worth pursuing. On this episode, I share each of them and how they affect your drive and ability to engage with your ambitions. [iframe style="border:none"...
Seasonal Callings
Seasonal Callings
You've probably heard the phrase "calling" at some point in your life. For some people, it means the over-riding thing that they feel they must pursue. However, callings have seasons. It's important to pay attention to the clues that your calling might be shifting.
Who Are You Competing With?
Who Are You Competing With?
We rise to the level of our competition. It's a principle in sports, and it's a principle in our creative lives and careers as well. On this episode, I challenge you to consider who you're competing with and why. [iframe style="border:none"...
How To Develop a Daily Writing Practice
How To Develop a Daily Writing Practice
Writing every day has tremendous benefits to your creativity, your emotional state, and your career. On this episode, I share some tactical tips for establishing a daily writing practice, including how to commit the resources, choose your tools, and find the right format to help you turn information into wisdom.
Dealing With The Weight Of What’s Undone
Dealing With The Weight Of What’s Undone
It's not just the work on our plate that pressures us, it's the weight of all of the things we know we'll be accountable for later. On this episode, I share a few strategies for dealing with the weight of what's undone. [iframe style="border:none"...
How To Have Better Meetings
How To Have Better Meetings
How to honor the time of your team and your clients.
Permanent, Pervasive, Personal
Permanent, Pervasive, Personal
On this episode I share some research from Martin Seligman about how we internalize experiences, and how our narratives can curb our ability to take creative or career risks. [iframe style="border:none"...
The “How” of Empathy
The “How” of Empathy
We hear the word empathy tossed around a lot in the marketplace, but what does it really mean? How do we actually cultivate empathy and utilize it in our work? On this episode, I share a four-part process for doing so. [iframe style="border:none"...
Know Your Values + Aaron Dignan on Brave New Work
Know Your Values + Aaron Dignan on Brave New Work
Do you have a matrix for important decisions in your life? How do you decide which path is correct when you're being pulled in multiple directions? On the first part of this episode, I share some insights from Herding Tigers to help you establish your core decision-making matrix.
Then, Aaron Dignan joins us to talk about his new book Brave New Work. He lays out a framework for re-imagining how organizations function in the accelerating and ever-changing marketplace.
The Right Time For Ideas
The Right Time For Ideas
Even a great idea that's poorly timed will fail. On this episode, I share an idea for helping you hone your timing instincts and get ideas into the world at the right moment. [iframe style="border:none"...
I Failed! Here’s What Happened Next.
I Failed! Here’s What Happened Next.
Failure is inevitable, but don't allow failure to be the result of a lack of accountability or perspective. We need others in our lives to point out our shortcomings and the errors in our thinking. On this episode, I share an instance of when that happene [iframe...
How To Build Creative Confidence
How To Build Creative Confidence
How to be brave in the face of uncertainty.
Sealed Envelopes
Sealed Envelopes
Are you a control freak? I am. However, that's not good for your creative process, and it's terrible for your team if you are a leader. On this episode, I share how Dwight Eisenhower taught a staff member to take ownership of the details. [iframe...
Organize Your World With a Weekly Checkpoint
Organize Your World With a Weekly Checkpoint
Many creative pros charge through their work over days and weeks without ever stopping to assess whether they're on the right course. In this episode, I share a simple method for instilling a checkpoint into your life to help you ask critical questions about the work you're doing and the life you're living.
Checkpoints and Road Signs
Checkpoints and Road Signs
Without regular checkpoints in your life, it's easy to get off-course and not even realize it. On this episode, I share how a trip to France demonstrated the necessity of regular calibration. [iframe style="border:none"...
The U Shaped Creative Process
The U Shaped Creative Process
On this episode, I share about a converation I had with the brilliant Lisa Congdon about the nature of the creative process, and why the middle part is often the most difficult. [iframe style="border:none"...