Distractions (Squirrel!)
Six strategies for minimizing the "ping".
Articles about attention
Protecting Your Team’s Time and Attention
Protecting Your Team’s Time and Attention
The two most precious resources you have as a creative pro are your time and attention. They are under a constant onslaught from organizational needs, client demands, and personal anxieties. As a manager, you must commit to protecting these finite resources at all costs. On this episode, we share three principles for doing so from Todd Henry's book Herding Tigers.
3 Ways To Gain Creative Focus
3 Ways To Gain Creative Focus
You have a finite amount of attention to spend on your work.
Digital Minimalism (with Cal Newport)
Digital Minimalism (with Cal Newport)
Carve out the space you need to do your creative work.
Gain Focus With These Three Questions
Gain Focus With These Three Questions
If you want to accomplish much of anything, you need to focus. You have a finite amount of attention to allocate to problems that matter. However, many creative pros struggle with questions about what they should focus on, when they should focus on it, and whether the thing they're doing is even the right thing. On this episode, Todd Henry shares three questions you can ask each week to help you allocate your finite attention in the best places, and get more of the right things done.
Podcast: The Art Of Selective Attention
Podcast: The Art Of Selective Attention
Every day we are flooded with information. Some of that information might be helpful in serving our clients or organization, but because there is so much of it we are often unable to step back and look for patterns we can apply. On today's episode, I share some thoughts about the art of selective attention and how to transform information into understanding so that we can create more value for the people we serve.