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Kill Some Rules, Boost Your Creativity

I’ve been a huge fan of Behance and its founder Scott Belsky ever since I met him and his team a few years ago in New York. It’s why I asked him to contribute to my book. Their think tank, 99U, is terrific. The 99 refers to Edison’s notion that genius is 99% perspiration. When they said they’d like a post on the interplay of simple rules, constraints, and creativity, I was more than happy to …
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Reflection: The Art of Hansei

Around this time of year, most of us, and our businesses, tend to slow down just a bit from the normal dawn-to-dusk mad dash. We smile a bit more. We wave people in before us in traffic, and let others with less in their shopping carts go first in the grocery store. And we reflect. When I was working with Toyota, I learned the art of hansei (pronounced hahn-say). Hansei is the Japanese word for …
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