by Joe Watson | May 7, 2021 | Creativity
I know it’s important to begin each day with self-care — simple rituals that get your mind and body right. Meditation. Exercise. Spiritual pursuits. Journaling. Intentionally carving out that time is so critically important to being a happy and productive human.
Except I don’t do it. It’s far easier for me to hop out of bed and race down the litany of to-do’s and handling “this one little work thing”. Before long, morning has turned to afternoon and the hamster wheel is still spinning. Oftentimes I’ve given away the best of my energy and brainpower to things that don’t require much of either.
by Joe Watson | Feb 20, 2020 | Creativity, Innovation
Saw this Forbes article and it got me thinking about the Miles Davis quote, “If you’re not making mistakes, it’s a mistake.” Too often, failure is positioned as a negative instead of a positive step forward toward inevitable success....
by Joe Watson | Aug 29, 2019 | Creativity, Innovation, Leadership
I discovered Jacob Collier recently, and then I saw he had made this video about harmony for Wired — and it features the legendary Herbie Hancock. What a fantastic breakdown of a complicated topic – and done in a way that resonates with each target audience. There is...
by Joe Watson | Mar 20, 2019 | Creativity, Innovation, Leadership
Recently I had a chance to catch up with the brilliant and insightful Valdis Krebs, who does all sorts of fascinating work on social network analysis. After one if his talks in Europe, an attendee approached him and posed this query: “It’s great to see what an...