Posts by Dan Coleman
Leverage the Powers of Black Diamond and go after your Dream
BLACK DIAMOND has a built-in compass to consistently navigate competing challenges, Fight the Right Foe, outsmart and outmaneuver them. Most often it is not a fair fight. He uses facts, data and logic to choose which foes to fight. He prioritizes the challenges that he has the energy, passion, expertise and resources to pursue, and…
Read MoreConquer the Resistive Forces of The Delayers
THE DELAYERS are quite possibly the most stubborn and close to home Resistor of them all. One that is quite personal, don’t you think? ‘If only I had gone for the gold…had the nerve and taken the risk…studied more…worked out more…been luckier and gotten the breaks’…and the beat goes on, the beat goes on. These…
Read MoreLeverage the Powers of Momentum and Xcelerate Your Concepts/Prototypes to Action
MOMENTUM is peerless in embodying The Power of Speed. He has an irrepressible bias for action and Xcelerates viable concepts/prototypes to implementation. He is optimistic, intuitive, versatile and enjoys humor (especially is own). He tunes into what his head, heart and gut tells him, learns and adapts quickly. Once a concept or prototype passes the…
Read MoreGet Creativity Fit and Conquer the Workplace Resistors of The Vice
THE VICE gets us in his extreme time pressure iron grasp and squeezes us hard twice time; he steals our precious time for creativity and then provides us with logical sounding excuses to boot: ‘I just don’t have the luxury of time on my side to think about new ideas.’ I’ve got to focus on…
Read MoreLeverage the Unique Powers of Plusser and Strike Fear into The 3 Headed Gremlin
PLUSSER has the unique Powers to cobble together and Strengthen a Concept/Prototype. She does this by taking the ideas from her sidekicks Micro-Burst and Prism and cobbles them into an actionable concept/prototype. She then finds the plusses and potential in the concept/prototype, uses goal wishing to identify the drawbacks and generates options to overcome them. The…
Read MoreGet Creativity Fit and Conquer the 3 Headed Gremlin
THE 3 HEADED GREMLIN is certainly a sly, secretive and slippery Resistor! Most always present and frequently not talked about (cannot talk about fear, that would be too real). Many relationships and team collaboration problems have their origins rooted in the need for power, control and status hierarchy – with fear close by and looming…
Read MoreGet Creativity Fit – September
THE JUNK YARD DOG barks long and loud at everybody and everything he is not familiar with, does not recognize and know. Who said variety is the spice of life? Unless forced to do so we become quite comfortable and accustomed to experiencing the world in predictable and non-enriching ways. We stay in our comfort…
Read MoreGet Creativity Fit – August
CHAMELEON is true to her name and makes certain she conforms and fits in, keeps her head low, follows the rules (loves checklists), stays in her lane – her territory where she is supposed to be. She does not challenge assumptions, the status-quo or why we do things the way we do. She is very…
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