Do you need to think inside or outside the box?

A phrase that is used a lot in business is “Think outside the box.”  The phrase is usually meant to encourage creative problem solving. While I’m all for using creativity to solve problems in business, the trouble can come when you think you need to come up with new ideas all the time.  The “box”…

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Take Time To Smell The Roses

My associate once worked in the development department of a healthcare system and her department was next door to the finance department.  One day someone in the finance department commented to her and her boss, “I don’t know how you two do it, writing all that stuff and planning all those events.”  “Well,” her boss…

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