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How to thrive as a creative in a corporate world that pays lip service to innovation
Creativity is one of those words that has a resurgence every few years in the corporate world, and even when it’s not in vogue, the use of the word creativity in the workplace is accepted as a norm.
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Beyond its use as a recruitment tool, or to plan annual team days or Christmas parties, creativity as an everyday mechanism often seems to be to justify a colleague wearing coloured rimmed glasses or a print shirt.
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If we assume that creativity is a muscle that we are all born with that some of us flex a little more than others at different points in the lives, what does it mean for a person who prioritises creativity to thrive within an environment that at best pays lip service to it? And more importantly, how can you thrive?
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How Kindness and Emphathy Transform the Toughest Workplace Challenges
I have built a career from managing teams and situations that are in the eye of the storm. From leading high-profile negotiations, managing chronic complex people matters, or applying systems-based order onto a change crisis, my professional career has been what others steer clear from.
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What's the secret to my job? People are fundamentally good.
This antithesis with how one expects such matters to unfold and how they actually do, was a source of LightWorkers, in which things are not always how they appear.
Support you local independent book store
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Avid Reader, West End, QLD
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Beechworth Books, Wangaratta, Victoria
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Blarney Books & Art, Victoria
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Bookoccino, Avalon Beach, New South Wales
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Burns Bay Bookery, Lane Cove, New South Wales
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Collins Booksellers on Lydiard, Ballarat, Victoria
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Constant Reader, Crows Nest, New South Wales
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Crow Books, Western Australia
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Edgars Books & News, Wangaratta, Victoria
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Fullers Bookshop, Tasmania
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Glee Books, Glebe, New South Wales
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Harry Hartog, Sydney, New South Wales
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Hawkeye Books (online)
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Ink Bookshop, Victoria
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Margaret River Bookshop, Western Australia
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Mary Who Bookshop, Townsville, Queensland
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Redrock Books & Gallery, Horsham, Victoria
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South Sea Books, South Australia
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Text & Co, Dunsborough, Western Australia
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The Book Nest, Mudgee, New South Wales
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The Book Warehouse, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
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The Book Warehouse, Lismore, New South Wales
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Torquay Books, Victoria
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Vintage Hall Cafe, Glenrowan, Victoria
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