Creativity and Communication go hand in hand

Teams and individuals who come up with imaginative solutions are more likely to be excited about implementing them. Yet if they cannot communicate well amongst themselves, potentially good ideas simply fall by the wayside. It's often because someone's ideas were expressed poorly; or maybe the same old loud voices just kept coming to the fore?
       To develop greater powers of creativity and influence at the individual level depends on accepting differences and capitalising on strengths. But you may not be sure what your strengths are. And even if you are, you may not be able to articulate them clearly. No-one warms to someone who says they are good at everything, yet if you are too modest... well that's also not the best pathway to a successful outcome. Lazy Horses offers you a two-step solution:

• Gaining clarity on your natural thinking style gives you a handle on how others see you. Additional personal insight helps you to then recognise traits in others and better understand where they are coming from. This provides you with the basis for new communication skills you can use with workmates, friends, family and even relative strangers. 
• Building a better balanced brain, increases your powers of creativity and influence. You set your new-found thinking style knowledge in the context of the up/down information flow that exists between your cortex and the older (in Darwinian terms) sub-cortical structures below; that's where decisions are really made.  It's that place where thoughts, needs and wants do battle with emotions and behaviour, and where ‘pressing the right buttons’ can bring extraordinary results. It's also where our feelings are often more influential than the facts - as we see them.

          So first; Get clarity on your thinking style strength… but remember that’s only half the battle. Then learn how ‘balancing your brain’ helps you to build your powers of creativity and influence.

The story behind this brain-based approach - the longer read
        To understand more about the background to this brain-based approach, read part one of the three-part advanced guide to the balanced brain approach to improved communication and increased self-confidence. 

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Better team cooperation

Your Brain - Unlike other parts of the body, you can almost 'read' the way the brain has evolved as it continues to build layers of new tissue (new cortex) upon the older brain structures and brain stem.
        This dynamic interplay between 'old' and 'new' brain is at the heart of what we call our behaviour.

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Watch this short video about people, to find out more about how we get along and what we can do about it.

Trump, Brexit? More feelings than facts?

It was nice to get a number of cross-postings with this somewhat provocative blog post.
       It is worth a reminder though, that the subject matter is not really 'politics'; it's about the way people behave given certain choices and is just as relevant to change in a business context.
At its heart, the message is also about knowing your customers.

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