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Look High for Clarity
October 15, 2003
LOOK HIGH FOR CLARITY
In his latest management book, Ready for Anything (New York: Viking
Penguin, 2003), David Allen offers this advice on unleashing your creative thinking
. . .
"Whenever thinking is murky, ambiguous, or off purpose, you must let go
of the level you're focusing on and shift the horizon to another plane. If
you're busy and unclear, stop and review your plans. If you're planning
and unclear, get to a whiteboard or blank piece of paper and do a mental core
dump to get the ideas and information you may be missing. If you're trying
to free-range or get outside the box (brainstorm) and unclear, drop back and
revisit the image of what success would look like, for more specificity. If
your picture (vision) is too ill formed, return to your purpose—why you're
doing the thing at all. Clarity is never found with something unclear.
You must loosen your conceptual grip, let go, and lift your sights."
To help inspire the creativity of your staff, check out the popular Exchange workbook, The Anti-Ordinary Thinkbook: A stimulating tool for staff training and team-building," click here.
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