Silicon Valley is renowned for being the epicenter of technological innovation, and as a result, it’s home to some of the world’s most influential designers. Here’s a brief bio on some of the top designers in Silicon Valley: John Maeda — John Maeda is an artist, designer, and technologist who…

Flow State also known as being in “the zone”, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity where the outside world disappears. …

Harvard Business School professor Gautam Mukunda defines success down to two steps, based on the Leadership Filtration Theory he developed: 1. Know yourself. You can ask yourself: What are my “signature strengths?” Those are the skills you’re particularly good at. 2. Pick the right pond. Barker recommends asking yourself: “Which companies, institutions and situations value what I do?” Knowing your signature strengths, what is your superpower? What you can do better than any else? And placing yourself in the pond, conditions or environment where your power is highly valued.

Cultivating Authenticity: Letting Go of What People Think Cultivating Self-Compassion: Letting Go of Perfectionism Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness Cultivating Gratitude and Joy: Letting Go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark Cultivating Intuition and Trusting Faith: Letting Go of the Need for Certainty Cultivating Creativity: Letting Go of Comparison Cultivating Play and Rest: Letting Go of Exhaustion as a Status Symbol and Productivity as Self-Worth

Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust Unwilling to be vulnerable within the group. Dysfunction #2: Fear of Conflict Seeking artificial harmony over constructive passionate debate. Dysfunction #3: Lack of Commitment Feigning buy-in for group decisions creates ambiguity throughout the organization. Dysfunction #4: Avoidance of Accountability Ducking the responsibility to call peers on counterproductive behavior which sets low standards.

Republished from Brad Smith’s LinkedIn Article Often the image of a leader is a figure of strength — all powerful and all knowing. Personally speaking, I have found this to be a flawed leadership construct. My personal experience suggests that people prefer their leaders with an appropriate balance of confidence…

In life as much as in work, it’s important to know how to provide feedback to others, effectively and constructively without causing offense. There are many opportunities in life for providing others with feedback, from commenting on the way that your colleague has carried out a task, to discussing your…