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| Humor at Work |
ISSUE 426 - FEB 29, 2012 |
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Leap Before You Look?
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It's Leap Day, which calls to mind the old saw, "Look before you leap."
But what if this advice isn't always the best? Are there times when you should leap before you look?
According to Peter Sims, the author of "Little Bets - How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries" this is exactly what highly creative people and highly innovative companies often do - leap, then look. In other words, they "do things in order to discover what to do." They share prototypes of products early on with customers to see what direction they should be headed in, they start projects without knowing where the finish line is, they dive into something before they have a 100% perfect plan in place.
Their philosophy is to move forward with a series of small wins, not just because small wins help mobilize and energize people, but because their belief is that no matter how long you plan something on paper, the best way to see where you will really need to go is to get out there and, well, go!
So on this bonus leap day take some time to consider if there's any new initiatives in your workplace or your life that could benefit by taking a leap into the unknown. 
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Mike's Fun at Work Tip |
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Given that some workplaces are celebrating Leap Day today, it's a timely reminder to look for opportunities to celebrate rare events in your workplace. It might be linking up rare external events (the passing of a comet or the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup) in a creative way. Or it might be recognizing rare workplace events such as celebrating every time your business amasses 10,000 more Twitter followers, you serve the 77,777th customer, you have 100% of your employees show up at work, you go 1,000 days accident-free or your call center employees make it through the entire day without a complaint. Anything you can measure at work can be turned into an opportunity to celebrate rare milestones or unusual statistical anomalies.
And speaking of celebrating...if you want a sneak peak at the wacky off-beat holidays headed your way this March, cruise on over to Off-Beat March Holidays. (My favorites are March 3rd, "What if Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day," March 14 (3/14) "Pi Day," and March 26, "Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.") |
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Quote of the Week |
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"When in
doubt, make a fool out of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line
between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on
earth. So what the hell, leap."
Cynthia Heimel |
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It's a Wacky World |
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Did you know Leap Day only comes every four years? Okay, so you probably knew that already. But did you know today also happens to be official "Surf & Turf Day" and "Bachelor's Day"? Which is why every four years, bachelors around the world leap up and down in the surf or on a piece of turf to celebrate their extra day of bachelordem.
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