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Collective Flow: The Rhythm of Creative Collaboration
If I only had a dollar for every time an Agile team member complained about not having time free of distractions so that they could...
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Apr 21, 20224 min read


Flow - The Secret to creativity, high performance and happiness
“Deep Work,” “Total Focus,” “In the Zone”— all describe an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best. Psychology...
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Apr 21, 20223 min read


A Fresh take on Creative Collaboration: Why do stars ensemble?
Image from Deadline.com Yes, yes, it’s true … ensemble is not a verb. So why the blatant verbing abuse in the title of this article?...
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Apr 8, 20224 min read


A Debate Between the Head and the Heart
"Who are you advocating to?" What may have been intended as an innocent question became a powerful question for me. -------- A trigger to...
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Mar 26, 20223 min read


Pivotal Moments: A What-If Perspective Shift
What if I never gave myself the opportunity of that experience? That would have been the biggest risk of all.

Anjali Leon
Mar 11, 20223 min read


The Light in Me Sees the Light in You
#SundayInspiration "The light in me sees the light in you" This inspiration comes from the meaning of my name "Anjali". Commonly known as...

Anjali Leon
Sep 6, 20201 min read


When to Schedule Work?
🤔 Can we get better outcomes by recognizing and designing our day for our natural wave patterns? I notice that my mood, attendance and...

Anjali Leon
Aug 11, 20201 min read


Build Resilience with Strategic Foresight
If nothing else, Covid-19 has awakened us to the reality of VUCA (volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) or TUNA (Turbulence,...

Anjali Leon
Aug 2, 20204 min read


Principles vs Rules
Principles and rules both determine the way someone acts and behaves, but they are quite different. Principles are ideas that govern someone

Anjali Leon
Jul 22, 20202 min read


"Yes and..."ing John Kotter's 8 Steps to Lead Change
Here is my attempt at "Yes and..."ing the popular John Kotter's 8 Steps for Leading Change based on what I have learned about leading change

Anjali Leon
Jul 15, 20201 min read


A marvelous invention-by-necessity mini miracle of innovation
Have you admired people with immaculate eyebrows? Ever wondered how they got them? Those eyebrows may be the result of a technique...

Anjali Leon
Jun 14, 20203 min read


Does your Pace Affect your Attention?
"I can't breathe". Three words that have captured the world's attention and have become a slogan for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Anjali Leon
Jun 14, 20203 min read


A Systems Thinking Approach to Values and Outcomes
R eading Loopy: Each node represents a value or an outcome Values are in Blue Outcomes are in Purple Each line represents the...

Anjali Leon
Jun 11, 20201 min read


Principles of Agile Leadership
Image: courtesy of Unsplash Agile Leadership is about leading others through choppy waters, about being the captain for a crew...

Anjali Leon
Jun 11, 20201 min read


Why Design Thinking? and Why now?
We are in a place in our human history where we are once again actively engaged in re-imagining, re-designing, re-defining, and...

Anjali Leon
Jun 10, 20202 min read


How are you creative?
How many times have you answered the question "Are you creative?" with, "I am not the creative type." or "I don't have a creative bone in...

Anjali Leon
Jun 10, 20201 min read


What is Design Thinking?
Design Thinking is a problem solving framework. It offers a structure and process for creative problem solving in uncertain environments,...

Anjali Leon
Jun 8, 20202 min read


Communicating to Motivate Starts with Why
Answering why is an act of empathy and can go a long way in influencing, persuading and motivating your audience to act.

Anjali Leon
Jun 4, 20202 min read


The Power of a Question is rooted in Curiosity
One of the skills of people leadership is the art of asking questions - questions that provoke thoughtfulness, questions that generate...

Anjali Leon
Jun 4, 20202 min read


Wisdom of COVID-19
COVID-19 and quarantining had thrown us into an unprecedented new reality. Seemingly overnight, we were thrust into a new reality. A...

Anjali Leon
May 4, 20202 min read
