Author: William Kerr

A freelance solopreneur working at the intersections of art, science, technology, business and culture. A High School Arts and Science program, Conservatory of Music (classical piano, classical guitar, musical direction) and College Business Administration (marketing, communications, finance) educations are the foundation of my career portfolio. Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP practitioner and master practitioner studies and certifications form the basis of my coaching, consulting, and advising work.

Innovations and solutions…

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…where do they most likely happen?

Yes, the boardroom, meetings and workgroups. Many more though seem to happen during coffee breaks, in green rooms, at parties, airport arrivals, cab rides or quick chats in the hallway.

They may show up in the boardroom, meetings and workgroups but I suspect a lot of them may have actually happened elsewhere.

Maybe, just maybe we could find more opportunities within our workday to create and allow those spaces and times where people can harvest ideas.

Written while listening to some BERNTH guitar shreds.

Trying to ‘solve’ problems…

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…tends to keep us focused on the problem(s) in order to analyze “what went wrong.”

A side effect of this is that with most problems blame shows up, like a shadow, in one form or another.

A constant looking back to figure out ‘why’ takes up the space where we instead could be looking forward at what we actually want and how to get there. Asking ‘why’ is a negative approach forcing one to go deeper into the problem, keeping one trapped.

If something didn’t work, that’s feedback that can be used to ask a more pertinent question, “what do I now want to happen and how can I get there.”

Looking forward to what we want will most likely unearth a solution, or maybe an entirely new initiative, that was not initially apparent.

Then what is one to do with the extra time gained usually spent trying to figure out what went wrong and laying blame? A new and different problem to be sure.

Written while listening to Apocalyptica.

Some of our present challenges…

Posted on by William Kerr in This is all a test

…may really be the result of our past successes and not always because of our past failures.

Longer life spans and lower infant mortality rates due to our advances in medicine and numerous other areas are pressuring the planet with over seven billion people and the resources required to satisfy them on many levels.

Understanding that a problem is a result of past success rather than failure brings a different focus and perspective to the situation. Once a perspective changes, new choices may become apparent.

Written while listening to the Pretty Reckless.