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Leading a High-Energy, Productive Meeting

Michael Roberto

Source: Tameday Elizabeth Doty has written a good article for Strategy+Business titled, "How to Boost People's Energy and Productivity During Meetings." Doty offers several useful strategies. 1. Offer a clear, compelling prompt. Most often, this prompt should come in the form of a question that both focuses the discussion and stretches people's thinking. 2.

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This weird fat is what makes you smarter, but less creative (Myelin)

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Why is it that it sometimes feels so hard to be creative? Well, it is because your brain is actually incredibly lazy ! But don’t blame yourself. Blame evolution. You see, the brain is one of the most energy-hungry organs in your body, regularly demanding around 20% of the calories your body uses. And in the distant past, fulfilling our basic needs of feeding ourselves was one of the core behavioural drivers.