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FBR - Persuasive Presentations, by Nancy Duarte

Jason Womack

While attending the TEDx workshop day last February, I met Scott, from Duarte Design, after he'd facilitated a workshop on "effective presentations." When is your incubation time? Since the two weeks that have passed since reading this book, I've tracked 4 different "incubation" times. What IS the shortcut to excellence?

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Five Ways To Get Creative While Working From Home: From someone who does it all the time

Strategy Driven

Letting incubation work for me. Artists and musicians have studios, crafts people have workshops, professors and pastors have studies, and scientists have laboratories. Letting incubation work for you. After your period of incubation — eureka! Take breaks and naps. Force connections. Finding your creative space.

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How Do I Start Your Own Business?

Strategy Driven

If not, you will need an actual workshop or warehouse. Instead of signing a lease in an upscale neighbourhood, prefer renting in a cheaper area or use a business incubator. If you don’t have a big need and you don’t have employees, you can design a home office.

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The Innovative Coworking Spaces of 15th-Century Italy

Harvard Business Review

But the way they function reminds me of a very old idea: the Renaissance “bottega” (workshop) of 15th-century Florence, in which master artists were committed to teaching new artists, talents were nurtured, new techniques were at work, and new artistic forms came to light with artists competing among themselves but also working together.

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How to Make Sustainability Every Employee’s Responsibility

Harvard Business Review

My framework for creating such sustainability ownership has three phases: incubate, launch, and entrench. Incubation is the process of, first, defining the contours of your sustainability domain by reflecting on the purpose of your business and its specific role in the world. billion, prompting them to revisit the goal.

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How to Think Creatively

Harvard Business Review

Sure enough, by the fifth and final day of the workshop, I was able to produce a self-portrait that was undeniably me, and surprisingly realistic. Incubation: The second stage of creativity begins when we walk away from a problem, typically because our left hemisphere can't seem to solve it.

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Work Culture Examples Abound: What Does Company Culture Mean to You?

HR Digest

Involve employees in decision-making processes Create task forces or committees to address specific challenges or opportunities Host regular forums where employees can openly discuss concerns, share ideas, and engage in dialogue with leadership Ensure that these forums are inclusive and provide a safe space for expression Create spaces for idea incubation, (..)