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Hub You - Encourage Curiosity and Generate Creative Employees
Due to the constantly changing nature of their profession, CPAs must constantly keep themselves abreast of the latest development in their field. Irrespective of if the changes are in the form of new laws that are brought in or old laws that were amended to reflect changes, pleading ignorance is not an option for CPAs.There are numerous fields that the CPA has to keep himself informed about.
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity an
"I wish I could find my dream career". Many people have said, or at least thought those very words or something similar.The number of people that have found their chosen career right away and have never regretted it are few. The majority of us will make many stops along the way. Some good stops - some painful ones. Have you ever read or heard someone say "You learn more from your mistakes, th
When we are three like Tory we are very curious about our physical world and the cornucopia of gadgets and animate beings that fill it. It's a period of rapid intellectual development, excitement at every turn, and discovery. My young companion constantly amazes me how he can recall days later, names he has heard once. (I can't even remember where I left my cordless phone half hour beforehand!)
I encourage (and reward) Tory's curiosity by taking time out to demonstrate or discuss the things about which he is curious. For example, when he asked me what a staple puller was, I demonstrated by placing a staple in a sheet of paper and then pulled it out with the staple puller. He may not yet know why we use staples to hold sheets of paper together, but he sure knows that one process places the staple and another removes it.
As the years pass, we become more selective in what we remember and our curiosity diminishes to varying degrees. Imagine what we could do as managers if we could inculcate a sense of curiosity in our employees/learners.
Marketers often use a device to arouse curiosity in their readers. And it works. The question is, what devices can we use in our workplaces to develop curiosity in our people?
An example that comes to mind is to implement a suggestion box. I recall an excellent example of how useful suggestion boxes can be from my service in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Vietnam War era. While some of our bombs were fitted with devices to make them explode above ground level, it was a hit and miss approach … some exploded at the right altitude and others didn't. My boss, an electrical engineer, was curious why this was happening and after looking at the triggering mechanism, 'suggested' how it could be improved. His suggestion was adopted and worked. The RAAF sent him a cheque for $3,000 (quite a lot in 1969).
Rather than having a truck load of suggestion boxes placed here and there within our organizations and hoping someone will place a worthwhile suggestion, I like the idea of circulating a list of 'challenges' that need resolving and asking staff to come up with options.
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity and
Forms of Internet marketing and publicity are very different from conventional advertising since the agency involved in active online business promotion needs to understand things beyond basic creative concepts, market research and translation of consumer interest topics into web content. It also needs to be aware of the various languages used in creating a website that is easy to access and browse
I encourage (and reward) Tory's curiosity by taking time out to demonstrate or discuss the things about which he is curious. For example, when he asked me what a staple puller was, I demonstrated by placing a staple in a sheet of paper and then pulled it out with the staple puller. He may not yet know why we use staples to hold sheets of paper together, but he sure knows that one process places the staple and another removes it.
As the years pass, we become more selective in what we remember and our curiosity diminishes to varying degrees. Imagine what we could do as managers if we could inculcate a sense of curiosity in our employees/learners.
Marketers often use a device to arouse curiosity in their readers. And it works. The question is, what devices can we use in our workplaces to develop curiosity in our people?
An example that comes to mind is to implement a suggestion box. I recall an excellent example of how useful suggestion boxes can be from my service in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Vietnam War era. While some of our bombs were fitted with devices to make them explode above ground level, it was a hit and miss approach … some exploded at the right altitude and others didn't. My boss, an electrical engineer, was curious why this was happening and after looking at the triggering mechanism, 'suggested' how it could be improved. His suggestion was adopted and worked. The RAAF sent him a cheque for $3,000 (quite a lot in 1969).
Rather than having a truck load of suggestion boxes placed here and there within our organizations and hoping someone will place a worthwhile suggestion, I like the idea of circulating a list of 'challenges' that need resolving and asking staff to come up with options.
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity an
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Marketers often use a device to arouse curiosity in their readers. And it works. The question is, what devices can we use in our workplaces to develop curiosity in our people?
An example that comes to mind is to implement a suggestion box. I recall an excellent example of how useful suggestion boxes can be from my service in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Vietnam War era. While some of our bombs were fitted with devices to make them explode above ground level, it was a hit and miss approach … some exploded at the right altitude and others didn't. My boss, an electrical engineer, was curious why this was happening and after looking at the triggering mechanism, 'suggested' how it could be improved. His suggestion was adopted and worked. The RAAF sent him a cheque for $3,000 (quite a lot in 1969).
Rather than having a truck load of suggestion boxes placed here and there within our organizations and hoping someone will place a worthwhile suggestion, I like the idea of circulating a list of 'challenges' that need resolving and asking staff to come up with options.
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity an
For many mid-career professionals, a Second (or third or fourth) Career turns out to be a business. If your industry disappears, you’re leaving a high-profile job, or you’ve risen through the ranks, self-employment can be your most realistic option.While you’re working for an organization, it’s never too early to start asking, "What will I if my job goes away – or I decide to run away from m
Rather than having a truck load of suggestion boxes placed here and there within our organizations and hoping someone will place a worthwhile suggestion, I like the idea of circulating a list of 'challenges' that need resolving and asking staff to come up with options.
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity an
Non profits provide a unique role in the community that they serve. They perform this role by providing specific services that are part of their mission statement and commitment to others.Often non profits are able to preform these services by utilizing dedicated volunteers in their community and through the use of limited paid staff. These volunteers often help to sort clothes, deliver meals
Management doesn't have all the answers (although many managers believe they do) and quite often the lowest salaried staff can see things that management can't (or see things with a different perspective).
If we peak curiosity, imagination and creativity will follow. Rather than having people 'Turn off their brains when they come to work', we want them to 'Turn on their creativity and imagination' and hopefully solve some of our challenges.
In this rapidly changing and global world, creativity and imagination are the only really viable skills for long term survival. And it's much more fun than anything I can think of that we might call work.
Copyright 2005 Robin Henry
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