by Melissa Dinwiddie | Mar 23, 2023 | Articles, Innovation, Leadership, Play
My husband is an unrepentant generalist. (Kind of like his wife.) He calls himself a Human Swiss Army Knife®. His YouTube account is filled with science stuff, makers, back-to-the-land folks, tiny homes, auto mechanics & car reviewers, inventors, movie trailers,...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Mar 17, 2023 | Articles, Innovation, Leadership, Play
This week I kicked off a series of leadership trainings for a creative agency, to help their top leaders, influencers, and high potentials: ✅ Connect better with audiences (be they clients, or internal audiences) ✅ Tell stories (as opposed to spitting out...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Mar 2, 2023 | Articles, Leadership, Team Development
I took a bass class at music camp this past July, and I’ve stuck with it. Yes, that’s right, double bass. The big, upright, elephantine instrument that’s taller than I am. It’s highly impractical. It weighs about 25 pounds. It’s a...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Feb 23, 2023 | Articles, Leadership, Team Development
I was asked recently about the worst job I ever had. I knew immediately which job earned that label in my life. It wasn’t the data entry job on the ancient software that took 20 seconds to register each entry. Though I nearly died from boredom. And it wasn’t...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Feb 14, 2023 | Articles, Culture, Innovation, Leadership, Play, Team Development
Raise your hand if you’ve heard the phrase “Yes, and…” This principle from the world of improv is referenced enough in popular culture that when I mention it in workshops, typically at least half the room raises their hand. But what does it...
by Melissa Dinwiddie | Jan 18, 2023 | Articles, Play, Team Development
The CEO was on the right track when he scheduled quarterly half-day off-sites. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fast-growing company was all in-person at company headquarters, with just a couple of exceptions who live several hours away. Like so many other...
