Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Converting ideas into action

I am listening to an audio book on Making Ideas Happen written by Scott Belskey the founder of Behance.  In the book, Scott advocates that meetings should be only as needed, brief with action items summarized at the end.  Long meetings kill productivity.  If the meetings purpose is only to impart information then it should be done via email.  He also discusses the steps needed to act on an idea and follow through.  Ideas are not in short supply.  The skill to put these ideas into action is.






Further information is provided at the 99% website.  The 99% is derived from Thomas Edison's quote that genius is 1% inspiration 99% perspiration.  An article Big Innovation Lives Right on the Edge of Ridiculous Ideas from the IDEO group focuses on converting ideas into action.  They describe how they incorporate play into their work process.

This falls into the category of sustainability because so many good ideas die before they get realized and so many bad ideas live too long before they should be killed off.  This is covered in the 10 Laws of Productivity on the Tips section of the website.

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