Add Value: Hire a Designer
What value can your organization offer a Designer, and what value can a Designer bring to your organization?
As a designer with strong moral values, I consider myself very fortunate to be designing, creating and strategizing for Tamarack, an organization committed to sparking wildfires of positive change, energy and inspiration in communities.
Over the past 3 years that I've been with Tamarack, it's interesting to reflect on my own professional transformation, specifically the way in which I [...]Random Act of Kindness #2
If your morning routine includes a coffee from a local drive through, pay for your order and ask to pay for the car behind you. What a nice way to help kick off someone's day, who will no doubt share this experience with those they encounter throughout their day.
Random Act of Kindness #1
Go to the park and descretely 'hide' some random change. Now sit back and enjoy your audience as they 'find' your scatterings...a lucky penny , maybe a lucky loonie...you've just made someone's day! Never assume that the end result is meaningless - you never know what it might mean to someone. An emergency phone call, a bus ride home, a cup of coffee, or just a plain-old-smile.
Draw connections
Would it make a difference if you knew that the answer to your
wicked questions already existed? Like a puzzle, it just needs to
be organized correctly in order to make sense?
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You do not need to reinvent the wheel.
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You have the tools, you have the connections.
Finding time to Think
"The single most revolutionary act you can do these days is to find time to think." [Margaret Wheatley - Collaboration in a Chaotic World]
I might challenge that by saying "The single most revolutionary act you can do these days is to find time to feel".
