Articles by Todd Henry about creativity, leadership, and productivity - Todd Henry

Featured

3 Ways Leaders Unknowingly Limit Their Team’s Creativity

The better you are at setting good rails for your team the more they will feel freedom to bring their best ideas and work to the table

June 9, 2022

Business

The Thing You Do Every Day

It 8217 s not just the big efforts that make a difference More often than not it 8217 s the little things that you do every day that actually move the needle

May 25, 2022

Business

Call Your Own Bluff This Year

Have you ever had an idea burning inside of you that you knew could really take off yet you just couldn 8217 t stir up the courage to take the first steps

January 2, 2021

Creating

Create Work That Lasts (My Interview With Chase Jarvis)

A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel to LA for an interview with one of my favorite creators and entrepreneurs Chase Jarvis Chase is an incredible photographer and is the co founder of CreativeLIVE a platform designed to help creative pros to learn new skills from the best in the business

February 28, 2018

Leading

Keep Your Leadership Fire Alive

If you lead a team of people you have the responsibility to keep your flame burning bright and hot Yes you can still do your job for a while without inspiration but eventually your team will catch on to the fact that you re not really smoking what you re selling and they ll start to wonder whether their sacrifices are really worth it

February 6, 2018

Leading

Why Everyone Hates Your Meetings (And How To Fix It)

When meetings are stacked one after the other it sometimes means little time to think or be strategic about them

January 24, 2018

Featured

What Does It Take To Produce Brilliant Creative Work?

I 8217 ve spent the past three years working on a book to help leaders better understand what creative people need and to help them do the best work of their lives It 8217 s finally here

January 18, 2018

Creating

The Lunch Pail Manifesto

A few quick thoughts on creative productivity from Steven Pressfield

May 26, 2017

Creating

Why You Should Argue Against Yourself

In the effort to ship we often fail to lay a sturdy foundation for our work and the results can be disastrous Give your own work its best critique before going public

January 5, 2017

Creating

Why You Should Have A Study Plan (and How To Make One)

For many people the idea of study died the moment that they graduated from school but it shouldn t have Study yields great unexpected insights for your work

December 23, 2016

Creating

Learn To Say No (So That You Can Say Yes)

Brilliant ideas often bubble up in the white space 8211 the areas between our frenetic activity 8211 and if you don t take care to intentionally carve that white space you might find that you re active but not productive

December 15, 2016

Creating

The Dangers Of Keeping Score

Ever feel anxious about your work even though things are going really well It might be because you are keeping score in ways that don 8217 t even matter

August 30, 2016