October 2021

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Types of Creativity & How They Work Together

Some creatives use a paintbrush while others use musical instruments or coding software. Even with the same tools, ideas can take shape in radically different ways depending on who holds the tools. Creativity takes many forms. Understanding how ideas can manifest themselves is key to successfully combining creatives on projects...

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Onboarding & Offboarding Tips

Staffing changes are an inevitable part of business. Ensuring employees integrate with the existing team and company structure is vital for a successful entry. New hires need to be welcomed and exiting employees seen off amicably each and every time. Although onboarding is an automatic assumption because new hires need...

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What is an Information Architect?

Information is practically currency in the UX world. It’s not only user data that companies covet to make better products. Users are also searching for information of some kind whenever they access the internet or use one of the countless apps or software products that rely on it. Websites and...

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Mastering the Exit Interview

Exit interviews are given far less consideration than traditional job interviews. For many employees and managers, the exit interview is little more than a formality on the way out the door. Glaring mistakes might be pointed out, but it’s more likely that people on both sides of the exchange...

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Top 10 Creativity Myths Debunked

The exact source of creative ideas has mystified people for eons. Myths and superstitions are frequently used to explain how and why people feel the need to express themselves with creative endeavors. Because so many find originality enchanting, the myths we attribute to artists and other creatives are rarely...

September 2021

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How to Advertise Without Advertising

Advertising is all around us. From the smallest start-up to legacy Fortune 500 companies, everyone is competing to get their message out in the world where prospective customers can see it and engage with it. With their being so ubiquitous, are traditional marketing and advertising methods still effective? People have...

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Professional Boundaries and Remote Work

The rise in remote work has blurred the line between working and non-working hours for many people. Companies adjusting to various events in the last several years have - purposefully or not - stacked the responsibilities of several jobs on the shoulders of a single remote worker. It’s not always...