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It’s a Wrap – The Director’s Cut – Your Highlight Reel
Before the end-of-year rush takes over, join us online on December 11 at 5 pm AEDT and take a moment for yourself to reflect on the story this year has become. We’re going to edit and discover meaning in the moments that mattered most.
Team Superpowers – The Marvel of the Space Between
What does it take for a team to move from simply working together to creating something remarkable? Helen Zink and I are curious about this, too, and it’s led us to explore how it happens.
The Creativity Key – Now and Future
Last month, we kicked off a new experiment – The Creativity Key – with the aim of bringing a short prompt designed to unlock fresh perspectives and spark creative momentum. Think of it as a playful nudge to see things differently, try something new, or bring a bit more imagination into your work.
Imagining the Future – The Innovation Playground
How do you move your business from where it is to where you’d like it to be?
The steps between imagination and action come to life in the Innovation Playground – a creative workshop where participants use Maverick Minds Shift Your Thinking communication cards as catalysts to explore their businesses.
When Good Intentions Go Too Far – Lessons from the Garden
I almost killed one of my cycads recently, not from neglect, but from too much care.
You could say I overly managed the poor thing.
These ancient palm-like plants have been around since the Jurassic period and were a favourite snack for dinosaurs. We inherited a few when we moved into our home, and mostly they’ve continued to exist quietly, minding their own business.
At various stages, some have been active. Most recently, one began to push out new green shoots. I was delighted and also on alert. From experience, I knew that what often follows is the arrival of the Cycad Moths, who love to devour the soft green leaves.
Before You Act, Ask This
When we’re under pressure to deliver, the urge is often to move quickly and get straight into action. Pausing can feel counterintuitive, almost like standing still when everything around us is demanding momentum. Yet in my experience, the time taken to ask the right questions at the beginning creates far better outcomes than simply reacting in the moment.
It’s a Wrap – Your 2025 Highlight Reel
The close of the year is the perfect moment to pause and take stock.
As the director of your story, which scenes from your year will you keep? Which ones might head to the editing room floor?
The Creativity Key – Spring into Action
If you’ve been with me a while, you know that so much of my work with Maverick Minds has always circled back to creativity. I approach creativity from both the artist’s sense, as well as creativity as a way of thinking, exploring, and making sense of change. I think of it as striving to be artful in how we work and engage with others, regardless of the profession we work in.
Peek inside the Innovation Playground
What happens when you bring the spirit of the playground into a room of business owners? At a recent session with the Basic Bananas small business community, it became a space to climb over challenges, slide into new perspectives, and explore fresh possibilities for work and business.
How My Stuff Up Turned into a Superpower Moment
There I was, waiting at my place for my regular community of practice group to arrive. An always-on-time bunch, this time, no one had arrived by our scheduled start time, and then it dawned on me. We were meeting somewhere else entirely. They were at Stephen’s place, which is where I should have been, too.
Leading with Heart: The Superpowers Behind Student Changemakers
At Payne Road State School’s annual Environment Leaders Day, students from across the district gathered to explore how young people can lead positive change for the planet.
It was a powerful feeling to be in a room full of enthusiastic and energetic young people who care deeply about the world around them.
Maverick Minds was invited back for a second year, contributing a session that helped students uncover and develop their leadership superpowers – the qualities, behaviours, and mindsets that support human-centred leadership in action.
Curious what a day of student leadership and superpowers looks like?
Ready to Shift Your Thinking? Jump Into the Innovation Playground!
Innovation is at its best when we’re seriously playful and curious. And it doesn’t always start with big, dramatic moves.
Innovation can emerge from small shifts, creative prompts, and spirited exploration. Maverick Minds’ “Innovation Playground” is a facilitated space that invites people to step back from the usual, see their business through a new lens, and uncover fresh insights through creative methods.
That’s what we experienced when I hosted a creative business session for the Basic Bananas Small Business Marketing Mentoring Community.
Ready to shift your thinking and make the next move?
Our unique digital facilitation and coaching cards can help with that.