productivity tips
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Six tips for dealing with feedback
Collecting feedback on your ideas, creations and iterations is a hugely important part of the creative process. But not all feedback is created equal. For every insightful observation and useful suggestion, some comments can miss the point, lack context or just be plain wrong. Dealing with the latter can be…
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Eight tips for better teamwork
Talented people working together effectively is the key to a successful project. But just because you’ve assembled the A-team doesn’t mean things are going to run smoothly. The best teamwork demands regular communication and a clear process, which doesn’t always happen naturally. These eight tips are a great way to put effective…
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Three Post-it productivity tricks
New products or services that fail to find an audience are often described as “a solution without a problem”. But this is exactly how one of the most successful inventions of all time started out. In 1968, Dr. Silver Spencer, a chemist at multinational conglomerate 3M, was attempting to create…
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Seven tips for escaping your creative rut
We’ve all been there. The place where a creative task seems so obstinately unsolvable that staring at your screen or a blank sheet of paper is no longer helping. When you find yourself stuck in that seemingly inescapable rut, try these seven tips for rediscovering your creative spark. 1. Go…
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Seven steps to happiness: how ad agencies use Hightail to be more productive
“Advertising is based on one thing: happiness” Don Draper, Mad Men Every day, ad agencies across the world attempt to deliver happiness to their clients. But the modern world is much more complicated than in the days of Sterling Cooper and 21st century clients have ever-changing and multi-faceted needs. Coming…
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