Intuition is surer than magic.
Welcome to Wednesday. Remember that this week we are blending creativity and employee engagement. Here we go…
Each
of us possesses a Creative Self. That part of our being is eager to
look at what is familiar and see it in a different way. It is more than
looking through "rose-colored glasses." Creative Self allows you to
consider a familiar idea ("most everyone reads their e-mail first thing
in the morning") in a different way ("Why not send my employees a 'Good
morning' engagement thought every day?"). Creative Self thinks of
common actions you or others perform and give those actions different
purpose or process. (My h.s. football coach had all the linemen take a
week of ballet instruction every spring to make us light(er) on our
feet.)
Get the idea? Creative Self takes this new view of objects and procedures and everything!
Your Creative Self can partner well with your intuition. Let's be clear: intuition anticipates what might occur on the basis of what you have previously experienced.
Intuition is not a SWAG (scientific wise-acre guess). Intuition is your
subconscious use of what you already know to help with what is yet
ahead of you. Intuition is surer than magic. And so, heeding and using
intuition is a skill that can be developed, a skill that benefits
creative intelligence.
When you support and encourage "intuition
attention" among your people, you give them engagement opportunity.
Remember, employee engagement is an employee's investment of energy, skill, ability, eagerness and desire in the work s/he performs.
How can you encourage "intuition attention"?
The simplest way is to ask questions. Questions such as
- “What’s your gut feeling?â€
- “Does anything out of the ordinary come to you?â€
- “Do you have ideas you feel might be on the mark?â€
Ask
those or questions like them frequently. Ask them repeatedly. Ask them
until (even beyond) your employees become confident in applying their
intuition. Keep in mind the dual benefits: the engagement of using intuition and successful outcomes intuition can provide.
Stop by tomorrow and look at Creative Encouragement with us.
Tags: Creativity, Employee Engagement
