CREATIVE PRINCIPLES TO LEARN AND LIVE BY - John C. Maxwell

1. BUILD A CREATIVE CULTURE by fueling passion, celebrating ideas, fostering autonomy, encouraging courage, minimizing hierarchy, reducing rules, failing forward and starting small.

2. MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER

3. MAKE PLANS BUT LOOK FOR OPTIONS

• Predetermine your course of action. 

•​Lay out your goals. 

•​Adjust your priorities. 

•​Notify key personnel. 

•​Allow time for acceptance. 

•​Head into action. 

•​Expect problems. 

•​Adjust your plan. 

•​Daily review your plans.

4. PLACE HIGH VALUE ON IDEAS

- Start Gathering Ideas

- Test Every Idea That You Gather

- Analyze Your Failures

- Adapt Other Ideas

- Question All Assumptions

5. SEEK OUT AND LISTEN TO DIFFERENT VOICES

6. TAKE RISKS

7. LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF "YES"

For more information on these principles and how to put them into play, see the book, Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace by John C. Maxwell