Cross-Pollination

a blog on business, creativity, art and the human body

The Northampton Queen

Been too quiet on the illustration front lately. I’ve felt for a while now that there’s a breakthrough somewhere waiting to be found. If only I could be more open, diligent, exploratory, crazy, nosy, crafty, smarter, dumber, whatever, blah, blah, blah…

Anne Watkins on giving continuous feedback

In a recent workshop Linda, a manager, asked Anne, “Why do you need to babysit people?” which is what continuous feedback can feel like. Well if you don’t give feedback, then it can be difficult for a team to develop. The team needs continual feedback to feel safe, and one beauty of giving continuous [...]

Working with mild depression

Dr. Geoff talks about working with depression. It’s a difficult subject, and while most of us experience some form of depression in our lives, the most common form of depression may not really be depression at all; rather it could simply besadness. If someone at work experiences a loss, we could be effected by [...]

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    (noun) the transfer of pollen from one type of flower to the stigma of another; cross-fertilization. This blog examines topics related to creative thought and everyday life.
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