InnerVentures

  • Creativity Boosters to get you in the Flow – 2 of 4 – Coffee

    We all know Creativity at work is important. It is a leading driver of innovation and it boosts productivity. And when you are in the right flow, you are more creative and productive. Other than having a formulaic approach to better flow (Formula pins down what gets people in the “Flow”) we all want to…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Creativity Boosters to get you in the Flow – 1 of 4 – Music

    We all know Creativity at work is important. It is a leading driver of innovation and it boosts productivity. And when you are in the right flow, you are more creative and productive. Other than having a formulaic approach to better flow (Formula pins down what gets people in the “Flow”) we all want to…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • The unbearable weight of doing

    One of the things you gain from going on vacation (as I did recently) is that you are liberated, if only temporarily, from the pressure of doing anything. At least in theory. Sometimes the habit of “busyness” we often pick up at work permeates into our holidays. We struggle to relax. Hopefully we are soon…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Starting a business remote first – 10 priorities

    I mentor startups from time to time, in my spare time. I am doing so at the moment with one. I am bringing my past experience to bear starting and working in startups and I’ve also written an eBook on a related subject. In the current case though, it’s more my current experience I am…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Microsoft 365 customer questions – what and why M365

    Question: The customer is just about to launch Microsoft 365 so the decision has already been made about buying and using it. The question was more in relation to a kick off session to all staff in which I was asked to present in 10 minutes what M365 is and why it will add value…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Finite creativity and the importance of time out

    Creativity is important. In our personal lives as well as business. Creative juices are sustenance for our innovation output. Why then do we treat it as if it were an infinite resource that can be tapped at will. Creativity depletion deniers will say there is no limit to our capacity to be creative. But it…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Navigating the modern work landscape – impact and effort

    As things have shifted so dramatically over the last few years and there is no sign of it abating nor of going back to normal, I wondered what that meant for modern work. Time for a DanelDoodle. This is a really high-level view and naturally I will have missed key elements. But I just wanted…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Microsoft Teams and CRM for Sales Productivity

    Bringing CRM tools into Microsoft Teams makes sellers more collaborative with the intention of making them more productive, ultimately to drive top line growth. Microsoft where I work (disclosure) positions this as collaborative Apps that keep you in the flow of work. I’ve already written about the work I am doing with customers on this…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Management under pressure – time for a rethink

    You don’t need to go too far these days to find evidence that management is under pressure. Mostly it’s getting a bad rap from some ill equipped or egotistical CEO. Look no further than Better.com CEO Vishal Garg who has now taken indefinite leave of absence for the way he treated 900 employees whom he…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Features that delight – reminders in context – Microsoft Teams

    One of the big bets on Microsoft Teams that the CEO himself has articulated (see this post) is that it becomes a “platform as significant as the internet browser, or a computer operating system”. One key outcome of this is that if Teams does become as pervasive as this suggests and the tool where all…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Resilience is an attitude and other things you can control

    I’ve just started a new initiative – setting up a store on this site. Its been something I’ve been wanting to do for ages but I’ve been dithering. I was reminded by this quote of the need for action. “If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.” Jack Dixon Welsh Rugby Union…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Writing with intent – new directions for InnerVentures

    Blogging as a craft or pursuit is under pressure and being assailed from all sides. But writing will never go out of fashion, especially good writing, in business or in our personal lives. So it doesn’t matter what you call it and whether you believe blogging is dead, dying, or not. The point is to…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Making your personal goals stick in 2022

    I’m about to share how I do what is described in the headline. That’s not to say it’s guaranteed to work for you. But I’ve been doing this for at least the last 5 years and its starting to stick and work better and better for me. Maybe it helps you too or you get…

    Stephen Danelutti

  • Microsoft 365 customer questions – Sales Productivity

    I work in the business of dealing with customers questions on Microsoft 365 all the time (disclosure), either directly or indirectly. This is part of a series of posts where I share them if they can be of help to others. Where I can of course and naturally, not just the questions but the answers…

    Stephen Danelutti