Blog - Melissa Dinwiddie | Create the Impossible™ | Innovation Keynote Speaker & Consultant

September 5, 2018

From the Archive: The Dance of “Want To” and “Have To”

So a few weeks back, maybe a month ago now, I started practicing graphic recording tools and techniques in order to bone up for bringing graphic facilitation to my corporate and organizational workshops.

And because my practice is to share what I’m creating, I posted my efforts on Instagram, which feeds out to Facebook.

I even made a special Pinterest board, just for my Visual Practice stuff.

Now, my gremlins are pretty loud and nasty, so they didn’t hold back telling me all the ways that my “flip chart sketch notes” fell short of what I wanted them to be.

And because I’ve been following all sorts of masters of the field of graphic recording and graphic facilitation, my standards are pretty high, I admit.

So it came as a huge surprise when [Read more…]

August 29, 2018

From the Archive: The Frustration of the Flail

At the end of 2015 I faced a moment of truth.

I realized I was not getting to my art table to make art.

Weeks had gone by, and I had not managed to squeeze in even a few minutes, despite the fact that my art table is literally right behind my computer desk. So all I have to do is turn around and take two steps to the left to be standing at it.

The gravitational pull of my computer is so strong, it was keeping me from doing even that much.

Clearly, something had to change.

What to do?

One thing I know is: the [Read more…]

August 22, 2018

From the Archive: Eat the Frog

I had planned to share an interview today, but we had a “first world problem” disaster with airplane tickets to Paris that took up the entire afternoon.

The afternoon that was supposed to be devoted to working on the podcast.

Instead I was canceling and rebooking frequent flier mile airplane tickets — which inadvertently cost us $1500 we are hoping to get back (the jury’s still out on that) — then spending hours on the phone with customer support to try to get seats together.

Yeah, it’s all ridiculously complicated. Don’t ask.

Anyway, interview episodes take a lot of time to produce, so I thought I’d share a new productivity tactic that’s been rattling around in my brain.

It’s unfinished, so you’re getting a behind-the-scenes look at something I’m working on.

These are my early thoughts, as I shared them the earlier this week with my Creative Sandbox Community.

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August 21, 2018

Snapshot from My Studio: August 21, 2018 at 01:53PM

The latest from the Paris trip: Part One of the Achilles Tendon saga that started yesterday. 🖍
I haven’t had time to document the rest, which basically happened today, but suffice it to say I now own a pair of French crutches (to match the pair living in the closet at home… sigh… as if I needed another pair of crutches… but in fact, I did—RIGHT NOW!)
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The good news is I’m in less pain with crutches. At least my left Achilles is. The bad news is it’s a PITA to get anywhere! But on a positive note, I’m getting some fabulous exercise and a good upper body workout with every step! 😉
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To be continued… .
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August 19, 2018

Snapshot from My Studio: August 19, 2018 at 09:58AM

#Sketchnote of yesterday’s kickoff to our #vacation: the Polaris Lounge in SFO! Followed by a transatlantic flight in Polaris Business class!
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This had been a lifelong dream of mine (or at least as long as Polaris Business has existed!): to fly business class across the Atlantic, ideally on points. Which, quite accidentally, is how it transpired!
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It was pretty sweet. And.. at the end of the day, flying is still a PITA. Polaris just filed the edges down and makes it slightly less painful; it doesn’t actually eliminate the pain entirely, alas… 😜 Still, given my druthers, I’d take it over Economy any day of the week (as if somebody’s asking! 😂 .

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