Reality imagined

When I started, my biggest challenge was learning to hear my inner voice – finding a way to be quiet enough to notice and pay attention to my own ideas.

When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had no limits in resources, materials, or permission. I’ve learned there’s a cost to eliminating options too soon, as some might be more viable than they initially appear.

Windows of opportunity

How do entrepreneurs and managers recognize a golden opportunity from fool’s gold? Golden opportunities hold out the promise of great rewards but generally require risky concentration of resources without the benefit of knowing whether the bet will pay off.

New contours, fresh patterns

A fantasy of unusual contours and omission of straight lines it has transcended and altered architectural discourse and interpretation. It anticipated the Art Nouveau movement characterized by a love of decoration, organic forms, and extravagant experiments in geometric and symmetrical forms.

Entering possibility space

There are times of opportunity, in which taking one direction opens up new possibilities, and taking another shuts them out. We live in our own real-world version of “possibilityspace.”