Idea Meeting

I shouldn't have been surprised when Kevin mentioned we should start having idea meetings every Friday morning. The purpose of the meeting would be to share ideas we learned throughout the week from our work with clients, our reading, and our research. This would also give us a chance to decide what new ideas to implement, which current ideas need tweaking and what ideas we could file away to use later.

While I knew it was a great idea, it made me nervous.

I always have good ideas and I am really great at implementing and fine-tuning the ideas of others; however, I just knew no amount of ideas I shared would even compare to the number shared by Kevin.

You see Kevin is nicknamed "idea man." An idea man is a person who has more ideas than they have time here on earth to implement them all. They begin their sentences with, "I've been thinking." They have shelves full of books on innovation and creativity. And apparently they hold idea meetings.

So I took my apprehension and ideas to the first meeting and I was sold.

After the meeting I realized how lucky I am to work for someone who valued my input. Who encouraged creative thinking. Who inspired me to achieve more. Who kept work exciting and challenging. And who appreciated my ideas, no matter how many or how simple they were. And I have yet to run out of ideas at our meetings.

I encourage you to begin holding idea meetings. And I encourage you to find an idea man or woman to mentor under. You will be glad you did.

p.s. Click HERE to read idea man's blog...I am confident you will gain at least one new idea ;)