Nov 24, 2015 | Cardsmith, Creativity, Portland, Productivity, Project management, Strategy, Thinking tools, Uncategorized, Work
The other day, I had lunch with a friend of mine, Kevin. Kevin had some bad news and some not-so-bad news to share. His tale demonstrates the value of visual tools — and yet another example of how sticky notes make people productivity rockstars. The bad news was... 
Nov 16, 2015 | Cardsmith, Creativity, Design, Portland, Productivity, Project management, Startups, Strategy, Thinking tools, Work
How are people using Cardsmith? We sat down with one particular user this week to find out her story. Ann Sanderson is a planning machine. As a small business owner and political activist, she needs to be able to keep all her projects organized and track their... 
Sep 21, 2015 | Cardsmith, Portland, Productivity, Project management, Startups, Strategy, Thinking tools, Uncategorized, Work
I’m a fan of a weekly meeting when working with a small team on a creative project that goes for many weeks or months. In a well-functioning team, a well-executed collaborative meeting of no more than one hour sets a kind of cadence that energizes and aligns the... 
Sep 6, 2015 | Cardsmith, Play, Productivity, Project management
When my husband and I got married two years ago, we registered for a wood-burning pizza oven. What that really meant was money to purchase bricks and whatever supplies we needed in order to construct an oven. My husband did piles of research and decided that he wanted... 
Aug 24, 2015 | Cardsmith, Play, Portland
Our team attended TechFestNW2015 and was inspired by the amazing speakers this year. Sarah Joy, developer for Cardsmith, shares her perspective of the event. Memories of morning locker routines and Taco Salad Tuesdays filled my mind when I walked up the stairs of...