Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 delivers tightly integrated software and services that measurably improve productivity and enable you to produce richly expressive work in print, web, interactive, video, audio, and mobile. Continue reading… »

In an increasingly connected society, personal image management has moved beyond suits, ties or dresses and into the realm of complete identity control. With every online action recorded for future review by spouses, legal adversaries and potential employers, maintaining a comprehensively professional persona has never been more important

Identity management starts with careful control of what information is released and through what channels. This control method, known by communication professionals as selective self presentation, is the easiest way to maintain your desired image in both the physical and virtual worlds. By carefully selecting which pictures, blog entries and forum posts are publicly released on the Internet, even someone who spends vast amounts of time online can successfully manage his online image and present a front of professional, intelligent refinement. Continue reading… »

Conducting an interview can be difficult. You worry about asking the questions that will get you the information to choose the right person for your open position. People focus so much on asking the right questions in an interview that they often forget about the questions that should not be asked. These are the questions that could get you and your company in hot water. Many questions that interviewers look at as innocent can be considered discriminatory. The passing of the anti-discrimination and consumer protection legislation in the 1960 restricts the types of questions that can be asked prior to employment.

As you prepare to start interviewing the next group of applicants for your company, it is best to know what questions to avoid. This will keep any possible legal interpretations of the way that you conduct your interview questions. The following are some of the interview questions that you will want to avoid asking in your next interview session. Continue reading… »

Staying competitive and sustaining success in today’s business environment requires thinking “outside the box”. Patented technologies, improved bottom line, streamlined processes, and market leadership are some of the compelling reasons for unleashing creativity in the workplace. Acquiring skills that help develop creative potential require strategies that are an interplay of art and science. The art is about intuitive wisdom —believing that you and your team have the intuitive ability for creative thinking and giving your mind time to synthesize unconventional, breakthrough solutions through deep, exploratory thinking. The science is about effectively implementing the tools and techniques to spark ideas.

Here are seven ways to ignite and foster creative thinking in the workplace:

1. Hang a large piece of paper on your office door; at the top, write a question or issue that requires a solution. Invite everyone to freely share thoughts and ideas.

2. Show a stand-up comedy video before every creative session.
Laughter stimulates free thinking. You can also read a book of jokes for a few minutes to break the ice before meetings. Randall Osborne, professor of psychology at Indiana University, cites evidence that developing a respect for humor in the workplace has brought amazing results in large corporations such as Kodak, where it was learned that humor and creativity went hand in hand. Kodak has developed a “humor room” where employees can escape the pressures of their work. Continue reading… »