Welcome to Episode 7 of Dolly in My Pocket, where we dive into one of the most overlooked elements of effective collaboration: how we think together. We often enter meetings with agendas, pre-reading, the right people in the room… but there’s almost never an agreed approach to how we should be thinking and communicating in that space. In this episode, I introduce two essential modes of thinking: Divergent Thinking – expansive, open, idea-generatingConvergent Thinking – narrowing, critical, de...
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Welcome to Episode 7 of Dolly in My Pocket, where we dive into one of the most overlooked elements of effective collaboration: how we think together. We often enter meetings with agendas, pre-reading, the right people in the room… but there’s almost never an agreed approach to how we should be thinking and communicating in that space. In this episode, I introduce two essential modes of thinking: Divergent Thinking – expansive, open, idea-generatingConvergent Thinking – narrowing, critical, de...
Dolly In My Pocket 03: The Art of Quitting: How to Trade Busyness for Boldness
The extra-Ordinary Leader with Dolly Waddell
14 minutes
3 months ago
Dolly In My Pocket 03: The Art of Quitting: How to Trade Busyness for Boldness
Welcome to another Dolly in My Pocket — the short solo series within The extra-Ordinary Leader podcast, designed to offer pithy, practical leadership insights to carry into your week. This episode is about quitting — but not in the way you think. I'm not talking about giving up alcohol or bad habits. I’m talking about something far more radical: quitting the automatic “yeses” and inherited “nos” that shape how we spend our time, attention, and energy. I unpack a powerful idea: every time you ...
The extra-Ordinary Leader with Dolly Waddell
Welcome to Episode 7 of Dolly in My Pocket, where we dive into one of the most overlooked elements of effective collaboration: how we think together. We often enter meetings with agendas, pre-reading, the right people in the room… but there’s almost never an agreed approach to how we should be thinking and communicating in that space. In this episode, I introduce two essential modes of thinking: Divergent Thinking – expansive, open, idea-generatingConvergent Thinking – narrowing, critical, de...