Leading the Pivot | Creativity Has No Assigned Seat


Welcome to Wednesday! As you step into the natural pivot point of the week, here’s a brief moment of encouragement and perspective to help you lead the pivots in your life.


Leading the Pivot | Creativity Has No Assigned Seat
Practical wisdom for the pivots that shape us.


The Moment

There are spaces where we feel free to think differently.

And spaces where we don’t.

We bring one version of ourselves to the canvas, the kitchen, the garden. And a more contained version to the meeting, the difficult conversation, the problem that won’t move.

The creative mind does not disappear in those moments.

We just stop inviting it in.


The Pivot

Creativity is not a personality type reserved for artists and designers.

It is a way of seeing. A willingness to look at what is in front of us and ask what else might be possible.

That capacity travels. Into the way we lead. The way we parent. The way we solve what feels unsolvable. The way we show up when the obvious path is closed.

What we practice in one room, we can carry into any room.

The creative mind is not a gift for certain moments. It is a resource for all of them.


The Move

Think about where you bring your most imaginative thinking right now.

What would shift if you carried that same mind into the spaces where you have been showing up without it?


Cheering you on to your best life,

Amanda Crooks, M.Div, BCC, CMCS, GCDF
Board Certified Coach | Leadership, Career & Well-Being

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