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Mark Henson
Chief Imagination Officer of sparkspace
Mark Henson is the Chief Imaginagion Officer of sparkspace. Sparkspace is Central Ohio's most creative meeting place. Mark applies his brilliance to spark new thinking about customer service, teamwork, and innovation.
Mark spends a good part of his day thinking about how to make his city a more fun and creative place to live, work, and do business. He has an interesting view of a wide variety of companies - across a wide variety of industries - and how they tackle the creativity and innovation process.
Click the tabs above to listen to the separate episodes coresponding to the four catalysts of Personal Brilliance - Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative or listen to the complete interview if you prefer.
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews SparkSpace CEO Mark Henson, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Awareness in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Awareness for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- A description of a unique meeting facility for innovation
- Evidence of an awakening to innovation in the last few years
- A great definition of success
- The lowest rated competency for most people
- Why environment is so important
- Hiring Mr. Patatohead as a consultant
- Getting permission to explore
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Chief Imagination Officer of sparkspace Mark Henson, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Curiosity in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Curiosity for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The biggest hindrance to personal brilliance
- Curiosity and our kids
- Mark's most important question
- How Mark researched his business idea
- How curiosity contributes to success in customer service
- How evolution has supported our curiosity
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Chief Imagination Officer of sparkspace Mark Henson, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Focus in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Focus for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The relationship between focus and commitment
- Increasing the speed of brilliant results
- Are you obsessed?
- The concept of rapid refocusing
- A common barrier - shortcuts create an illusion of speed
- Why focus should be physically separated from awareness and curiosity
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews Chief Imagination Officer of sparkspace Mark Henson. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Initiative for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- Taking the leap
- Rapid prototyping and perfection
- Lack of trust in the initiative equation
- How avoiding disappointment reduces innovation
- A case study of brilliance
This is the complete Mark Henson Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical interview with Jim Canterucci.
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