--- title: Leadership Meets Life description: Connecting Wisdom & Action for Your Leadership World. --- [Skip to main content](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog#main-content) ![DGI Logo - Landscape-1](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_DGI%20Logo%20(New)/DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png?width=200&height=94&name=DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png) ![DGI Logo - Landscape-1](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_DGI%20Logo%20(New)/DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png?width=200&height=94&name=DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png) ![DGI Logo - Landscape-1](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_DGI%20Logo%20(New)/DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png?width=200&height=94&name=DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png) ![DGI Logo - Landscape-1](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hs-fs/hubfs/_DGI%20Logo%20(New)/DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png?width=200&height=94&name=DGI%20Logo%20-%20Landscape-1.png) - Show submenu for ABOUT US ABOUT US - What is Process Consulting? - Show submenu for MEET US MEET US - Areas of Specialty - Show submenu for Meet Our Process Consultants Meet Our Process Consultants - Meet our Partners and Senior Consultants - Meet our Consultants - [Maestro-level leaders](https://www.maestrosuiteadvisors.com/) - [Society for Process Consulting](https://www.maestrosuiteadvisors.com/) - [Culture Change Leadership](https://www.acausegreater.org/) - Show submenu for BE A CONSULTANT BE A CONSULTANT - Explore Process Consulting - Community of Practice - Shared Platform - [BE CREDENTIALED](https://linktr.ee/MaestroSuiteAdvisors) - Show submenu for RESOURCES RESOURCES - Blog Library - Books - Podcasts - Cohorts - Case Studies Open main navigation Close main navigation - Show submenu for ABOUT US ABOUT US - ABOUT US - What is Process Consulting? - Show submenu for MEET US MEET US - MEET US - Areas of Specialty - Show submenu for Meet Our Process Consultants Meet Our Process Consultants - Meet Our Process Consultants - Meet our Partners and Senior Consultants - Meet our Consultants - [Maestro-level leaders](https://www.maestrosuiteadvisors.com/) - [Society for Process Consulting](https://www.maestrosuiteadvisors.com/) - [Culture Change Leadership](https://www.acausegreater.org/) - Show submenu for BE A CONSULTANT BE A CONSULTANT - BE A CONSULTANT - Explore Process Consulting - Community of Practice - Shared Platform - [BE CREDENTIALED](https://linktr.ee/MaestroSuiteAdvisors) - Show submenu for RESOURCES RESOURCES - RESOURCES - Blog Library - Books - Podcasts - Cohorts - Case Studies - Search Search [Subscribe Now!](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog#subscribe) [leadership](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/tag/leadership), [Neuroscience](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/tag/neuroscience), [creativity](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/tag/creativity), [problem solving](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/tag/problem-solving), [Leadership Meets Life Blog](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/tag/leadership-meets-life-blog) ## [Practical Approaches for Innovation and Problem Solving](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/practical-approaches-for-innovation-and-problem-solving) ![Philip C. Bergey](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hubfs/Consultant%20Headshots%20(NEW)/Philip%20C.%20Bergey%20Headshot%20(300x300).png) by [Philip C. Bergey](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/author/philip-c-bergey) on June 28, 2022 How do ideas get generated? And how do problems get solved? Let's look first at idea generation. Researcher Margaret Boden describes three types of creative idea generation processes: combinational ... Read More [May 24, 2022 • 6 min read ![](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hubfs/Header%201.png) ###### Making Progress (Every Day) in Leadership and Life By Philip C. Bergey ](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/leadership-meets-life-blog/making-progress-every-day-in-leadership-and-life) [May 05, 2022 • 7 min read ![](https://www.designgroupinternational.com/hubfs/Phil%20Bergey/Leadership%20Meets%20Life%20Blog/050522_Phil%20Blog%20-%20Header%201.png) ###### The Neuroscience of Willpower By Philip C. 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