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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
The Daily Creative Thinking Meeting
Daily meetings can be productive and creative More and more groups and teams are using daily meetings. These are very popular in software development teams in particular and even have their own name - Daily Scrums. Daily Scrums as the name implies are short, daily...
Do leaders need a creative thinking consultant?
For a new age we need a new type of consultant There are many different types of consultants. Think of management consultants or strategy or marketing or political consultants for example. Yet none of these are dedicated to helping leaders and their teams to create....
How to be productively creative
The new challenge for all leaders, groups and teams It's a tough time for anyone who works in an organisation or runs their own business. Leaders, groups and teams need to be more creative and innovative to develop new growth opportunities and design better consumer...
Let’s think about creativity in a new way
Here is a new way to think about creativity. By using a different metaphor. Creativity as a switch. Using this perspective you and your group or team could switch on your creativity and then switch it off - in an instant. Depending on the situation you could switch on...
What is a Team Problem Solving Culture?
Culture plus process equals breakthrough solutions There are numerous articles, posts and content around team problem solving processes. Basically these involve a number of steps: 1. Defining the problem 2. Generating alternative solutions 3. Evaluating these and 4....
Why leaders need to become multi-thinkers
Shifting leadership thinking from single to multi In 1983, Harvard Professor Howard Gardner, in a book called Frames of Mind proposed a Theory of Multiple Intelligences rather than a single, general one. I am suggesting we extend his theory by having a Theory of...
The 70/20/10 Leadership Thinking Formula
The Leadership Thinking success formula In the Marketing and Innovation space there is a 70, 20, 10 formula: - 70% of your innovation efforts should be on your current business, products and markets - 20% on adjacent or near-by markets or related products (e.g. think...
Here is the formula for exponential growth
Exponential Thinking x Exponential Technologies Much of the excitement and the focus of leaders today is on the growth of exponential technologies. Think AI, Robotics, IoT, AR, VR, 3D Printing, Social Media Platforms etc etc These technologies are upending traditional...
Exponential Thinking is the most important leadership skill?
If you cannot think in an exponential way - you're toast! A few years ago, IBM conducted a survey among CEO's around the world which found that creativity is the most important leadership quality. As far as I know this research has not been repeated or replicated. I...