Blog
In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
What’s stopping you from being more creative?
It's your inner voice! I have taught thousands of people how to think in a more creative way. Paradoxically I use a different approach which I call Speed Thinking, the tool of which is Blitz. Because I have found that the biggest personal barrier to creativity is in...
The 3 drivers of higher performance
Think TIE - Time, Imagination and Energy Everyone and every team has 3 key resources. Time, Imagination and energy (TIE). How you use these 3 three resources can determine how you perform. In fact, it may be that the higher performers have found a better way to...
How to become a more complete thinker
Switch your Thinking! Is anyone a fan of UFC? (Ultimate Fighting Championship) I agree it's not everyone's cup of tea. But there is one aspect of the evolution of UFC fighting that we can all learn from. It's this. In the early years there were fighters who were...
Want a shorter, faster Meeting? Try Blitzing
It's about time we reinvented meetings! I spend a lot of my time talking to and working with managers and leaders. One of my favourite questions is: What is the most unproductive part of your day? Meetings. In what way? There are too many, they are too long , rarely...
High Intensity Training for Leaders & their Teams
Is it time Leaders and their teams embraced a similar high intensity workout? It's called HIIT and it stands for High Intensity Interval Training. HIIT is one of the top fitness trends in the world. What is it? As explained in a Huffington Post piece: 'HIIT, or...
Does technology make anything possible?
Is the idea of that's impossible an outdated idea? In a recent article in Wired magazine a quadriplegic lady named Jan Scheurmann controlled a jet fighter using nothing but her thoughts. Science fiction you might say? Well know. You see Jan who was quadriplegic due to...
Competing on Speed
Why Speed Wins Speed is the new black. It's becoming the new consumer and customer expectation. In a time-poor, interrupted world, why do I have to wait? This emphasis on speed is compounded because of Google for example. What is the capital of Australia for example?...
Is a small wins innovation approach a better idea?
The power of small ideas Just before Xmas I designed and facilitated a number of workshops for a communication agency. It seemed to go quite well. But what really fired up the team was the challenge: What small ideas can we test in the next 30 days? Suddenly the...
How to become a disruptive thinker
Disruptive Thinking is too important to be left to the startups Everyone seems to agree that disruption is happening in every category, market and industry. There are numerous examples of the threats and opportunities of this type of non-linear change. Because this is...