One of the challenges faced by organisations adopting deliberate thinking to help promote innovation is connecting new thinking techniques to real and important issues in the organisation. People learning new techniques struggle to know when and where to use the
by Bill Jarrard, Mindwerx International Critical Thinking is defined by the The Critical Thinking Community as that mode of thinking - about any subject, content, or problem - in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skilfully taking charge of the
In the mid-1980s many organisations in Australia embraced the concept of Total Quality Management (TQM), and while some struggled with it, others made significant inroads to improving product and service quality. Behind this 'movement' were a number of Critical Thinking explorers including
An introductory paper on the state of play of innovation in the Queensland and Australian Public Service. White_Paper_Public Service_Innovation
Title: THE WEIRD RULES OF CREATIVITY. Authors: Sutton, Robert I. Source: Harvard Business Review; Sep2001, Vol. 79 Issue 8, p94, 10p Document Type: Article (The above image is a Wordle cloud of the full article) Subject Terms: *CREATIVE ability in
Title : How’s Your Climate for Innovation? Author: Charles W. Prather, Ph.D. Bio: Dr. Prather was a research management chemist at DuPont before managing DuPont’s Center for Creativity and Innovation. Through CW Prather Associates, in Annapolis, Maryland, he now consults on
(For Online Academy Students) The attached article by Dr Rowan Gilmore, CEO of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation raises some interesting points about the focus on innovation in Australia. Taking the lead from the Business Council of Australia's report on innovation
The QWERTY Mentality Have you ever wondered why people you work with resist change, particularly any sort of unique or innovative change? Well it may come down to what we call the QWERTY Mentality. This comparison of how many people
Are you like us - you love the Harvard Business Review but find it a bit expensive to keep up the subscription? One of our USA university students (we do a fully online undergraduate course in Creativity and Innovation) alerted me
