The book Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks by Peter A. Gloor is an interesting look at group creativity. A quick Google search takes you to www.swarmcreativity.net which opens with the following: We are at the dawn of a new
Love TV, but hate the commercials? I do. Last night watching one of my favourite shows I was frustrated with the commercials, which these days are definitely louder both in decibels and the actors yelling at you. Last night after
Recently a couple of my Masters students referenced some ideas coming out of the Nike Innovation Kitchen – something I had not heard of before, and which I was hoping would be something new. Doing a quick Google search on
Can you improve your intelligence?? Can we make ourselves smarter? Can Mind Mapping, Memory Techniques and learning to Speed Read make you smarter? Yes, Yes and Yes Recently Jennifer Goddard, Director and Master Trainer, Buzan Centre appeared on Insight program
I am reading my way through the essay assignments on Creativity & Innovation submitted by my Masters students, and although I am only part way through the pile, I am again really enjoying the insights many of them have made.
Check out this interview with Tony Buzan on how to read more effectively - Speed Reading Special Interest Group "Imagine you are reading a book, and you want to understand it as well as you can. Would you try to read
I ran a workshop last week that touched on some of the de Bono thinking principles and tools I have been successfully using and sharing with others for almost 25 years now. As I always strive for, the feedback from
In this month’s Boss magazine there is a 1/4-Page article by Narelle Hooper titled Tool Time that compares the Top Ten ranked management tools of 2006/07 versus 2008/09. Hooper reports that ‘the recent lurch in imperatives to cost cutting is
Our friend Janelle Nisbet (from http://www.progress.com.au/) passed on this story from Marilynn Semonick from The Success Studio in Detroit, Mi USA, : On January 15th of this year, 58 year old Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III skillfully landed US Airways flight
Just saw a job advertisement for an Innovation Manager at Shell - it got me thinking about what are the core skills to manage innovation in a large team. This is an edited version of what they propose - would be interested
