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Why smart people struggle to be innovative

Posted on November 16, 2015

If you’re employed by a business and are reading this article, the chances are you’re quite smart. You must have a level of knowledge and expertise in something that your employer values – which is why they offered you a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation | Tagged Experts, Explorers, Innovation

Design: The 50-year fad

Posted on October 16, 2015

Greek sculptors, Renaissance painters, Victorian bridge builders and 21st Century tech-creators have all broken established boundaries and integrated disparate fields in order to create “the new”. Modern management practices are barely 50-years old and are still evolving in a rapidly … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation, Uncategorized | Tagged Design Thinking

The Delicate Force

Posted on September 21, 2014

My first book The Delicate Force has just been published. I’ve taken an unusual approach by writing a book which is part fiction and part non-fiction. I’ll let the cover-blurb tell you all about the book… Do you get ideas … Continue reading →

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Posted in Active Thinking, Innovation, Uncategorized | Tagged Active thinking, Applied thinking, Book, The Delicate Force

My week by numbers

Posted on July 23, 2014

In the last week I’ve experienced a few interesting things with numbers. Harry Potter address On Tuesday I was attending a meeting in the Southbank area of London, and came across this address plaque on the way there. Someone obviously … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation, Stimulus | Tagged Numbers

Be ingenious, not innovative

Posted on March 28, 2014

As a designer, consultant or manager, would you prefer to be personally recognised as being ingenious, or innovative? The buzz is all around innovation. And it has been for a number of years. If you don’t offer innovation as part … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation | Tagged Ingenious, Innovation

Tier 2 innovation

Posted on February 7, 2014

It’s conference season again, and I was browsing some of the leading innovation conferences being touted over the next few months and I was a bit disturbed at what I saw. Here are some of the issues being covered by … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business growth, Innovation | Tagged Tier 2 Innovation, Top Tier innovation

Innovation and your first kiss

Posted on January 15, 2014

Some friends of mine recently went out to dinner to celebrate the anniversary of their first kiss – which, I think, is quite cute. Naturally, a first kiss is always something special and as business tends to parody life in its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation | Tagged Killer questions

The shock and awe of Killer Questions

Posted on December 17, 2013

A Killer Question really gets people’s attention. Often, more so than the answers do. The reason is that Killer Questions either shock people by their remarkable focus, or amaze them due to their awesomeness. Let’s take two extreme examples. In the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Active Thinking, Innovation | Tagged Killer questions

SuperOrdinate Propositions

Posted on October 15, 2013

Let’s go back in time a few hundred years to a village market, and imagine that you and I are trying to conduct a business transaction. I say to you “I will give you this sheep if you give me … Continue reading →

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Posted in Business growth, Innovation | Tagged SuperOrdinate Proposition

Talking billboards

Posted on September 17, 2013

If you drive a Mini in London then watch out for special billboards that may be talking to you personally! BMW Mini’s advertising agency developed billboards that flash messages to Mini owners driving by, and several have been installed on … Continue reading →

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Posted in Innovation, Stimulus | Tagged Select. Connect? Project!, Thinking Triggers

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