Beautiful Questions for Innovation

The Case for Collaboration.

2011-12-02T15:56:00.000Z

Henry Chesbrough’s concept of ‘Open Innovation’, (IO) or collaboration, has been steadily gaining traction for the last ten years, but the necessities of the challenges of reducing costs and adding value and being more innovative, for both product service and process improvements means that it is a very bright spot on the radar for many public and private sector organisation, SME’s and

Beautiful Questions for Innovation No 126

2011-11-23T16:43:00.001Z

How can we measure success differently? How do you really get some idea of how innovation impacts your business, and what works so you can do more of that stuff and stop doing the pointless worthless stuff? .The UK being the UK, our obsession with ROI and payback can be a major barrier to true innovation. However, skirting around the logic of the payback opens up the ability for individuals

Innovation is about not being small

2011-06-30T07:59:00.000Z

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness which frightens us.We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be so beautiful, talented, gorgeous, fabulous?" Actually, who are we NOT to be?You are Child of God.Your playing small does't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people

Eighteen top tips for getting creativity into your business, any business

2011-06-13T05:41:00.001Z

1. Don't always question.I know it is what most of us do, and what the Gurus told you do in the old days of last year. They implored us to 'Question everything. Challenge every assumption'. You still do that, just don't get obsessed with it. Instead, revitalise the casual conversations and information sharing as a normal business practice. And devote as much as half of your time to developing

No time to do a to do list?

2011-06-11T07:25:00.001Z

No time to do a to do list If I hear another person say to me, ‘You have to work smarter not harder’ I may loose the plot entirely. It is the sort of consultant speak sound bite that wrankles to the core of my bone marrow. This is not just simply because everyone uses it. It has become a consultant's karaoke mantra, like 'Imagineering' or 'lean manufacturing' or 'just in time'. Urgh! Even simple

What big companies can learn about Innovation management from micro businesses

2011-05-17T06:25:00.002Z

Sat in a Primary Care Trust board-room. I'm waiting to present to a senior management team. They need to get innovation"'more embedded" in their employees. How to do it? They look bewildered that I don't want an overhead projector. That I haven't even got a laptop. I don't need a flip chart? I ask them just one question. 'What makes you feel good about your job?' Each one answers.

Innovation Critical paths Love this

2011-04-19T14:29:00.000Z

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How to measure innovation

2011-04-06T05:57:00.001Z

It's an old old problem. I try looking at some of the less direct, or none excel spreadsheet jedi methods. Stuff like Customer Satisfaction, Customer Retention, Employee Retention. These are all directly related to innovation in product and service and customer relationship management and within organisations to internal communications, the quality of which is the single biggest factor in

Tom Fishburne on Innovation

2011-04-02T08:17:00.000Z

This should be on every marketing managers wall

Innovation cultures, Are these a myth? The view from half way up

2011-03-31T07:02:00.001Z

Which comes first, Innovation or culture, is an old question. Do you need to have an innovation culture inbuilt within an organisation for it to be innovative? Or do you have to have innovation to establish a vibrant organisational culture?The problem to start off with is that we use this world ‘culture’ very loosely It seems to, at least allude to, a place that has the warm fizzy feeling,

Cloudburst Innovation Bootcamps Coming to America

2011-03-23T09:03:00.001Z

Our new three date whirlwind spring tour of North America, starts off in Vancouver in late May Please come say hi, or meet up for coffee. Dont forget you can bring a study buddy for free. For more information....... www.cloudburstcoaching.com

The problem with brainstorming

2011-03-19T07:28:00.001Z

Brainstorming, the 'no idea is too wacko' process, used by many as the key and sometimes the only technique in the drive to be ‘innovative', is no where near as productive as we think.The problem is, that like a storm, it is finite in time and has an effect only in a localised area. After the storm we get the blue skies, and everybody feels good but forgets what the storm did. All the

Funding Innovation

2011-02-18T10:22:00.000Z

Funding Innovation We all would like our organisations to be innovative but, like marketing, there is no such thing as free innovation.So how do you manage it, measure its effectiveness and justify investment in it?The most important thing is to figure out what is innovation actually is to you. It is not (necessarily) the new product or service. It is not the wizzy new advertIt’s not the new on

Why I work for Free on Fridays -

2011-02-16T07:38:00.000Z

So time to come clean. Why do I work for Free on Fridays? Well it’s our second anniversary today. Crikey.!! Over 230 clients and organisations have had their ears (ever so gently) bent, I estimate over 1000 cups of coffee, a several dozens packs of hob-knobs have fueled the process.Well, originally it started out as a bit of a joke to annoy my accountant and make him work for his money but was

Why most small businesses fail

2011-01-02T09:26:00.000Z

No 1 reason is not understanding what their customer really wants and how you can add value to that need. Without having a product that people really want and access to the resources to make it work profitably there is no business. No 2 is business plans that are too detailed too early. No 3 is a real appreciation that no previous boss, no matter how bad, will be as demanding as the bosses you

Fail faster innovation

2010-11-13T07:51:00.000Z

Innovation is all about risk and failure so.... Fail quick, fail fast, give yourself room to fail. Then write it up, learn from it. Share it put it where others can easily find it and move on. Apart from keeping you fast on your feet it simply helps undermine the emotional baggage that failure implies and allows you to move on and take more risks. Prevarication wastes more money than any aspect

Innovation engines on tickover?

2010-11-06T09:07:00.001Z

A great example of what we are up against or, if we have our heads rewired just a little, of who we can work and collaborate with. We talk easily about 'innovation' but do we, in our hospitals and government departments, our schools and our businesses large and small, really understand what Innovation is and what it can deliver? This is a great example what it is. It's about small things that

A Truly Beautiful Innovative Ad

2010-09-29T07:17:00.000Z

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

2010-09-22T07:28:00.000Z

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com

Is your Marketing Working? 45 Beautiful Questions

2010-08-31T06:12:00.002Z

Here are 45 beautiful questions questions that may help you in figuring out if you are making any mistakes in marketing your business or organisation. I got up to 26 yes's myself. 1. Are you The Guy(s)in your market place. 2. Are you remarkable? 3. Are you blogging yet? 4. Are you marketing daily?5. Are you focused at ALL? 6. Are you using Google Alerts? 7. Are you word of mouth worthy? 8. Are

Intranets and innovation

2010-08-24T17:42:00.000Z

I’ve been working on one truly inspirational and breathtaking charity web based project for over eight months now. It is just mind boggling and humbling to log on every day or so and see what the boys and girls have achieved. No-one can say that web technology hasn’t taken massive leaps forward over the last few years and changed our horizons and expectations of how we find information and

Paola Antonelli on Design Innovation and Storytelling

2010-08-23T15:41:00.000Z

Internal communication and innovation

2010-08-20T02:17:00.000Z

Internal communication is inseparably linked to the development of any innovative culture. Whether this is improving the quality of service, delivering competitive difference, delight for the customer, better business processes, reduced marketing costs. The list goes on and on. All of this great, good stuff, which we all strive for, comes at some cost in energy and investment in skills

Definitions of Innovation

2010-08-19T06:13:00.000Z

Hutch Carpenter has come up with an intriguing collection of definitions of Innovation. Check them out at on his blog site

How does my future look?

2010-08-18T08:14:00.000Z

A few of my clients, and myself included are going through some curious times, trying to evaluate the direction and plan their next steps, reacting to the current financial crisis - or maybe is it an opportunity to do something different? Or Innovative? The Beautiful Question is here to help and today to HELP people imagine what they need to become in order for their goals to

Innovation Handbook for CFO's

2010-08-17T06:41:00.001Z

With over 25 years experience of throwing myself at brick walls of various heights and thickness, trying to develop a culture of innovation and creativity in a wide range or organisations, I can say, without any shred of doubt, that the biggest barrier to establishing an innovation culture is convincing senior management of its value, and showing them ways to measure its impact to justify

Ready, Set.... Bang! Or what you would like to remind your boss about Innovation

2010-08-11T06:12:00.001Z

More often than not, in my teaching and in writing about innovation and change management, I seem to spend a great deal of time looking at trends and explaining how organisations can adapt internally to position themselves to capitalise on the opportunities they may be presented with. And much of that time is currently spent trying to putting into perspective the fact that even though

21 Beautiful Questions for the newbi and the (Oldbi) Entrepreneur

2010-08-10T05:52:00.000Z

My 21 beautiful questions for any new ( or old ) business to ask itself.... and should keep asking daily 1. How can you charge a premium price so you have a large margin to provide an extraordinary value and experience? 2. What is the ‘Reason Why’ customers should do business with you and pay you a premium. 3. What rules do we want to make the rules for your business and how can you prevent

50 things you need to know about your customers to help your innovation strategey

2010-08-09T12:11:00.001Z

50 Great answers to the Beautiful question you should be asking your customers and would be customers , "What do wish that we knew about you?' How will these enhance and focus your innovation strategy and impetus? These answers were originally written by my favourite blogger Sonia Simone. who is just a brilliant writer I don’t need you to be perfect, but I do need to know I can rely on you.

Innovation Management Top 20 tips

2010-08-02T18:29:00.001Z

1. Don't always question. I know it is what most of us do, and what the Gurus told you do in the old days of last year. They implored us to 'Question everything. Challenge every assumption'. You still do that, just don't get obsessed with it. Instead, revitalise the casual conversations and information sharing as a normal business practice. And devote as much as half of your time to

Facebook Questions. Is this the biggest thing in our (IT) lives?

2010-07-29T06:13:00.004Z

The launch of the beta version of Facebook’s Questions sees a paradigm shift in the potential for true global knowledge exchange and innovative collaboration.Facebook has now overtaken Google as the most visited web site Google, and as such is probably the biggest single untapped repository of knowledge in the world. It carries within it billions of fragments of information, reviews, opinions

In the land of the headcahe.... Where does it hurt?

2010-07-27T06:38:00.000Z

I am often asked about developing new ideas and just how to you actually start. For many people the barrier they have to overcome is simply a frustration, fueled by a feeling of lack of confidence. Which is understandable but strange. Creativity is an art they haven't practiced probably since they were six. At six they were brilliant at it. When you

Pic of the week

2009-06-22T15:20:00.001Z

When all the world around you seems to be crumbling, it's nice to see an eternal optimist.

My new elevator statement

2009-06-19T08:43:00.004Z

86 % of over 300 CEO's surveyed state that innovation is in the top three priorities for their organisation. Less than 10% had an innovation management programme in place. We show them how to fill that gap.

Idea filter tool

2009-06-19T08:14:00.004Z

OK, you have a room full of post it notes, , a blizzard of flip charts, a list of product or service ideas. You have brainstormed until your grey matter is dry and wrung out like a window washers rag. How do you know which idea is going to work and is worth pursuing?If you can't answer yes to any of these three questions the answer is simple, bin it. Somewhere where you can find it later

Hitting the floor running

2009-06-05T08:12:00.006Z

I’m often, in my workshops and in coaching business leaders, looking at trends and how organisations can adapt internally to position themselves to captilise on the opportunities. Much of that time currently is spent putting into perspective the fact that we've always had downturns; there's still plenty of growth opportunities. One thing is for sure, that applying creativity to those plans and

Visualisation demi-God

2009-03-16T14:13:00.007Z

I'm a great fan of napkins and pencils. I think I'm on my 167th little Black notebook. It serves as my idea engine and data capture system. Not just words but doodles and images , clouds and mind maps. I find for me and I know not everyone is the same, that visualising a process or route cause helps enormously. My office is a blizzard of post it notes, on all four walls. Its amazing

This is a tough time for people who don’t like change.

2009-03-13T05:45:00.004Z

Which is the most successful company in your sector? Depends what you mean by success of course. The chances are it’s the one that applies imagination and creativity to meet their customer needs.Who is the most valuable person in your business?It’s the girl or guy who actively think, and then helps others to think and provide solutions. Sometimes referred to as the mavericks, rebels, oddballs -

The next big thing? Remember the date you saw this.

2009-03-10T22:55:00.006Z

Following on from my creativity crisis blog and my railing against the education system which was a bit of a rant, every so often you see something which simply blows you away and just reinvigorates your own creativity levels and faith in what the human mind can deliver, if it is let loose with imagination and what if' questions.Wondering what the next must have product will be? The product

The Creativity Crisis

2009-03-04T17:39:00.003Z

One of my current clients is presenting me with a series of quite challenging problems based around the question "How to engage business and the educators so that they link together and help collaboratively to develop our children's full potential?' The focus, ('cos that is where the government funding comes from, bless them) is on the basic skills and developing literacy and numeracy, which,

Sheffield Buzzes

2009-02-26T07:35:00.003Z

My thanks to all the attendees at the Big Start-up workshop in Sheffield yesterday. Just a joy to see and share the enthusiasms and passions. Alex, great to see you back on fire and Tim, just one authentic and inspiring bloke.

Is this the smartest guy you have ever heard?

2009-02-16T18:00:00.005Z

The future is here and it is now! 'Nothing really good has been invented yet'. Isn't that the most exciting phrase you ever ever have heard?

Creativity- what's it all about then?

2009-02-15T10:57:00.002Z

Creativity explained

Zapparisms

2009-02-14T09:18:00.004Z

Reading Daniel Gilbert's book came across an attributed brilliant quote from Frank Zappa'Writing about music is like dancing about architecture'to which I would add'writing about creativity is like juggling about sculpture'add you own...

Innovation handbook for CFO's

2009-02-13T07:01:00.006Z

With over 25 years experience of throwing myself at brick walls of various heights and thickness, trying to develop a culture of innovation and creativity in a wide range or organisations I can say, without any shred of doubt, that the biggest barrier to establishing an innovation culture is convincing senior management of its value, and exactly how to measure its impact to justify

Innovation word cloud

2009-02-13T06:50:00.004Z

In a recent presentation to a group of CEO's in Yorkshire ' Innovation, the key to recession survival' I was trying to sum up what should or could be management's approach to innovation and adjusting their organisation's mindset. Hope this helps

20 20 hindsight Wish more people would be so honest

2009-01-08T09:14:00.003Z

Here is a really Interesting post from the guys at one of my associates regarding their predictions for 2008 in internet developmenthttp://tinyurl.com/92ys44What does 2009 hold for you?

Recession opportunity

2008-10-21T06:27:00.006Z

I'm posting this as a reblog from my personal hero and innovation guru Phil Mckiney. You can find him at Killer innovations Phil is the CTO for one of the top 20 Innovation companies in the World, so it is interesting to to get his views on the opportunity that the Credit Crunch opens up, to people with a vision. I'd only add that I think it applies to NGO's, NFP's and indeed any organisation.

Painting the picture

2008-10-17T05:44:00.004Z

A few of my clients, and myself included are going through some curious times, trying to evaluate the direction and plan their next steps, reacting to the current financial crisis - or maybe is it an opportunity to do something different?The beautiful question is here to help and today to HELP people imagine what they need to become in order for their goals to manifest. Today that means to

There is nothing more powerful than a question

2008-10-10T07:11:00.003Z

There is nothing more powerful than a question.A question can ENABLE learning. A question can PREDICT the future. A question can EXPLODE people’s brains.A question can CRACK open a new world.A question can ENLIST your creativity. A question can SEND you off to the races.A question can CUT deeply, yet playfully. A question can VISUALISE ideal conditions.A question can EMPOWER others to turn

Quote of the day

2008-09-01T06:03:00.001Z

If the wind isn't blowing, you had better start rowing

The story is the thing

2008-08-21T07:40:00.002Z

I received this from one of my mentors this week. Think it says better than I just why i spend so much time on teaching the art of the story to my clients 'This week a subscriber asked me if I'd do a More Clients on the topic of trust. This is an important topic, in fact marketing is all about trust. It's about how you create it, build it and maintain it. But what is trust anyway?We all know that

Seth gets it too.

2008-07-22T14:35:00.003Z

Don't you just love it when somebody else agrees with you. For twenty years I've been talking and teaching about the importance of the story in markeltng and now our mentor in one of his recent pots says much the same thing. We have never spoken but I really really really like Seth Godin. He must be clever. He agrees with everything I say Here is his post.You really don't understand a concept

Google quote for today

2008-07-22T13:57:00.002Z

Today's Google Quote just made me smile and I;d like to preserve it for more than just 24 hours.'My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.'

Better than Free

2008-07-22T12:22:00.003Z

Better Than Free[Translations: Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese]I was directed to this blog by a friend of mine and i agree with her that this probably one of the modst inciteful posts I've ever read on the market, trends expectations and comunciations stickiness that we must use in internal and external audience engagement. Kevin Kelly is just one astute dude. Wish I had written it.The

Risk avoidance and the bigger risk of not risking

2008-07-15T05:54:00.004Z

I've often been asked, "What is the biggest mistake you've made in your business?" And the first one that comes to mind was not creating and selling products much sooner. I was in business for years and years before I created my first product. Up to that point I only offered consulting and workshops.And why didn't I create and sell products sooner? Simple. I thought I didn’t know how, that no-one

KM power tools

2008-07-11T08:13:00.001Z

What are you going to do to make sure you and your organisation have mastery of the flow of knowledge, bearing in mind that this skill will probably be your only competitive advantage next year?

Why your company doesn't exist- well maybe

2008-06-29T09:10:00.003Z

If you can’t describe your product in eight words or less … it doesn’t exist. Customers crave simplicity. Could you explain your idea to your mother?If you can’t define your product … it doesn’t exist. Because a confused mind never buys. If you don’t have a unique product … it doesn’t exist. Because a choice-saturated mind never buys. If it doesn’t exist on the Internet … it doesn’t exist. Not

Space gardeners

2008-06-27T12:04:00.000Z

‘ Some Martian dirt has the same basic chemistry as garden soil, a new analysis from the Phoenix lander suggests. The find widens the range of organisms that might be able to live on Mars'.. today - New ScientistNow this tickles me on several layers. Could this be a place we could send all those TV gardeners who drive you nuts, gleefully describing the zillions ways you can take a plant out of

Marketing Mistakes your Company is probably making

2008-06-01T05:53:00.005Z

Scott has (once again) come up with an embarrassing list to check yourself against. I cringed at most of the responses for me; like most of us I guess but I learned more about my business in the five minutes it took to read than any amount of consultancy and therapy I've ever had. Have fun and go to a quiet place to read this, where no one can hear you sob gently.1. You’re not That Guy.2. You’

6 drivers of change

2008-05-30T10:19:00.001Z

I thought I’d write a short post providing some immediate reflections from an interesting panel discussion I f read about today.The panel, titled “Innovation: Change Happens,” featured Dow Corning Chairman, CEO and President Stephanie Burns, Eastman Kodak President and COO Phil Faraci, and Procter & Gamble Chairman and CEO A.G. Lafley. It was part of the Newspaper Association of America and

The Two Big Questions

2008-05-27T06:11:00.004Z

In new New Product Development or indeed any new business venture there is one critical question to address first. If you don't know the answer you are in grave danger of producing just a me too or a karaoke product and service. If my local pub karaoke evening is anything to go by this means simply a poor impersonation of something better.What's going on?To answer that we need to provide

The right question

2008-05-27T05:33:00.003Z

Unless you ask the Right Question- it doesn't matter how good the rest of your work is

21 Beautiful Questions for the Entrepreneur

2008-05-27T04:41:00.006Z

My 21 beautiful questions for any new business to ask itself.... and should keep asking daily1. How can you charge a premium price so you have a large margin to provide an extraordinary value & experience?2. What is the ‘Reason Why’ customers should do business with you and pay you a premium.3. What rules do we want to make the rules for your business and how can you prevent industry norms

Sharing and caring pays the bills

2008-05-21T08:13:00.007Z

I often get asked why I blog and give away so much information so freely?One of my mentors once told me that only by learning and sharing do you get the right to learn more. Thats on the wall of my office. But there is a much more pragmatic reason. Because, as a marketing tool both for me and the business I am involved with, it works and is the cornerstone of my own values and practice. Not

Follow up questions

2008-05-20T06:53:00.002Z

The Art of the Follow-upYou may have heard the assertion that people are more afraid ofpublic speaking than death.I don't yet have the statistics to back it up yet, but I think thefear of picking up the phone and calling someone you don't know,trumps both of these.I've met many people who have little fear of public speaking, butI've seen several grown men and women quake with fear at theprospect

Customer Qualification Questions

2008-05-20T06:19:00.005Z

I think it's very useful in business development to break down marketing into its component parts and then study the details and how-tos of each of these parts.My "Next 50 customers Model" breaks the client-attracting processinto the following four parts:Part 1. Developing your marketing message, identity andmaterials that communicate the essence of your business.Part 2. Engaging in marketing

Wanted! Innovators

2008-05-11T06:57:00.002Z

Reblogged from Jeff PhilllpsRead this and thought it about sums up the state of innovation in the UK.Sometimes I think that many firms should place an ad in the employment pages that says: Wanted: Innovation Leaders. Must be visionary, tough, well-connected and willing to risk it all.I was reading a post from Drew Boyd about academic research into what competencies are important in innovation

What to do with what you have learned

2008-05-11T05:54:00.002Z

FIRST: Preserve your learning by evaluating it.After all, we learn not from our experiences but from intelligent reflection upon those experiences. So, ask yourself these questions:*What else is like this?*What did I just learn from this experience?*How does this fit into my theory of the universe?*Does this statement give me any insight about myself?*How can the basic concept be applied to

How to stop wasting your time.

2008-05-08T09:21:00.003Z

Scott has again come up with some simple but remarkable motivation bytes I thought I'd share1. Stop wasting your time … advertising.If people always hear FROM you instead of ABOUT you, you’re doing something wrong.AS OSCAR WILDE SAYS: The only thing worse than being talked about is (not) being talked about.2. Stop wasting your time … trying, in general.If someone uses the word “trying” a lot, he

Marching to a different drum

2008-05-02T07:17:00.003Z

I-Google's 'quote of the day' service does serve up some gems. Today's is one that resonates a lot when thinking about creativity and innovation, both at a individual and at a corporate level.'Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always

Monday Morning

2008-05-02T06:32:00.005Z

Sometimes we just need to unplug. We can get so wrapped up in the politics and frustrations of work life and the turmoil of everything else that sometimes we simply can't breath - but on monday morning do yourself a favour. Set the alarm for about 4, earlier if you can stand it and go outside, hopefully where there is little light pollution and just look up.First thing you will notice is that

Intranet World and Virtual Reality Intranet

2008-05-02T05:14:00.009Z

Thanks to all the lovely people who turned up at Internet World and heard my colleague Tony Tickle from t3d and myself talk about Virtual Worlds- a reality check. We received some interesting and complimentary feedback and at the request of a couple of people are just about to launch our own blog on the subject of Virtual Reality Intranets. We are looking for a good name though so any

Blogging About

2008-04-29T13:43:00.008Z

I’m having a great time right now, putting together the final chapter on my book, and the workshop that goes with it, which looks at communication strategies and tools for innovation amplification in an organisation. What I call Speed Duck Herding.It has a little bit of everything. Basically, I walk readers through a four-step system for improving their internal communications generally but

King Coal

2008-04-24T09:02:00.007Z

Even though China is bringing on line two coal powered power stations a week it currently has only a couple of weeks coal left stock piled after a terrible winter according to New Scientist. And air con requirements in the southern provinces are actually outstripping industrial demand so the summer isn't going to help much.. Now this is a really interesting and relevant story for me being based

He who asks the best questions gets the customer

2008-04-23T09:11:00.001Z

Questions are the basis of all salesQuestions are the basis of all knowledge Questions are the basis of all creativityQuestions are the basis of all discoveryQuestions are the basis of all learning Questions are the basis of all listeningQuestions are the basis of all understanding and just to repeatQuestions are the basis of all salesFor my top 20 sales questions of all time e-mail me at barry@

Questions about questions

2008-04-21T16:14:00.006Z

Types of Questions and Why They WorkAsking The Beautiful Question is essential to creativity. Ask the right question and people will move into different places in their head and help them to see the same landscape but with new eyes. In innovation and creativity there are a whole slew of questions based around the principles of TRIZ that I use to enable people with the opportunity to shift

Lets kill marketing

2008-04-18T08:42:00.004Z

The word 'Marketing' often gets a bad rap. It is seriously contaminated by intrusive telesales, junk mail, spam, and advertising that seems to fill every waking and sleeping second. Internal marketing, which if IC professionals are really honest is what we really do, is even more tarnished and viewed with skepticism. Focus groups, quality circles or yet another management gimic - it is often

idea kick start

2008-04-17T06:58:00.003Z

My friend Scott came up with the following which I’d like to share about how to capture and kick start new ideas and get some momentum.He is such a smart guy1. As soon as you get the idea WRITE IT DOWNBecause if you don’t write it down, it never happened.2. ASKING yourself, “What’s the next action?”Because ultimately, that’s the only question that really matters.3. LISTING all the steps you need

Storyteller or agent provocateur?

2008-04-07T13:43:00.007Z

Story telling has the power to inspire, influence and persuade. Any arguments out there? Hopefully not. If so please step away right now and mind the gap. It also has the power to challenge, and changing the normal thought processes and modus operandi is the key lubricant in freeing up any organisation innovation inertia.Thinking sideways is a powerful skill. The best stories are the ones with