Talk to people from different backgrounds and with different experiences – people who are different from you.
Why the Unexpected Is So Important
Think about the last time something genuinely surprised you.
Think about the last time something genuinely surprised you.
How to Think What Nobody Else Thinks
How can you think of things that no-one else thinks of? The answer is by deliberately taking a different approach to the issue from everyone else.
How can you think of things that no-one else thinks of? The answer is by deliberately taking a different approach to the issue from everyone else.
15 Innovations in Retail – Past, Present and Future
Future innovations will focus on enhancing customer experiences, improving operational efficiency, and exploiting new technology to meet the evolving demands of consumers.
Future innovations will focus on enhancing customer experiences, improving operational efficiency, and exploiting new technology to meet the evolving demands of consumers.
Minimize Your Way to Innovation
We tend to think that our innovations should always add more to our products offerings; more features, more functions, more choices.
We tend to think that our innovations should always add more to our products offerings; more features, more functions, more choices.
Famous for Being Anonymous
The mystery of his anonymity and the surprise use of street graffiti were crucial to his success.
The mystery of his anonymity and the surprise use of street graffiti were crucial to his success.
Five Lateral Thinking Hacks
…..that you can make you a smarter problem solver.
…..that you can make you a smarter problem solver.
Why Innovators Do Not Trust Experts
Mark Twain said, ‘It is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble; it is what we think we know for sure.’
Mark Twain said, ‘It is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble; it is what we think we know for sure.’
Which Is Better – Planned or Emergent Innovation?
Not everyone is comfortable taking risks but some of your smarter and more creative people would welcome the opportunity.
Not everyone is comfortable taking risks but some of your smarter and more creative people would welcome the opportunity.
Tips to Help You Think Better at Chess – And Elsewhere.
Funnily enough the same approaches can be very helpful in other walks of life too.
Funnily enough the same approaches can be very helpful in other walks of life too.
10 Ways to Simplify Your Business
We tend to over-complicate things. We try to do to many things instead of focusing on a handful of essential priorities.
We tend to over-complicate things. We try to do to many things instead of focusing on a handful of essential priorities.
Five Reasons Why CEOs and Their Companies Crash
Our customers like our products and we are profitable so why rock the boat?
Our customers like our products and we are profitable so why rock the boat?
Get Someone Else to Do the Work
Analyse all the low value tasks that you spend time on and ask whether it would be smarter to get someone else to do the job.
Analyse all the low value tasks that you spend time on and ask whether it would be smarter to get someone else to do the job.
The Five People You Need in Your Life
A Challenger. A person who challenges you to achieve more.
A Challenger. A person who challenges you to achieve more.
Why Is It So Hard to Learn From Our Mistakes?
A key precept in the self-improvement manual is to learn from your mistakes.
A key precept in the self-improvement manual is to learn from your mistakes.
The Dangers of Conformity
Henri Tajfel's research revealed that mere group categorisation fosters prejudice and conformity, highlighting the need for lateral thinking to counteract social biases.
Henri Tajfel’s research revealed that mere group categorisation fosters prejudice and conformity, highlighting the need for lateral thinking to counteract social biases.