Lateral thinking is a skill that can be developed and nurtured over time.
Sports Have Limited Lessons for Business
A recent article on the BBC Business pages examined the question of whether sporty women make better entrepreneurs.
A recent article on the BBC Business pages examined the question of whether sporty women make better entrepreneurs.
Never Hire on First Meeting
Hiring people is one of the most important tasks that a manager performs yet many hiring managers are easily fooled and make bad hires.
Hiring people is one of the most important tasks that a manager performs yet many hiring managers are easily fooled and make bad hires.
If You Want More Creativity Give Your Office More Fun
If you want your department to be creative then make it a great place to have fun. Humor, playfulness and laughter go along with creativity.
If you want your department to be creative then make it a great place to have fun. Humor, playfulness and laughter go along with creativity.
20 Ways to Make Your Meetings More Effective and More Fun
We all know these frustrations because we encounter them every day at work.
We all know these frustrations because we encounter them every day at work.
Turn the Shop Around
A man called Michael Cullen asked a simple question, ‘What would happen if we turned the shop around and let people collect all the items they wanted themselves?’
A man called Michael Cullen asked a simple question, ‘What would happen if we turned the shop around and let people collect all the items they wanted themselves?’
Kill the Losers So That You Can Foster the Winners
The problem is that once an interesting project starts it can be very hard to stop. People become committed to it and are reluctant to ‘waste the effort we have already put in.’
The problem is that once an interesting project starts it can be very hard to stop. People become committed to it and are reluctant to ‘waste the effort we have already put in.’
When Should Founders Hand Over to Managers?
Founders of successful start-ups often face a critical juncture where they must decide whether to hand over responsibilities to professional managers.
Founders of successful start-ups often face a critical juncture where they must decide whether to hand over responsibilities to professional managers.
Why Leaders Should Choose Their Words With Care
Let’s say the challenge is to win an important bid. You say to your team, ‘We must win this bid.
Let’s say the challenge is to win an important bid. You say to your team, ‘We must win this bid.
What Is the Opposite of Vertical?
The Story of Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb.
The Story of Barnes Wallis and the Bouncing Bomb.
Success Is the Enemy of Innovation
The innovative leader has to vigorously fight the complacency of success.
The innovative leader has to vigorously fight the complacency of success.
Run a Really Creative Ideas Event
A regular brainstorm or ideation meeting is fine but why not add some excitement with a different approach?
A regular brainstorm or ideation meeting is fine but why not add some excitement with a different approach?
How Great Leaders Empower Their People
As a result of Hoff’s imagination and his boss’s trust, Intel had gained an innovation that would turbo-charge their growth into one of the most successful companies on the planet.
As a result of Hoff’s imagination and his boss’s trust, Intel had gained an innovation that would turbo-charge their growth into one of the most successful companies on the planet.
What Can the Edinburgh Fringe Teach Us About Entrepreneurship?
Have you been to the Edinburgh Fringe? It is a remarkable experience. The Fringe is the world’s largest annual Arts Festival.
Have you been to the Edinburgh Fringe? It is a remarkable experience. The Fringe is the world’s largest annual Arts Festival.
Plan the Unplanned. Ways to Be Spontaneous at Work.
Spontaneity does not just lead to more fun. It also leads to more creativity and innovation.
Spontaneity does not just lead to more fun. It also leads to more creativity and innovation.
An Ideas Searcher Can Help Managers Innovate
Most managers are very busy. They are rushed off their feet with a myriad of deadlines, objectives and demands from their bosses, their colleagues and their teams.
Most managers are very busy. They are rushed off their feet with a myriad of deadlines, objectives and demands from their bosses, their colleagues and their teams.