Speed Thinking is for time-poor individuals, groups & teams that want to become more productive, innovative and energised. Stop procrastinating & just start!
17 May 2012 Kath Walters Luke Sayers wants the accounting professionals and partners at PwC to focus more on clients, according to a newspaper report. The incoming chief executive has instructed his minions not to hold internal meetings between 10am and 4pm and, instead, to spend that time attending to clients. Sayers also wants people to…
I recently finished reading Imagine by Jonah Leherer (Text Publishing, 2012). It is a fascinating book on the science of creativity. In a recent interview about his book he drew a comparison between business and cities (http://smrt.io/KfOMgV). I thought the comparison was so instructive I thought I would repeat Jonah’s views below: ‘One of the…
This is a note for anyone that works in advertising, consulting, market-research or PR and/or works with these partners and would would like to get more out of them. The situation: Clients are under constant time-pressure to solve their key problems faster than ever before. And in a world where everything can be copied big, new…
Golf for the most part is a solitary endeavour. It is just you, the course and your handicap. However there is a team format of golf called Ambrose which is fun to play and represents a lovely analogy for how groups and teams can become more productive and effective. The Ambrose 4 person format means…
My youngest daughter plays club soccer and it is my pleasure to coach her under 14 team. I say pleasure because I learn a lot more from them about business and life then they do from me. For example: They love playing in a team For my daughter, to play in a team with her…
In Australia, there has been a smash television hit called The Voice (Channel 9). It consists of 4 well-known judges (all recording singers in their own right) who have their back to the singers and must decide whether they wish to mentor these singers or not. The 4 judges form teams (based on their selections)…
One of the questions I am regularly asked is how do we get started on an innovation journey and/or how can we rejuvenate our efforts? In my experience one of the best ways to move forward is to have an innovation day every quarter. I am not the first person to think of this concept….
Many leaders I talk to are worried about how to encourage greater collaboration and break down silo’s. There are two complementary strategies you can employ: 1. Formal In this approach you deliberately introduce silo-busting approaches. For example; – Move people around so they gain experience in different departments and roles. – Use online tools such…
This post originally appeared in Leading Company; http://www.leadingcompany.com.au/ I was recently asked by a CEO of an international service brand to help the company’s leadership group with its innovation efforts. My starting point with these types of assignments is always the question: what have you done recently that is innovative. The management team answered this question…
This post originally appeared in Leading Company; http://www.leadingcompany.com.au/ According to a recent Telstra survey, improving productivity is one of the top three priorities for leaders and managers in large businesses. Yet according to the same survey, there is a growing deficit between those leaders who rank productivity as important and those who actually measure it and have…
