Speed Thinking is for time-poor individuals, groups & teams that want to become more productive, innovative and energised. Stop procrastinating & just start!
Imagine if you could take the best bits of Brainstorming and mix it with the positive elements of a meeting. Imagine if this tool was quick, easily learned and could be applied to most everyday situations. Imagine calling a Blitz rather than a hour long meeting to get something done. Then you have some idea…
If you are about to embark on an innovation journey and/or you have not much success then perhaps you should consider these three questions. These are simple, practical and can help you build a solid starting platform. 1. What does innovation mean in your business? There are many definitions of innovation but what you have…
For most people giving a presentation is one of their greatest fears. I suspect most people can handle this but what they really worry about is being ‘put on the spot.’ It could be an unexpected or difficult question. Or a comment or interjection from the audience. How to handle this situation? Here are some…
As I write this post I am watching The Australian Open Tennis Tournament. Then it hit me. Tennis is a lot like work (and life) really. Tennis is a game where there is calm (e.g. the change over), some activity (walking between points) and then a flurry of kinetic energy (e.g. serving and rallying). This…
I just read the following tweet from a frustrated student; Group projects: one person does all the work. Everyone takes credit. Does this sound familiar? In my 10 years of teaching at a graduate level (part-time) in a business school the most common area of complaint was with group work. Some of the issues were to do…
We have just returned from magical Queenstown in New Zealand on holidays and my daughter and I went paragliding. It was scary and beautiful in equal measures. However I almost did not do this because my other daughter originally agreed to go. When she dropped out because of a headache it meant that I was…
Everything we do seems to be done in groups or teams. It starts at school, then university and overtakes us at work. Indeed no-one could get a job today if they were not considered a ‘team player.’ But is this emphasis on teams such a good thing? To be sure, a group of people can…
I am increasingly interested in the concept of employee engagement. Why? Because it seems to be at such a low level and we need new thinking, tools and ways of increasing it. For example, according to most research (e.g. Gallop) approximately 20% of employees are actively engaged, 25% are disengaged and 55% are in the…
With all the doom and gloom surrounding the retail sector with online competition and careful customers there is at least one success story. Enter Smiggle. An Australian, stationery brand formed in 2003 that has taken this traditional category by storm. But what are the secrets to their success? – The product is fun and colourful….
