Creativity, Disruption, Future World of Work, Innovation, Play
LinkedIn’s data suggests that there are over 50 000 skills in the world. These can be divided into soft and hard skills. While hard skills only apply to specific sections of the workforce, soft skills apply to all. In 2019, of all 50 000 skills listed,...
Creativity, Disruption, Play
The heading of this post is a paraphrase of a well known quote by management consultant, educator, and author, Peter Drucker The greatest danger in times of turbulence, is not the turbulence, it’s acting with yesterday’s logic It’s a quote I’ve...
Creativity, Disruption, Innovation
For as long as I can remember I’ve hated getting into huddles, with others, to brainstorm and come up with creative ideas for whatever the project was that I was working on. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the people I didn’t like, and it’s...
Customer Experience, Social Business
Henry Ford is well known for saying, “You can have any car you like, as long as it’s black”. I’ve asked hundreds of audiences why they think he said this, and had answers that range from, ‘he had a fetish for black’, to ‘it was the cheapest colour’, to ‘there wasn’t...
Creativity, Disruption, Trends
Before I get into anything, the data is American. So it may just be confined to that part of the world, although I’m not going to bet any money on that. Ever since the 1950’s, children have undergone annual creativity tests, in the same way they’ve...
Creativity, Innovation, Play
This past week, Nug, our clever little Bot who teaches Creativity online, presented a neat Creativity Technique – Reversing Assumptions. It’s a great tool to use when you get stuck trying to find a way around, over or through an obstacle. Our brains are...