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Today I attended a business breakfast hosted by the Institute of Directors West Surrey branch in Guildford. It was run by the indefatigable Chris Ragg. You get a good breakfast and plenty of lively business people to network with. One of the topics we were asked to review was ways in which the future will be [...]  If there is an important issue that needs some creative ideas then set a specific challenge for it and run an ideas event. A regular brainstorm or ideation meeting is fine but why not add some excitement with a different approach? Here are the sorts of events you could run: • A lunchtime brainstorm with [...] Peter Bregman on the Harvard Business site writes an interesting article on how to handle resistance to change He says, ‘People resist being controlled. And so 70% of all corporate change efforts fail. Here’s what’s interesting: people freely choose to make major life changes every day. We move, get married, start families, face challenges, learn [...] You are probably aware of Twitter if not using it already. It is a micro-blogging site where you can broadcast and read ‘tweets’ – messages of no more than 140 characters. Much of the traffic is trivial but Twitter can be valuable when used for serious purposes. Here is how I use it in the field [...]
Within larger organisations one of the biggest obstacles to innovation is poor internal communication. A ‘silo’ mentality develops so that departments guard information and ideas rather than share them. People work hard [...] Take a different view of the world. Like this one. The Ledge at the Sears Tower ‘Visitors to the Sears Tower in Chicago may find their hearts skipping a beat when they step out on this mid-air ledge. The tower’s latest attraction, called the Ledge, promises a walk on the high side with these [...] |
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