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‘Think differently!’ How to make sure it’s not a phrase filling airspace
‘Think differently’, says the poster of values as you come out of the lifts and into the office. And while that’s great advice, and the brain is capable of many amazing feats, thinking differently because you’re told to ‘think differently’ is perhaps not one of them. So how do…
Lucy Zucker • 10 September 2018
How to be like Facebook (but in the best possible way)
I have just finished reading an excellent book called “The Four” which charts the world domination of Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google. It’s filled with a huge number of interesting insights, too many to cover here. It is only one sentence of 10,000 buried deep in the Facebook chapter…
Imogen Aitken • 10 September 2018
Why you need to challenge the status quo
“…because that’s the way we’ve always done it.” This has to be my most despised reason for keeping things the way they are. Early in my career, I worked in a number of jobs where management was very protective of the status quo. They were taught that way, so…
• 19 July 2018
How to get rich customer insights in three simple steps
Businesses live and die by the decisions that their customers (or non-customers) make each and every day. Ultimately, it’s our customers that decide whether or not our innovations are a huge success or a whopping failure. So it makes sense that when we want to identify our next big innovation…
Nick Johnston • 12 July 2018
How to become a champion at running innovation workshops
I spent last weekend attending two days of training (Yes, that’s right – both Saturday AND Sunday!). After spending the last couple of years focused primarily on running innovation workshops, I was surprised to find that I was sitting in the role of ‘workshop participant’ with a fresh pair of…
Charlotte Rush • 18 June 2018
How to use the science of storytelling to win support
Once upon a time, in a high rise not too far…
Lucy Zucker • 28 May 2018
Three questions to help you conquer your fear of failure
One of the biggest roadblocks to innovation at a lot of organisations is a lack of flexibility and risk-taking. Organisations have historically avoided taking risks, instead focusing on ‘safe’ opportunities for growth where the risk of failure is lower. But in an age of disruption, organisations are beginning to…
Nick Johnston • 9 May 2018
Three ways to drive greater creativity in innovation
It seems logical to think that the more resources you have available for creativity (be that time, money, people, scope etc.) that the more creative you will be. I mean, why wouldn’t you be more creative without limitations? That’s what blue-sky thinking is all about, right?! Interestingly, research tells…
Zoe Aitken • 27 April 2018
How to talk innovation like a pro
If you have ever sat in on a meeting about innovation, chances are you probably heard a lot of jargon and buzzwords being thrown around. If you want to talk buzzwords with the best of them, use this article as a cheat sheet to help you out. Alternatively, if you…
Dr. Amantha Imber • 27 April 2018