Category: Creativity & Innovation
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Blockchains – What does it all mean?
Photo by Radek Grzybowski on Unsplash The word blockchain keeps coming up everywhere and until recently I didn’t really get it. Check out this explanation. It might help. Read the article here.
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What work skills will you need for the future?
I have been contemplating the skills required for a trainer in the future, in particular one that works outside of an established RTO. I haven’t worked it out yet but I know that the work environment is changing and I need to come up with some useful strategies if I want to continue to work…
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Innovation Barriers
Photo by William Iven I have some innovation training coming up soon which I really enjoy. It is great to talk about and discuss but the real challenge is getting managers to go past the talk and encourage their teams to be innovative. Of course there is more involved than just encouragement. The big challenge for…
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The anti-brainstorming video
I have taught and conducted quite a few brainstorming sessions and I still like the process but they can often go sideways. Here is a great little video about how not to brainstorm – enjoy. Can’t see the video – click here
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Need to get creative – go for a short walk
Photo by Jared Erondu Read the article below and try it out. A short walk in the middle of the day when creativity and a new approach is required is the way to go. Read the article here
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More on innovation
I was putting some learning material together for an online innovation program and found this quite useful article. You might be able to use it. Read the article here
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Global Innovation Index
Have you heard of the global innovation index. No, well you have now. The video highlights are below but I suggest you follow the link to the report which has a lot of very interesting details. The index can be found here. Sadly Australia ranks 19th out of 128 countries and yes, New Zealand beat…
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Sunday Zephyr – Passion
Passion – don’t like the word. But, I do like listening to Ken Robinson talk. I have posted a number of his videos of the years and here is another one. This is a long one – 50 minutes. Sit down and relax on this awesome Sunday and learn a few things about passion and…
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Innovation resource
I was writing a new program last week and desperately trying to find some useful resources for the topic of innovation and stumbled on this article from McKinsey’s. A good read and very useful if you are trying to teach people to think innovation. Read the article here. The video below is also excellent. Can’t…
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Cool Offices
I wrote a post last week about office design and how it might assist an organisation to be innovative. Check out this short article which has a photo gallery of 16 cool offices. Would you like to work at any of these? Read the article here.