This from Jennifer Goddard http://www.fuzz2buzz.com/en/node/4409
and check out Alan Black's fabulous resource page on Open Space Learning Techniques and World Cafe http://www.cre8ng.com/professional-materials/open-space-workshops-learning
Friday, September 10, 2010
New CEO To-Do List
This from Fortune Magazine for new leaders:
Spend the first weeks and months listening
Focus on the culture
Don't get locked in
More here:
http://money.cnn.com/video/fortune/2010/06/14/f_cs_nalco_management.fortune/
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Using your whole brain
This from my friend and whole brain colleague Ken Wall:
I had a conversation last week with one of our NBI practitioners and one of the things we talked about at some length was the question of habits. She told me that in her organisation the NBI was regarded as 'the leadership tool'. She added that for some years now, the NBI has been an invaluable aid to identifying leadership potential using a combination of the Adult, Skills and Leadership profiles.
In another organisation the NBI is used as, "one of the best aids to staff selection and retention we have ever used," according to a senior HR manager. The first company doesn't use the NBI for selection, and the second one doesn't use it for leadership! So maybe the NBI is habit forming? Have you discovered a particular area where the NBI works really well?
With 22 versions of the NBI currently available and more on the drawing board, the range of applications could well be endless. So it would be a shame if your experiences of success in one area of application barred the way to exploring others.
There are many great examples:
The South African netball team achieved a much higher placing than ever before at the last World Cup based on an analysis of thinking preferences required in each position at different stages of the game. In addition the cry of "Play L2" seemed to mystify the opposition!
A major out-going call centre reduced staff turnover, improved retention of top performers and doubled their strike rate by selecting staff based on the NBI profile of the exemplary performer, rather than the profile determined by traditional job analysis methods.
An International wholesale bank showed major improvements in revenue achieved by their Relationship Managers (RMs) dealing with high net worth clients throughout Asia. One RM reported a four fold improvement in revenue, and was delighted to have signed up a key client she had been working on for over a year! The secret? A series of NBI based 'Whole Brain Selling' programs conducted by Rob Devine, Director of the Thinking Network in Singapore.
If you would like to know more about these and the many other success stories involving the NBI, just let us know. And if you are wondering if there might be a potential NBI solution for an issue you are facing, we would be happy to discuss this with you.
Yours from the bottom of my brain...
Ken Wall
Whole Brain Thinking Pty Ltd
Principal distributors of the Neethling Brain Instrument throughout Australia, New Zealand and the whole of Asia
Changing the World - ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME!
PO Box 672
Templestowe
VIC 3106 Australia
Phone: 61 3 9850 9165
Fax: 61 3 9852 1190
www.wholebrainthinking.com.au
or talk with me as the New Zealand Agent wayne@future-edge.co.nz
I had a conversation last week with one of our NBI practitioners and one of the things we talked about at some length was the question of habits. She told me that in her organisation the NBI was regarded as 'the leadership tool'. She added that for some years now, the NBI has been an invaluable aid to identifying leadership potential using a combination of the Adult, Skills and Leadership profiles.
In another organisation the NBI is used as, "one of the best aids to staff selection and retention we have ever used," according to a senior HR manager. The first company doesn't use the NBI for selection, and the second one doesn't use it for leadership! So maybe the NBI is habit forming? Have you discovered a particular area where the NBI works really well?
With 22 versions of the NBI currently available and more on the drawing board, the range of applications could well be endless. So it would be a shame if your experiences of success in one area of application barred the way to exploring others.
There are many great examples:
The South African netball team achieved a much higher placing than ever before at the last World Cup based on an analysis of thinking preferences required in each position at different stages of the game. In addition the cry of "Play L2" seemed to mystify the opposition!
A major out-going call centre reduced staff turnover, improved retention of top performers and doubled their strike rate by selecting staff based on the NBI profile of the exemplary performer, rather than the profile determined by traditional job analysis methods.
An International wholesale bank showed major improvements in revenue achieved by their Relationship Managers (RMs) dealing with high net worth clients throughout Asia. One RM reported a four fold improvement in revenue, and was delighted to have signed up a key client she had been working on for over a year! The secret? A series of NBI based 'Whole Brain Selling' programs conducted by Rob Devine, Director of the Thinking Network in Singapore.
If you would like to know more about these and the many other success stories involving the NBI, just let us know. And if you are wondering if there might be a potential NBI solution for an issue you are facing, we would be happy to discuss this with you.
Yours from the bottom of my brain...
Ken Wall
Whole Brain Thinking Pty Ltd
Principal distributors of the Neethling Brain Instrument throughout Australia, New Zealand and the whole of Asia
Changing the World - ONE THOUGHT AT A TIME!
PO Box 672
Templestowe
VIC 3106 Australia
Phone: 61 3 9850 9165
Fax: 61 3 9852 1190
www.wholebrainthinking.com.au
or talk with me as the New Zealand Agent wayne@future-edge.co.nz
When outside the box isn't enough.
"I mean, we seem so hellbent on getting outside the box all the time that no one knows the "properties of the box" itself."
More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-j-fleming-phd/when-outside-the-box-isnt_b_706869.html
More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-j-fleming-phd/when-outside-the-box-isnt_b_706869.html
Age no barrier to innovation
A double-headed broom invented by a three-year-old Derbyshire boy has been hailed as one of the most ingenious inventions in recent years.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-11205395
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-11205395
Tried and true tactics for kick-starting innovation
“To get good ideas, you need lots of ideas.”
This quote by Linus Pauling is a popular one among companies who hope to gain or maintain competitive advantage by continuously innovating. It’s also a concept at the very heart of open source development.
If you’re reading this, I would venture to guess that you could use a few new ideas … especially good ones.
More here: http://opensource.com/business/10/8/tried-and-true-tactics-kick-starting-innovation
This quote by Linus Pauling is a popular one among companies who hope to gain or maintain competitive advantage by continuously innovating. It’s also a concept at the very heart of open source development.
If you’re reading this, I would venture to guess that you could use a few new ideas … especially good ones.
More here: http://opensource.com/business/10/8/tried-and-true-tactics-kick-starting-innovation
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
PEG for problem solving
Looks interesting - a new perspective on solving problems.
http://media.aniksingal.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Peg-Method.pdf
http://media.aniksingal.com.s3.amazonaws.com/Peg-Method.pdf
Saturday, September 4, 2010
FREE Creative Industries Guide
Free online 'Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide' for creative and digital businesses: http://www.creativeindustriesguide.com/
This creative business guide was written by David Parrish, author of the book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' and published by Business Link West Midlands in the UK. David writes about this stuff better than anyone I know. It is well worth a look - and its a free download.
The 48 page creative industries guide provides information, ideas and guidance on a range of business issues relevant to enterprises in the creative, cultural and digital sectors.
Sections include:
- Strategic Planning
- Understanding your Customers
- Profiting from your Ideas
- Organisational Structures
- People and Skills
- Promoting your Products / Services
- Financial Management
- Legal and other issues
- Links to useful organisations and resources for creative enterprises
and more.
This creative business guide was written by David Parrish, author of the book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' and published by Business Link West Midlands in the UK. David writes about this stuff better than anyone I know. It is well worth a look - and its a free download.
The 48 page creative industries guide provides information, ideas and guidance on a range of business issues relevant to enterprises in the creative, cultural and digital sectors.
Sections include:
- Strategic Planning
- Understanding your Customers
- Profiting from your Ideas
- Organisational Structures
- People and Skills
- Promoting your Products / Services
- Financial Management
- Legal and other issues
- Links to useful organisations and resources for creative enterprises
and more.
24/7 Creative
24/7 Creative is an on-line community for artists, designers, musicians and anyone who supports a more creative world. It is well worth a look - especially some of the stuff accessed through YouTube Play and the collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum.
http://www.facebook.com/247creative?v=app_7146470109
http://www.facebook.com/247creative?v=app_7146470109
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Powerful Questions
This from Marci Segal's blog - well worth a look.
http://marcisegal.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/are-these-powerful-questions-powerful-for-you/
http://marcisegal.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/are-these-powerful-questions-powerful-for-you/
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