I'll put my cards on the table up front for this one: I have an equal disregard for both sides of politics here in Australia and I view the next election as the ultimate vote between a rock and a ... Read More
05
Sep2012
Think Quick has just released its new A3 brochure.
Organisations that would like to receive copies of the brochure can contact us here and leave your contact ... Read More
September 5, 2012Frank Connolly
05
Sep2012
Much has been made of the need for more innovative and sustainable approaches in recent times. Despite understanding the absolute need for such, many struggle to break free from those day to day procedures ... Read More
September 5, 2012Frank Connolly
09
Mar2012
My previous post prompted thoughts about the eternal struggle within organisations between those who understand the need for new design going forward and those who would rather see the world through a rear-view lens ... Read More
March 9, 2012Frank Connolly
08
Mar2012
There are two broad pathways to efficiency and sustainable practice.
Mandated requirements to look beyond economic considerations demand that we make a concerted effort seek out new ways and means of developing efficient and sustainable business practices.
The first pathway is one ... Read More
March 8, 2012Frank Connolly
29
Feb2012
One of the most important things we do in organisations is interact in meetings.
Yet 90% of people I speak to indicate their meetings are not as productive as they could be or worse, a waste of their ... Read More
February 29, 2012Frank Connolly
17
Feb2012
As the economic climate tightens and the challenge not just to thrive but survive increases, the need for Business Efficiency has rarely been greater. Irrespective of industry type we are all going to need to do more with less, increase ... Read More
February 17, 2012Frank Connolly
05
Feb2012
Late last year I had the pleasure of working with the Hargraves Institute facilitating a newly design programme of problem solving and opportunity recognition called X-Teams.
The X-Teams approach is one that delivers a team based programme that aligns ... Read More
February 5, 2012Frank Connolly
01
Feb2012
In a recent budget update, the Victorian Government announced a number of austerity measures to reduce spending and create a "more sustainable public service." This makes 100% sense to all of us, but exactly what does "sustainability" mean in this ... Read More
February 1, 2012Frank Connolly
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Jan2012
Thinking is invisible and none of the actions we undertake can ever take place without it, yet we don’t pay thinking the serious attention it requires. The quality of our performance is determined by the quality of our thinking.
Think ... Read More
January 23, 2012Frank Connolly
23
Jan2012
Having given some thought over the years to the way people think and interact in meetings, I have pulled together this simple model of interactive collaboration, or What is the thinking behind the behaviours that we observe in ... Read More
January 23, 2012Frank Connolly
10
Jan2012
We often see strategic plans, change projects and innovation approaches struggle to gain traction in organisations for a range of reasons. The reasons are many and varied depending upon context, yet from experience I have found ... Read More
January 10, 2012Frank Connolly
26
Aug2011
During a discussion on elephant conservation a friend once commented tongue in cheek, "Wouldn't be interesting to hear what the elephants had to say in an anecdote circle?" This was one of those crazy and provocative comments ... Read More
August 26, 2011Frank Connolly
15
Jul2011
One of the great difficulties in getting people to understand the absolute necessity for creativity and lateral thinking is that all good lateral solutions will appear logical in hindsight. So, if the solution is logical we don't need ... Read More
July 15, 2011Frank Connolly
09
Jun2011
Recent trips to Malaysia and Thailand are starting to convince me that Australia as we have known it is gone and is soon to be consumed by South East Asia. Now that sounds a bit threatening on one hand but ... Read More
June 9, 2011Frank Connolly
22
Mar2011
"A huge thanks for what was hands down the best and most practical training I have ever done. As a mediator I ... Read More
March 22, 2011Frank Connolly
21
Mar2011
I've just been fortunate enough to spend some time in Bangkok teaching Lateral Thinking on behalf of the deBono Institute to a combined group of Thai and Indonesian staff from Exxon-Mobil. I promised the students that I would ... Read More
March 21, 2011Frank Connolly
01
Jan2011
People and organisations are seeking improvement and quality across many areas except that which is the most important - the quality of the way we think.
If we improve the quality of our thinking the quality ... Read More
January 1, 2011Frank Connolly
26
Dec2010
Lateral thinking is a way of breaking existing and predictable patterns of thought so that new perspectives, new concepts and new ideas can emerge.
The complexity ... Read More
December 26, 2010Frank Connolly