Doing business in Government is getting tougher ...
The world is fast becoming interconnected, more uncertain and increasingly complex in ways previously unimagined. Coupled with the demand to consistently do more with less, the challenge dramatically increases.
We know that the ... Read More
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Oct2013
How do we move from talking Innovation, to doing Innovation?
Organisations are attempting to do more with less in a sustainable way, while still needing to improve service delivery and profit. A difficult task, even at ... Read More
October 17, 2013Frank Connolly
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Oct2013
The world is fast becoming interconnected, more uncertain and increasingly complex in ways previously unimagined.
Doing business, whether it be Public or Private is getting tougher ...
Organisations are struggling to keep pace with this complexity and require more contemporary skills ... Read More
October 2, 2013Frank Connolly
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Sep2013
How do we move from talking Innovation, to doing Innovation?
Organisations are attempting to do more with less in a sustainable ... Read More
September 26, 2013Frank Connolly
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May2013
Last year Think Quick facilitated an X Teams programme on behalf of the Hargraves Institute for the Department of Sustainability & Environment.
Now the Victorian Public Service Continuous Improvement and Innovation Network (VPSCIIN) is about to sponsor an X Teams programme open to all ... Read More
May 23, 2013Frank Connolly
02
Nov2012
How well do your people think?
Given that everything we do starts with some form of thought, I wonder why we don't pay any real attention to this when we seek to develop our people?
When discussing "thinking" I like to use the metaphor ... Read More
November 2, 2012Frank Connolly
15
Oct2012
One of the great difficulties in Government is that ... Read More
October 15, 2012Frank Connolly
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
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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
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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
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
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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
23
Dec2010
The most common mistakes we make in our thinking are in the way we perceive the world around us. By and large our logic is quite sound but two people can look at ... Read More
December 23, 2010Frank Connolly
26
Oct2010
One of the questions I take some pleasure in asking when training is "Who has wasted their time in a meeting that had no focus and few, if any, outcomes in recent times?" Invariably 90% of all ... Read More
October 26, 2010Frank Connolly
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Oct2010
Think Quick, in conjunction with Humour Australia and Absolutely Positive are pleased to announce the first of a unique set of learning opportunities designed to provide participants with a range of take-away tools and thinking ... Read More
October 12, 2010Frank Connolly