We will be conducting a Six Thinking Hats Public Workshop in Melbourne on Feb 19 next year on behalf of Chalmers International, the Official deBono Training Distributors for Australia and New Zealand.
People and organisations are seeking improvement and quality across ... Read More
26
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
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
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
06
Jul2010
Wikipedia defines a buzzword as "a word that has begun to be used in the wider society outside of its original context by nonspecialists who use the term vaguely or imprecisely. Labelling a term a "buzzword" often pejoratively ... Read More
July 6, 2010Frank Connolly
06
Jul2010
It has always been frustrating how these two words have been ill-defined and interchanged in the workplace. The confusion over their definitions has added to the cynicism with which they are greeted in organisations and acts as a barrier to their ... Read More
July 6, 2010Frank Connolly
03
Oct2009
Thinking is the ultimate human resource but how much effort do we put into developing it, nurturing it and using it to its fullest potential?
People, communities and organisations are seeking improvement and quality in ... Read More
October 3, 2009Frank Connolly