The answer to last week's question is. Q: You are in the centre of an island that is a kilometre long and half a kilometre wide. The vegetation is very dry from a long drought. Suddenly it catches fire at one ... Read More
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Dec2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: Manhole covers for sewer drains are typically circular in shape (the ones that are removable anyway). This shape has an important advantage over a square or rectangular shape. What is it?
A: There is no ... Read More
December 14, 2018Frank Connolly
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Dec2018
The answer to last week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: A man lives on the twelfth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the ... Read More
December 7, 2018Frank Connolly
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Nov2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: A man drives down the highway at 90 kms per hour. Yet he still manages to pass three cars going 95 kms per hour, how does he manage this?
A: He was ... Read More
November 30, 2018Frank Connolly
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Nov2018
The answer to last week's lateral thinking challenge is. Q: A woman has incontrovertible proof in court that her husband was murdered by her sister. The judge declares, "This is the strangest case I've ever seen. Though it's a cut-and-dried case, this ... Read More
November 23, 2018Frank Connolly
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Nov2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: Which country does not belong in this group - Nigeria, Angola, Italy, Ireland & Germany?
A: Ireland to be sure, it's the only country not in the same time-zone as the others.
This week's ... Read More
November 16, 2018Frank Connolly
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Nov2018
The number of our interventions, projects and programmes that go pear-shaped in one way or another is substantial. Rarely if ever, do we see projects come in on time, on budget or achieve everything promised. This is rarely acknowledged ... Read More
November 8, 2018Frank Connolly
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Nov2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: Which animal does not belong in this group – Bull, Fish, Lion, Giraffe & Crab?
A: The Giraffe, the others are all signs of the zodiac.
This week's lateral thinking challenge is.
Q: ... Read More
November 2, 2018Frank Connolly
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Oct2018
Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats® Training Day in the Melbourne CBD on Friday December 14 .
How much would it be worth to your organisation if you could run meetings and communication 30% faster than you do now ?
If ... Read More
October 26, 2018Frank Connolly
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Oct2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: One of the world's capital cities spends far less (both in total and as a proportion of its budget) than other capital cities on a service which is usually considered absolutely essential. What city ... Read More
October 26, 2018Frank Connolly
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Oct2018
The answer to last week's question is. Q: Why did a famous statesman and world leader stand up in front of a large crowd and say, very seriously “I am a jam doughnut”?
A: Pres J.F.Kennedy said this whilst trying express ... Read More
October 19, 2018Frank Connolly
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Oct2018
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: During a medical examination, Jerry’s blood pressure was found to be 3 x that of a normal healthy person. Yet, Jerry’s Doctor was not too concerned. Why not? He should be taking Kratom, Kratomystic, ... Read More
October 12, 2018Frank Connolly
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Sep2018
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: In a famous tourist destination the local authorities have made the price of electricity higher in order to increase tourism. Why?
A: Niagara Falls, where the water could be diverted for hydro ... Read More
September 28, 2018Frank Connolly
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Aug2018
Everything we do is proceeded with some form of thought, yet we tend to focus on the resulting action and spare little attention to the thinking driving our action when developing our staff.
When discussing thinking I like to use the metaphor ... Read More
August 16, 2018Frank Connolly
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Aug2018
The answer to last week's challenge is. Q: A dead person’s soul comes to a crossroads: one way leads to heaven, the other to hell. There is no road sign to tell the soul which is which. Guards stand at the beginning ... Read More
August 10, 2018Frank Connolly
07
Aug2018
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 our meetings?
The model ... Read More
August 7, 2018Frank Connolly
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Aug2018
According to Edward de Bono, we all run the risk of falling into the “intelligence trap.” It is assumed that intelligence goes hand in hand with thinking. Too often however, intelligent people are in danger of becoming poor thinkers. ... Read More
August 2, 2018Frank Connolly
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Jul2018
Our upcoming training dates for the Six Thinking Hats have now been finalised for Canberra, Sydney & Melbourne. These will include one day courses for facilitators and anyone wishing to improve the thinking in their workplace and three day certification courses for ... Read More
July 30, 2018Frank Connolly
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Jul2018
One of the most common questions I put to groups from any sector is; "Hands up those who have wasted time in a meeting recently"?
I have never had less than 90% of attendees put ... Read More
July 26, 2018Frank Connolly
20
Jul2018
Six Thinking Hats® Public Training Day in Civic, Canberra on October 17, 2018.
How much would it be worth to your organisation if you could run meetings and communication 30-40% faster than you do now ?
If your people have never ... Read More
July 20, 2018Frank Connolly