Plays · 3 mins

Prioritise with a weighted matrix

When faced with new ideas and impending change, how do you decide where to start?

Prioritise with a weighted matrix

Big Ideas · 6 mins

Seek the tiger, find the jungle

Opportunity cost, accidental innovations and the value of paying attention to your surroundings.

Seek the tiger, find the jungle

Quick Reads · 3 mins

Divergent & Convergent Thinking

Most teams mix up these two types of thinking, leading to frustration or unintentionally sabotaging good ideas.

Divergent & Convergent Thinking

Plays · 3 mins

10 Ways to Strengthen Your Idea with AI

AI can be a fantastic tool to challenge our own thinking, ask us tough questions, and stress-test ideas to reduce the likelihood of wasted time and resources.

10 Ways to Strengthen Your Idea with AI

Big Ideas · 6 mins

6 ways I'm using AI to be more creative

A recent report lists curiosity, flexibility and imagination as among the most crucial skills for 2030. Many believe AI is threatening our imagination and creative thinking, but can we use AI to actually make us more creative?

6 ways I'm using AI to be more creative

Plays · 3 mins

Use SCAMPER to come up with 7 new ideas

This technique gives us 7 ways to take an existing idea and produce 7 variations, potentially revealing a better approach.

Use SCAMPER to come up with 7 new ideas

Plays · 4 mins

Step away to move forward

Leverage diffuse thinking to help you solve sticky problems and come up with better ideas.

Step away to move forward

Big Ideas · 5 mins

The speed of innovation

When we hear about "the pace of innovation", or that someone is "buzzing" with new ideas, it conjures up images of high speed, or constant movement. But does innovation really happen quickly?

The speed of innovation

News · 4 mins

Students use AI for purpose-aligned startups

Recently, I was invited to deliver an entrepreneurial workshop to students as part of the Alliance Manchester Business School Startup Weekend.

Students use AI for purpose-aligned startups

Plays · 4 mins

Ikig-AI

Aligning your work with your motivations and strengths can unlock a new sense of fulfilment and purpose within you and your team.

Ikig-AI

Plays · 2 mins

Selective Burning

Sometimes, the processes we think are supporting us, are actually holding us back.

Selective Burning

Big Ideas · 4 mins

Lead like a keystone species

At the recent Earthed Summit, Navajo scholar Lyla June Johnston presented a view of humankind that not only changed my view of our relationship with nature, but inspired a new approach to innovation.

Lead like a keystone species