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Jennifer Goddard is the director of the Buzan Centre in Australia and New Zealand and co-founder of Mindwerx International. In "Head First Innovation", Jennifer Goddard looks at ways managers, innovation champions and entrepreneurs can open their minds to new ideas and ways of doing things that will give them the...- more about Jennifer Goddard »
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- Your Brain is the New Black
- Is it just me or is our brain the new black? As I rushed out the door to catch a flight, I grabbed the top five magazines from my “To Read†pile. Each one had a major article on the brain with two magazines displaying a picture...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Innovation on the Road
- How much time to you spend on the road? At airports? On planes? How can you best utilise the time to be more innovative? There are some real opportunities while sitting on a plane. Take it from me --- this month I travelled to Abu Dhabi, Dubai,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Inconvenient Innovation
- Having the ability to be innovative is one thing. Having the time to do it is another. We like the idea of being more creative and organisations are always after more innovative --- just as long as it doesn't create extra work. Innovation is normally seen as...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Stuff Australians Like
- I love surfing websites like StuffWhitePeopleLike to get a pulse on current trends and shifts in thinking. Here is a tongue-in-cheek Top Ten of Stuff Australians Like. Football --- Aussie Rules football of course (it even inspired the name of this BNET blogspace!) Football --- Rugby...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Creativity During a Credit Crunch
- Feeling the effects of the recent global financial crisis? Want to find a cave and hide until things get back to normal? It is natural to want to revert back to the safe, tried-and-true methods in times of crises. Cut down on expenses, consolidate your portfolio, put...
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- How to Think Australian
- Having a Canadian husband, my favourite book is "How to be a Canadian" (though you really have to be Canadian to get some of the "in" jokes). With the launch of the new Australia movie this month, it would be interesting to see what would you would need to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Chief Breakthrough Officer
- What would it take for you to become the Chief Breakthrough Officer? It would be more than the usual cross-functional skills such as: Leadership and strategy Financial literacy Marketing and sales abilities Strategic relationships and negotiation skills, and Relevant technology and operational knowledge...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Thinking Outside the Square
- We have all heard the saying "think outside the square" or "think outside the box" --- but what does that actually mean? It comes from a puzzle where you have to join nine dots --- to solve it you literally have to "think outside the square". ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-07
- Innovation Lessons from the Great Depression
- There is an upside to the credit crunch. While deep downturns in the market are destructive and many people have lost their jobs and investment portfolios, now is not the time to cut resources to innovative efforts. Research into companies who continued innovating during the Great Depression,...
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Innovation - Read All About It!
- Want to leverage from new ideas and thinking by experts? When was the last time you read a book? There are three main ways we obtain new information: face to face, online and through printed material. Reading about different business models, successes, failures and...
- Blog posts 2009-02-15
- Creativity (aka Adaptability)
- To be creative is to be able to adapt. "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." This quote is particularly relevant given today's business climate...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- To Do or Not to Do? That is the Question
- Got heaps of ideas but not sure how to evaluate them? Worried an idea will go bad once implemented? Most of us run with ideas without thinking them through in a deliberate manner or without applying the right tools. Our thinking toolkit can be...
- Blog posts 2009-03-15
- Want a Better Memory? Doodle!
- Caught yourself daydreaming during a boring conference call or long meeting? Are you a doodler? Far from being a waste of time, doodling can make a boring phone call, presentation or speech easier to memorise, according to recent research at Plymouth University in the...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- The Best Job in the World
- The successful applicant was not the only winner in "The Best Job in the World" campaign. The global search for a caretaker at an Australian island resort on the Great Barrier Reef is actually one of the most innovative marekting ideas in a long time. Advertising companies...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Only Be Creative on Days Ending in Y
- Today is the day to switch on your creativity --- whatever day it is. Here are a few tips to harness it on a daily basis. Monday: Work the Plan --- Plan out your week and set time to think about key issues. Short, sharp thinking sessions...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- No, You're Not a Twit if You Twitter
- Is Twitter a passing fad or a great example of end-user innovation? I just finished reading Stephen Johnson's front-page article, "Why Twitter Matters" in Time Magazine and he puts forward a good case for Twitter being "the best poster child" for the new model of social creativity....
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Are You Planning Another Ho-hum Christmas Card?
- Will your Christmas card this year be one of many and thrown out early January? Or, if you are thinking of sending a bottle of wine or an email with an animated message? Then you desperately need to think again. In addition to sending seasons greetings, many...
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- When Does Creativity Become Innovation?
- This question, posed at the recent 14th Annual International Creativity Conference in Africa, seems simple to answer at first. Creativity is generally defined as coming up with new and useful ideas and innovation is implementing those ideas. However, we all know it is not that simple. Kobus...
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Catch-up Innovation
- Innovation is normally classed as incremental or radical, new to the world and much has been written about them. While driving through the streets of Abu Dhabi today, I couldn't help but wonder how people cope when innovation is thrust upon them. Abu Dhabi, the capital of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Innovation and the Olympic Dream
- There are four things we ordinary people can learn from athletes realising their Olympic dream as they head into Beijing this week: Body --- our bodies are designed to move, stretch and burn energy --- take up a sport you enjoy. Mind...
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
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