Whenever we see something or experience an event, the autonomic response system assesses whether it’s a risk to us and depending on the risk, whether it’s real or imagined, will move us into a fight or flight response. The bad news is, if we have an opportunity in front us that could be great for our career, but it has a hint of risk in it, we either go into a fight or flight response.
Read MoreWhat stops us from being more productive and innovative is not external; it's internal. One of the major obstacles is our 'frustration tolerance'. Psychologists talk about individuals who have 'Low frustration tolerance' (LFT). These people may have the intention to realise an idea, yet at the first sign of trouble, discomfort, or frustration, they give it away.
Read MoreLearn how you can discover and unleash your innovation strengths so you can be indispensable at work or in business.
Read MoreCreating and realising ideas on your own can at times be a difficult job. This can be made all that much easier if you have a creative partnership. A creative partnership can be as simple as bouncing things off a mate. Here are some things worth considering to help create a motivating partnership for your ideas.
Read MoreDoes your work depend on how well you deliver pitches or presentations? In this article, we share tips on how you can improve your presentation skills so you can win at your next pitch.
Read MoreIn this blog, I share some of my most successful step-by-step techniques on how to create insights and ideas to complex problems in rapid succession. Meaning you can save your job, increase your reputation, and increase your pay-packet.
Read MoreYou may have heard of organisations asking their customers for ideas for what they want in their products. An even more powerful technique is to ask them what they could do with parts of their business - be it a product, process or part of their service in a completely new way or new industry.
Read MoreIn this article, we unpack the money-making way of identifying the pain points people are willing to pay to have solved, and ways to create ideas to solve these money-making problems.
Read MoreA simple but effective ideation (idea generating) technique that I like working with is called reverse brainstorming. What makes reverse brainstorming so effective is that it's a technique that tricks the brain so that you can't help but find opportunities for new ideas.
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