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As a way to get the creative juices flowing, I often talk in brainstorms about focusing on the problem – whether it’s defining it, organising them into groups, or refaming them to get a

Being creative isn’t always about what’s right in front of you. Often, being creative means learning to subdue your common sense while harnessing your subconscious thinking to work more effectively in creating

It’s interesting to me how often the words strategic thinking and creative thinking together are used in business conversations. More concerning, I’m not 100% certain we always know what these words

I recently taught a course on strategic thinking, and whle the materials were helpful, it was also strange there weren’t any actual steps of stategic thinking. That is, what exactly do you

The PESTEL diagram – aka PESTLE, PEST or STEP – is one the most useful tools to help an organisation understand the external pressures and factors that will affect its

When conducting research, or simply looking at a piece of information, you must know the attributes of “good research.” While it sounds like an easy question, it’s anything but. Given

Many people believe knowledge, intelligence and wisdom are all the same thing. Right? While on the surface there is a certain similarity, the three aspects are distinctly different from each

Metaphors are one of the most useful tools in creative thinking. Figures of speech, they are useful to compare different things. However, metaphors can also be used as a visual

Online collaboration tools are improving every day. There are the obvious ones, plus a few less common ones. By no means comprehensive, this list was originally gathered for my Design

To understand how people were creative at work, I spent time watching and interviewing clients and colleagues approach a typical assignment. It was fascinating because everyone used a different system.

These two important phrases in business are bandied about a lot: Analytical Thinking versus Critical Thinking. Let’s face it. Some business definitions generally are simply head-scratching. For example, can you tell me what’s

I was asked recently by a communications agency in Sydney to answer some questions about the similarities and differences of Strategic and Creative Thinking as they began their annual planning