Chameleonomics: Greater Adaptability, Smarter Innovation
March 23, 2021 ·
4 Min, 26 Sec · By Derek Cheshire
Creativity is there already. This is about valuing the creative potential in all of us, and trying to create room for it to flourish. Each of us has the ability to be creative, even if this only exists in small amounts. Such skills can be enhanced and amplified by employing the relevant tools and techniques.
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March 18, 2021 ·
5 Min, 49 Sec · By Derek Cheshire
As young children we play without thinking about what we are doing. Sticks become spears and swords and cardboard boxes make great castles. These, and other methods of play allow us to experience the real world but in a non-threatening way. Also we engage our imagination without the presence of the artificial barriers or filters that adults tend to employ. As adults we call this prototyping but we tend to forget the importance. We must value play more.
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March 16, 2021 ·
4 Min, 44 Sec · By Derek Cheshire
Breaking mindsets is all about smashing fixed ways of thinking. Most, if not all of us have either a fixed way of doing things or a fixed way of thinking about things. These fixed patterns are known as mindsets and they can severely limit our actions in both business and private life. Imagine that you take the same route each day when you walk to your place of work. Each day you buy the same newspaper and the same sandwich for lunch. Over time you begin to get a little fed up with your choice of sandwich and the newspaper does not seem to engage you as it once did.
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March 14, 2021 ·
3 Min, 28 Sec · By Derek Cheshire
Often there is no budget for innovation. It can be difficult to make time for innovation or to make it part of everyday life when the bean counters demand that everything is charged to a cost centre. This is the big dilemma, the trade-off between money and the time that we need to ‘steal’.
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March 10, 2021 ·
3 Min, 45 Sec · By Derek Cheshire
Build up dont knock down. 'Building' techniques are extremely powerful and often very portable. They can have very positive secondary effects. Furthermore, they allow you to take virtually any input – a random piece of news, a misunderstanding or an accidental meeting – and get useful ideas from it.
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