Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA died this week. It wasn’t his $60 billion fortune that fascinated me nor a love of flat-pack furniture. It was his trip to New York’s Guggenheim museum.
- Home
- |
- Tag: creativity
Why successful firms build change into their DNA via creative teams
Change is continual; a constant. Successful firms know they must build change into their DNA; embedded as an organisational competence through creative teams.
Why confusing the mission statement with a sense of mission is bad for business
Confuse mission statements with a sense of mission at your peril. Lofty statements do not translate into a sense of mission without continual thought and effort.
6 ways this doodle made me more creatively productive
How reflecting on my daughter’s drawing opened up new ways of thinking about work – writes Scott Guthrie
SHORT THOUGHTS ROUND UP: WEEK ENDING 25 OCTOBER 2015
I’ve now written 19 Short Thoughts at http://www.shortthoughts.co. Seventeen of them this month – writes Scott Guthrie Short thoughts are one-minute reads about change and creativity in management. They aren’t shallow thoughts. They are quick thoughts. Ones to be continued. To be expanded upon later. To be polished elsewhere. They are work in progress. They’re designed to stimulate thought.
SHORT THOUGHTS ROUND UP: WEEK ENDING 18 OCTOBER 2015
I’ve now written 14 Short Thoughts over at www.shortthoughts.co. Twelve of them this month – writes Scott Guthrie
SHORT THOUGHTS ROUND UP: WEEK ENDING 11 OCTOBER 2015
I have started writing daily at www.shortthoughts.co via Tumblr. Here’s the round up of one-minute reads from last week – writes Scott Guthrie
Short Thoughts round up: week ending 04 October 2015
The discipline of writing and holding up that writing for public scrutiny through sharing is potent. Here is the first round up of daily writing from short thoughts. One-minute reads covering communications, change and creativity in management – writes Scott Guthrie.
BUILDING CHANGE AS A CORE CAPABILITY
Firms need to build change into their corporate DNA as understanding about organisational change shifts from it being project based to a perpetual cycle – writes Scott Guthrie
Australia’s new PM embraces innovation
Australia acknowledges opportunities not only threats of digital disruption, creativity and innovation – writes Scott Guthrie
5 reasons CEOs should be social leaders
It’s not if but when should C-suite executives truly embrace the social age. Here are five reasons leaders should be social leaders.
5 ways to enhance your creative thinking for business success
Economic growth is best understood as the rate in which firms solve problems. 20th century capitalism worked by efficiently allocating existing resources. 21st century capitalism works by efficiently creating new solutions to human problems
The Art of Giving it Away
Altruism or self-interest? The Art of Giving it Away. 36 professional communicators from around the world tell Glasgow-based PR agency owner, David Sawyer, why they’re give-a-holics.
New book modernises PR workflow
Today PR practitioners launch an ebook in a bid to help modernise the public relations workflow – writes Scott Guthrie
How will your firm compete tomorrow?
Mindsets act as short cuts to making sense of situations. But they can lead to blinkered thinking about what business you’re in – writes Scott Guthrie
How the social age is redefining success in management
Many successful managers rise to fulfill responsible C-suite positions through their political prowess rather than through their abilities to lead satisfied, committed team members who habitually produce mountains of high calibre work. The social age will turn this on its head – writes Scott Guthrie.
Giving new ideas the run of the house
New ideas can be like anxious guests – worried about putting their hosts to too much effort. But ideas need to be welcomed. Given the run of the house. If not, they’ll quickly make their excuses and leave.
What Pharrell warned me about creativity, innovation & change
As Pharrell Williams warns of copycat legislation ruining the creative industries following his $7.3m copyright case defeat Scott Guthrie asks what creativity and innovation mean in 2015.
#PRstack first Twitter chat now on Storify as database adds 50 more products
The crowd sourced #PRstack initiative is an example of a shift in thinking from Industrial Age to Social Age. It’s gathering pace, too, with a further 50+ public relations tools added to the database and its first Twitter chat now on Storify.
4 reasons why senior PR can’t opt out of social or digital media
A recent CIPR survey has identified a widening gap between the skill sets PR practitioners have and the skill sets that businesses increasingly need. Here are four imperatives for embracing social and digital media management – writes Scott Guthrie
How to solve big problems asking one small question
Critical thinking is a bedrock-skill of the modern communicator. The ability to provide plans and advice based on clear, reasoned judgments is a core requirement as organisations strive to cope with increasing complexity and uncertainty. Here are some tools to help provide that critical thinking – writes Scott Guthrie.