Light up your creative bulb for a brighter future Dr Denise Meyerson Management Consultancy...

Light up your creative bulb for a brighter future

Dr Denise MeyersonManagement Consultancy International

www.mci.edu.au

Our Purpose Explore what is meant by

creativity and innovation in the 21st century

Unleash your own creativity and seek different ways of approaching challenges

Use these skills in the workplace

What is an alternative view?

This is one view of a stack of bricks

This is another view of the same bricks

Lynda Gratton:

Organisational Hot Spots:

cooperation, great energy, productivity and excitement to innovate

Vs

The Big Freeze

Why Innovate? exploiting and

applying knowledge that is already known = improvements from efficiency and productivity

genuinely exploring what was previously unknown = radical changes and innovation

Fast Company magazinelists the top 50 innovative companies in the world.

Enterprises it says will redefine our future and

point the way to a better tomorrow.

Who tops the list?

___ ____#1: Team Obama

#2: Google Has ambition, breadth of its accomplishments “The Googleplex is a secret lab exploding with

ideas. “

#3: Hulu Fox and NBC Universal - watch TV shows online Much-derided joint venture - bigger and smarter

all the time.

What can you do to be more innovative and

creative?

1. Test your assumptions

2. Learn new techniques for problem solving: 6 hats thinking

3. Work in a collaborative way with others

What assumptions

have we made?

QuizHow many different ways can you combine six LEGO bricks (two by

four stud) of the same colour?

Answer:

915,103,763

“coblabberation”

No more ‘lonely guy’

We want to get 100% from everyone 100% of the time

The Duck Challenge

___ ____ ____Plan – plan – planPlan – do – plan - do

How will you use these skills when you return

to work?

What will you do differently?

denise.meyerson@mci.edu.auwww.mci.edu.au

1300-768-550

THANK YOU!