There is an interesting phenomenon that I'm noticing with many groups with whom I work at the moment. If you ask people what it is that their "customers" (the people to whom they provide a product or service) need their services for, they will (more often than not) reply with a description of their service, … Continue reading The value, not the thing
I love a good metaphor. Equally, I despise a bad one. I've been doing some work recently for a client on what they should have where once stood an Enterprise Architecture team. If you are not familiar with what an Enterprise Architect does, think about what an Architect does. Yeah, it's nothing like that. And … Continue reading The IT Planning and Building Controls Department
(oops - this was stuck in drafts...) Last week I have learned: The wonders of Bletchley Park Organisations often neglect the effort required for delivery God moves in mysterious ways Still not shaking the 80s office idea. Next week: Closings/openings The week in one photo:
I've always been a little bit besotted with completely immersive experiences. I put it down to a day of awe and wonder in my days at infant school when the assembly hall of Watford Fields was transformed into a submarine by the local drama in schools group. A tent-like structure filled the space, and within … Continue reading Experiential
This week I have learned: Doing new things is scary for everyone. Embrace it. It's lovely when someone you didn't think would remember you does. 30% of the water in the UK water system goes missing. Every glass of tap water contains a free dose of ibuprofen. Making things. It's taken me a while but … Continue reading #Weeknotes 441: The Creativator
My younger son can get overly focused on things. A couple of days ago it was the Eight Queens Puzzle. The puzzle is relatively simple to explain. You need to place eight chess queens onto a chessboard in such a way that no piece can take another piece. There are millions of permutations of how … Continue reading Reframing problems
"A bit like a fruit machine" were the words that my co-conspirator Simon White muttered as we sat around my dining table planning out an innovation programme for a client. He was describing a technique that he had developed to help people generate ideas, based around using three categories from which random entries could be … Continue reading The Creativator
This week I have learned... From gig to no gig to gig again. Who knows? Getting stuff down helps. Impromptu catch ups are the best. Invoice chasing is dull The week in one photo: Next week: workshopping again
Over the past six years, I've been working with all sorts of clients in all sorts of sectors. I'm constantly adapting and iterating my approaches from the work that I do, and here's where I am currently at when it comes to helping my clients to establish models and approaches to do things differently. This … Continue reading Innovation in 4 diagrams – the summary
Now we have established that there are different approaches required for doing things where we don't know the solution, to those when we do, let's now unpack that skill set. Let's look at the Skills of the Bricoleur. First of all there is a collective mindset required, that which wants to Collaborate. Working Out Loud … Continue reading Innovation in 4 diagrams – 4. The Skills of the Bricoleur
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