Ask anyone what they like the best about going to an art show and most people will tell you it’s the opening night party.
And who can blame them, after all what better way is there to spend an evening, than enjoying some brand new art while partying?
So while from a show-goer’s point of view [...]

I’m not sure about going to sleep at 10pm (I feel I’m mid-stride at that time) or waking up at 5am, but Benjamin Franklin did, and his achievements speak for themselves.
When you’re a person who works alone, and whose fortunes are completely dependent on your own day-to-day productivity, it can be very easy to [...]

Given the cost and time involved in bringing the boards of some companies together, whose members may reside in all corners of the globe, the last thing you think boards would want to do is spend the time discussing where the company has been and where it is at:
What I mean by this is that [...]

What’s the point of five-year-plans when we have no idea what will really happen tomorrow, let alone in five year time? How about discovery-driven planning instead?
In uncertain environments, you don’t have knowledge. You have to make assumptions. The key issue is to know from the start that the plan is wrong. That’s the only thing [...]

When it comes to brainstorming I find the “let go, use the force” approach the most conducive to spawning ideas.
Brainstorming is not risk analysis or decision making so I consciously set aside all judgments and evaluations. This is often the hardest obstacle as we are more used to decision-making in business. When I catch [...]

What makes some ideas stick, or work, (such as YouTube, Facebook, or even urban legends) while other, sometimes quite similar variations, fail to see the light of day?
To succeed ideas need a couple of standard ingredients, including the element of surprise, concrete imagery, and must somehow be emotive, writes Kristen Le Mesurier.
A few years ago, [...]

Why I’ve ditched the to do list
The arrival of a baby, together with the unpredictable and unexacting demands that go with the territory, has brought about a re-evaluation of existing time management practices for Flying Solo editor, Sam Leader.
Now, when baby’s asleep and something needs doing, I’m prone to just do it. Instead of [...]

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