Jun 27, 2025 | Box and Ball Modes, Brainstorming, Creativity, mode of thinking, Problem Solving, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, think outside the box
Think outside the box. It’s one of the most widely used phrases in business, education, and creative problem-solving. It sounds inspirational — even revolutionary. But despite its popularity, this phrase may now be doing more harm than good. Here’s why — and what we...
Apr 7, 2025 | mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Team leaders, Think Differently, think outside the box
It’s time to update how we think about brainstorming. For decades, brainstorming has been the go-to method for generating ideas. “Suspend judgment.” “Every idea is a good idea.” “No criticism allowed.” These rules have been etched into the creative playbook for as...
Nov 12, 2024 | 6 Switches, AI, Box and Ball Modes, Creativity, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Team leaders, think outside the box
In the next 2 minutes you could: clean your teeth brush your hair boil the jug for a cup of tea… Or you could switch your mode of thinking from say critical to creative thinking. Or logic to imagination. Or analysis to intuition. Or looking at the parts to...
Oct 9, 2024 | 6 Switches, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders
In this podcast I talk to my former Kung Fu teacher Shifu Brett Russell. In a wide-ranging interview we talk about my journey from corporate marketing to completing a PhD on Organisational Creativity, teaching at university part-time and running my own business. And...
Sep 10, 2024 | AI, Creativity, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking
Switch Thinking by Dr Ken Hudson is based on an insight watching bilingual people switch languages. Dr Hudson wondered if you could learn to switch the language you were using perhaps you could switch your thinking. Being bilingual is a learned skill and hence your...
Jul 29, 2024 | 6 Switches, Coaching, Creativity, mode of thinking, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, Teaching, Team leaders, think outside the box
Let’s use the simple light switch as a metaphor to think about creativity. You can switch your creativity on. And you can switch it off. it’s a useful metaphor to describe my experience teaching, facilitating and coaching leaders in the past 20 years about...
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