Jul 7, 2025 | AI, Brainstorming, co-create, Creativity, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, think outside the box
There is lots of advice about prompts for AI. They all sound reasonable and linear. As a result Generative AI such as ChatGPT will respond in a logical way. But are we missing a bigger opportunity to unlock the creativity of AI using Random Prompts? In a world...
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 29, 2024 | Box and Ball Modes, Switch Thinking, Switch your Thinking, think outside the box
I am not a neuroscientist (i.e. people who focus on the brain and its impact on behaviour and cognitive functions) but I am more and more interested in the work they do. Partly this is due to the fact that our brain is being scanned through advanced fMRI techniques....
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