{"id":1991,"date":"2018-02-27T13:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/?p=1991"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:53:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:53:46","slug":"changing-the-way-you-do-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/changing-the-way-you-do-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the way you do things"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard White \u2013 de Bono Accredited Trainer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Change for the better is always good but we have to make it happen, we can\u2019t sit back and wait for it. Adding to that, the old adage \u201cnothing is perfect\u201d suggests that everything can be improved and we should constantly be looking for ways to do it! But how do we do it and, perhaps more fundamentally, how do we find the time? We not only have to be more creative, we have to be more efficiently creative.<\/p>\n

Efficient creativity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Efficient creativity becomes even more necessary when we understand that creativity involves more than generating ideas. It\u2019s a process: <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. We have to be clear about what we\u2019re trying to achieve;<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Then we generate ideas, lots of them; and, <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Finally, we assess and modify the ideas for practical application. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Implementation usually produces challenges, which are overcome with more creative thinking. So, done properly, innovation is a cyclic activity that can be applied to everything we do.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The tools in Dr. Edward de Bono\u2019s Lateral Thinking<\/a>\u00a0and Six Thinking Hats\u00ae<\/a> workshops are designed to help us be more efficient. The workshops provide frameworks for effective thinking as well as idea-generating techniques and processes for assessment and implementation. We can use the tools to make improvements at all levels from top-level strategies and policies down to basic processes and activities.<\/p>\n

    Three questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    As an example, we take a simple process and then ask three questions:<\/p>\n