Strategy
Feedback from HR directors highlights the importance of biomimetics as a technique in leadership and change management
HR Directors that attended the recent HR Forum in London to hear Phil Rchardson give his talk on leadership and change management and the use of biomimetics as a business tool provided some exciting feedback. If you are interested in finding out more visit Thoughtcrew or call Phil on +44 208 133 4728.
“Very passionate about [...]
Symbiosis as a tool to understand business partnerships
At the HR Forum in London today Phil Richardson presented biomimetics and how that can be used in helping understand busines relationships and growth driven change management. A summary can be found in Personnal Today
Biologize your HR strategy
Tap into the power of nature to design and deliver your HR strategy. Using Past Casting based on the biology of crabs it is possible to design everything from a future based competency interview to aligning the leadership team to the new growth strategy. Business biomimetics provides a way of challenging traditional thinking that [...]
Man made evolution
Did you know that cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi and sprouts are all man made vegetables? Wild mustard was used as the initial species and then engineered over time to artificially select certain attributes.
This artificial selection can also be seen in business strategy where people, processes and systems have been selected from the original. However they [...]
An opportunity to shape the future of strategy in the Open University MBA
I am a tutor for B820 the Open University MBA module for strategy. It forms a core module for the MBA and is enjoyed by those in the second year of the MBA with the OU. I’ve just come from a session delivered by Professor Susan Segal Horn at the B820 residential about the planned [...]
Naked Strategy wins award at The University of Bath
Phil Richardson’s poster Naked Strategy: using biomimetics to drive busines change won the poster award at the recent research collaboration conference sponsored by the University of Bath. Phil was presented with his award after being voted best poster by the other researchers at the conference.
http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/researchers/community/rsconfhome.html
Creative solutions to the problems you didn’t know you had
Before setting off down the wrong path it’s worth spending some time thinking about the problem. Typically problems present as a series of clues. These symptoms present as something that is or is not happening.
Very expensive mistakes have been made by designing and implementing solutions for symptoms. Little, if any time has been spent [...]
Growing a premium brand
Exclusively Kitchens
Exclusively Kitchens is a high end bespoke kitchen designer and installation company. Focused on providing the best possible quality and value Exclusively Kitchens operated from its base in Bath across the South West. Having been in business for 12 years the directors of the business felt it was time to take a strategic [...]
Bring innovation to life
In the modern business world, creating and implementing innovative ideas is vital to developing strategies that deliver sustainable, competitive advantage. Here is a one day knowledge shop which provides the opportunity to get some hands on experience in applying biomimetics to a business problem. Thoughtcrew and Faraday are working in partnership to bring biomimetics and [...]
Why insight is essential and software can’t provide it
Essential: vitally important, fundamental
Insight: penetrating and often sudden understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
I once asked the inventor of a clever search engine to build a business analysis engine - a software machine into which we might pour gigabytes of business data and then ask a series of broad questions. It would [...]
