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HR Forum
Phil Richarson to speak at the Richmond Event HR Forum at the Savoy on the 3rd November 2009. Detais of the full speaker list can be found here. http://www.savoyplace.hrforum.co.uk/conference.htmll
Freshthinking with Ardagh Glass
Creative processes to the fore… When an audience comprising some of the sharpest marketing and packaging professionals in the European food and drinks industry start seriously thinking about what they can learn from a large crab or a gecko, we really have moved into a new learning environment. Biomimetics – the relevance of 3.8bn years [...]
Lessons from nature to change leadership culture
Biology has long been an inspiration for business with examples that can be traced back to the ancient Egyptians, the early Chinese dynasties and famously to Leonardo Da Vinci in more recently times. Known in today’s leading edge research community as biomimetics, the latest applications of lessons from nature are being used by engineers and [...]
I’ll be back
Have you met Hank the singing bottle. He has a really cool message that fits with nature. He is made from glass and that can be fully recycled time and again. YOu can see Hank here I\'ll be back
Biomimetics launched at The Lords
Phil Richardson is author of “Symbiosis:natural partnering” in The Partner 2009, launched at the Lords yesterday in London. The Partner is an annual publication produced by PSL the CBI/BERR funded partnership organisation that manages the Executive Partnering Knowledge Network. Members nclude VT Group, BAE Systems, BT, Siemens and Pfizer. Copies of The Partner are available [...]
Biologize your thinking™
Biologize your thinking™ Thought leadership using biology to get inspired strategic thinking On the 23rd April 2009, in London I’m going to be running a thought leadership workshop called Bringing Innovation to Life. It is an opportunity for senior executives to get together to see the latest development in strategic thinking and to explore how [...]
If you are an Open University student use EndNote to manage your references
Those studying for a masters level qualification with the Open University will need to cite references in their TMA’s. To avoid repeatedly typing these in Word you can use a programme such as EndNote to do the work for you. Find out more at http://library.open.ac.uk/research/bibliomgt/ The current price at Adept Scientific for students is £92 [...]
New biomimetics video available
A short introduction to biomimetics and the ‘bring innovation to life’ series is available on the Thoughtcrew website. The video features Phil Richardson, Innovation Director for Thoughtcrew giving his view on how biomimetics can be applied to more than product development. To get access to this and other useful biomimetic tools then please register with [...]
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 [...]
IoD online networking
If like me you apprciate the value of professional networking then you will be interested in the new group that the IoD has formed on LinkedIn. You can find out more here You can also link with me here Phil Richardson and signup to the Thoughtcrew newsletter if you want to keep in touch with [...]
