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.
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UK Innovation consulting firm leads the way in the application of nature to leadership and management at international conference held in Berlin

Phil Richardson, chief executive of innovation and management consultancy firm Thoughtcrew, took the lead in the organisation design and management development working group at the Biokon International conference in Berlin this week. Based on his research in biomimetics at the University of Bath, the working group will focus on specific industry challenges such as growth, [...]

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 [...]

Natural nationalism

The family is the basic unit of society acording to my good friend Guy. A collection of families are a village, town or city and a collection of these are a nation. Of course in nature there are examples of such systems in place and equally those that spread their subsequent generations far and wide. [...]

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 [...]

OTIS the black lab Guide Dog Puppy

I’ve just sponsored Otis who is the latest puppy to strat Guide Dogs training. Another way of bringing biomimetics into business……. If you feel motivated to do the same things let me know!

Sustainability in business

Have you thought about tapping into the power of nature when you create your approach to sustainability. Would you like to know more?

Innovation inspired by nature

The exciting field of biomimetics and biomimicry has a new book by Janine Benyus. The book is called “Innovation inspired by nature”

It is also worth getting a copy of her earlier book on Biomimicry

Phil Richardson
Biomimetics Speaker, Author and Consultant

Biomimicry: why the world is full of intelligent design

There is an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph that is worth a look if you are looking for a summary on design inspired by nature
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/a/5479418