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One in a million - an innovation that works for a children’s hospice
Francis House Children’s Hospice is 18 years old. “In January 1990 Sister Aloysius called a meeting of like minded people to discuss how to provide help to the many families around the Northwest who had children with life limiting conditions, the Rainbow Family Trust was born! Never one to let grass grow under her feet [...]
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 [...]
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
Nano project management
Project management principles such as Prince 2 are fine if the team is trained and the culture encourages the right behaviours. However on my experience projects are full of business people who don’t get the right kind of training or support. Thoughtcrew has developed a new method called Nano Project Management. Business participants in a [...]
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 of biology [...]
The next big thing in consulting
Biomimetics is the next big thing in consulting acording to a group of senior business leaders that attended the latest briefing by Phil Richardson of Thoughtcrew.
Exploring the application of the new models and theories developed by Phil on his PhD at the University of Bath the invited audience were enthusiastic about the application [...]
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 this [...]
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 [...]
