Innovation styles
Research exploring how different people contribute to innovation and the importance of having people with all four preferred styles involved.
Each style has a role to play in your organization, starting with finding new problems (generators), thoroughly defining problems (conceptualizers), evaluating ideas and selecting solutions (optimizers), and implementing selected solutions (implementers).
The Best Leaders in the World Are “Quiet Managers”
I don’t necessarily agree with all of this but it’s a good provocation in a noisy world. We also talk a lot about ‘leadership’ but not so much about ‘managership’ (I thought I’d made that up but turns out it is word!).
Quiet Leadership programme
This is a free programme offered by Julian Stodd, We am not endorsing it as we don’t know the work but it looks intriguing and its free. If anyone does pick it up do let me know how you get on. Dawn might try it out herself!
Julian is offering this programme completely free, with a request that people pay their learning forwards into their own local communities.
Bringing out the best: how to transform education and release the potential of every child
The final report of The Times Education Commission was published this summer. It’s key recommendation was the establishment of a new British Baccalaureate.
The commission found that the system is failing on every measure but its year-long inquiry has some lessons for a way forward.
Creative Communities: Wed 2nd November
An online event from DACS focused on how artist centred organisaitons can help creative communities flourish.
How can artist-centred organisations help creative communities to flourish and interact on a global stage whilst responding to local needs.
DACS
Old stories and new perspectives
Two great exhibitions in London offering interesting new perspectives on old stories: Hieroglyphs at the British Museum and Alexander the Great at the British Library