Author Archives: Laurel
Knowledge Management
Having recently participated in the development of a KM strategy for DSE and been part of the KM Asia forum, it started me thinking again about KM and revisiting some of the work I did when I was with VPSCIN … Continue reading
Creative Thinking in Hong Kong
Over the last two weeks I facilitated Creative Thinking and Problem Solving Workshops in Hong Kong. The workshop was in two parts…one part with 20 enthusiastic tertiary students and the other with an equally enthusiastic group of staff. The … Continue reading
Brain Blast
Colleagues of mine are running a highly interactive and fun 3 hour session on Dec 3 – Brain Blast! I’d highly recommend this to anyone who wants to become: More resilient, Move from Strategic-Planning to Strategic Doing, Be able to … Continue reading
De Bono 6 Hats Workshop
Creative Cognicion in collaboration with Think Quick are offering a de Bono 6 Hats Training Workshop on December 9. Registration details can be found by going to:http://tinyurl.com/3y7va9s
Networks and Emergence
I have recently been reading an article by Meg Wheatley on the power of networks and emergence and how this contributes to organisational growth, knowledge and sharing. It challenges the traditional notion of change within an organisation whihc is often … Continue reading
People Can Change
Recently I had some nice feedback from a group that I had facilitated a workshop with. The group had undergone significant change and it had proved painful. So painful to a point where the staff attitude survey showed the … Continue reading
Ending Up in Surprising Places
I have just finished workshops with some Government departments in Beechworth. The venue was LaTrobe at Beechworth which is the old Mayday Hills Mental Hospital. During the workshop I could not help reflecting that 20 years ago when I was a … Continue reading
More About Leadership
I was doing some reflecting after a workshop I undertook with an organisation around the notion of leadership and doing things differently. Quite often it seems we put people in leadership positions and do not enable them to be leaders. … Continue reading
Leadership
I had the pleasure of attending a Masterclass with Beverley Alimo-Metcalfe last week and came away thinking of how everything is intertwined. The notion of leadership and how it works( or in some cases doesn’t) is so instrumental in … Continue reading
Creative Workplace Coaching
As part of its suite of offerings Creative Cognicion provides personalised workplace coaching for both groups and individuals. We work with clients to assess need and co-design outcome driven interventions to meet these needs. Clients are assisted in the exploration … Continue reading