Mr Lewis

Tag: creativity

  • Funny how you can come up with great solutions!

    John Cleese is considered one of the funniest people on the planet.  I don’t think I need to argue this point.  A very funny man and a core member of the acknowledged funniest group ever – Monty Python’s Flying Circus.  So you have to ask yourself “why were they so much better than their peers…

  • Upgrading to MindX

    I had coffee with Dan Dobos last week who’s been busy launching his new business, in Australia, which is a wonderful web based marketing engine that combines offline and online seamlessly – eg a an enquiry from your website automatically generates a printed card that gets sent out.   As an aside – It appears…

  • 6 steps to Blog Heaven

    The another day Amanda Gome rang me for some advice on how to run her business to have a chat about some future events. We got to talking about blogging and how difficult it was.  I was in the first group of Bloggists for Smartcompany (around 20 of us) of which there is now only…

  • Failing or Flailing?

    In the late 80’s when I was training to be an Army Reserve Officer, one of the major training (and leadership development) techniques that had a major impact on me was ownership of failure.  If you taught a lesson and more than a handful of people failed the quick test at the end, then you…

  • Tools to support creativity

    Twelve months ago, I started having a conversation with colleagues about putting on a sporting event. The conversation fluttered about for most of the year, occasionally gaining energy but constantly changing focus on what was important. I had to speak to many people about priorities and who would be involved. Now considering I have had…