Selected Examples
A selection of applied insights and frameworks which illustrate some offerings.
Personality Profiling
MBTI: Adrian West is a qualified MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) practitioner who can administer the Personality Assessment (Step 1) for individuals and teams to support their innovation capacity. Elements of this personality method inform our “People” workshops as one aspect of appreciating ways in which people are different.
Another method looks at how people are similar, and we cover constructive ways to work with both of these aspects.
Business Modelling
“Business Model Canvas: A useful reinvention tool we employ for business and for personal careers: Sophie Brown is one of the co-creators of Business Model You. (ranked #1 in business start up books by The Independent) and “Business Models for Teams”.
Facilitation example: Photo legacy project and Article “Stepping Back to Jump Forward” following online “Rethink” session for Redeye, The Photography Network.
Innovation
“Boost Your Brain to Grow Your Business” Sample of Workshops from the comprehensive Innovate with Confidence Toolbox. See also the Innovate with Confidence collaboration.
Interview on “How can we be more creative? in a Research Staff newsletter from The University of Manchester.
Creativity@home
Design and Facilitation of Research Council Creativity@home funded programmes, involving multiple university stakeholders addressing a real problem, where new ideas are sought.
Research Sandpits
Simulated multi-university Research Sandpits, such as Materials challenges, Archaeological conservation and Biomedical materials online over 10 days, or in person over 2-3 days for Doctoral researchers.
Articles
Articles on the theme of “Better Thinking Together” are at our companion site Fellowship of Mind, which includes guest contributions.
