LucyinnovationTop tips to innovate with confidence
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Recently I had the pleasure of recording a webinar with Roland Harwood, co-founder of global innovation agency 100%Open, about his experiences and insights on innovation. I first met…
Do you know what your old classmates are up to?
Friday, July 20, 2018
Think back to when you were at school. What do you remember? The smell of the school hall (kind of musty gym kits and disinfectant) cross-country in the…
Radical or incremental when it comes to innovation the key word is confidence
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Innovation is an old-fashioned term these days. It seems that to keep it sexy you’ve got to use a prefix. Disruptive or radical, marginal or incremental. We can’t…
5 tips to boost your creativity
Friday, February 23, 2018
Have you ever been to the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green in London? To be honest it’s more like a museum of nostalgia as the core audience…
Because learning to solve problems is more useful than having a right answer
Sunday, February 4, 2018
When I was 8 years old I knew all the flags of the world. When I was 16 I knew about Pythagoras theorem and when I was 21…
Do you want to know why I’m out of my comfort zone right now?
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
In my quest to help others succeed at innovation, I often challenge people to get out of their comfort zones, expand their knowledge and try something new. Diversity…
Innovation – it’s all in your perspective
Thursday, January 11, 2018
A guest blog by Iain McAndrew. Casting my mind back to late 2016, one of the names on my induction programme when I first arrived at CHAS (Children’s…
Would £10,000 motivate you to have a good idea?
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
My dad, Stan Gower started working as a sheet metal worker for British Airways in 1974. We lived about 7 miles from Heathrow and I remember he used…
The turtle that blogged about innovation
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
I’m Anastasia and I’m a turtle. This may sound strange, but knowing that I’m a turtle is actually relevant for my job supporting local Minds with their organisational…
Keep the Joy Alive, As easy as A B C …
Saturday, June 10, 2017
A guest blog by Iain McAndrew. Last week I met Ian Scott for lunch and a catch up in Edinburgh. Ian had recently supported us in a project…