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Jack of All Trades Master of Non

15 January, 2017 by James Lawther 2 Comments

Identical People

What makes a successful scientist? In the 1950’s, Bernice T. Eiduson started to wonder why some scientists had a greater impact than others.  Some scientists produce insight after insight, racking up papers and prizes.  Whilst others just plod along and never account for much. What makes some scientists more innovative than others? To find out, she picked a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Wild Cards Tagged With: diversity, group think, innovation, twenty percent time

The Best Way to Spend Friday Afternoon

28 August, 2012 by James Lawther 3 Comments

Hack Week

What is important to you at work?  What is the thing that you are really bothered about, the thing that needs fixing?  What is the one issue that you could work on that would really make things better? What is your big idea? If your boss gave you Friday afternoon to do whatever you wanted […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement Tagged With: fedex day, Google, hack day, innovation, twenty percent time, Twitter

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