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Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

Strategy Driven

Laura teaches conflict resolution, problem solving and listening skills using an innovative method that addresses the human interactive challenges. To learn more, feel free to email Eliza Osborn at eosborn@beautifulplanning.com or call +1 (877) 841-7244. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article.

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Yes, You Can Brainstorm Without Groupthink

Harvard Business Review

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Collaborative innovation involves the genius of the "and" versus the tyranny of the "or."

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Resolving the Paradox of Group Creativity

Harvard Business Review

arguably one of the most individualist countries in the world , is also the most creative in terms of patents generated, innovation, and scientific research publications. The result of individualists working within an individualist culture, then, is likely to be a high level of innovation. It’s no coincidence that the U.S.,

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Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind

Harvard Business Review

It means embracing a new culture and mindset, where hierarchy fades and innovation happens through networks. Osborne from Oxford University calculated that about 47% of American jobs could disappear by 2020 due to digitization. Becoming a true digital organization is not just about becoming tech-savvy.