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Frank Connolly replied to Phil Bachmann's discussion Christmas Party in Melbourne"Hi Phil,
I reckon a pub or restaurant might be the best option to guard against weather (Melbourne being Melbourne) it's just a question of finding something that won't be packed out and too noisy at the time. perhaps something central in…"
Phil Bachmann left a comment for Frank Connolly"Hi Frank,
I would appreciate your thoughts on a party in Melbourne:
http://www.debonosociety.com/forum/topics/christmas-party-in-melbourne?xg_source=activity"
Frank Connolly commented on Frank Connolly's blog post Making it a part of normal business"Gracias Luis,
I can't disagree with any of your points. A meeting would be very good. I have done some work in Sth East Asia with the de Bono tools so any insights I have you are more than welcome to. (and Melb is a pretty good place for…"
Frank Connolly commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Now Franis, you're making way too much sense!
(I shall reciprocate on twitter within minutes!)
Thanks
Frank
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Franis commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Oh, and I agree that reporting on the process is important. People so easily get sidetracked on the contents and forget about the process that got them where they wanted to go. They also want the personal credit for coming up with the idea, and not…"
Franis commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Was impressed by your site also - especially was impressed with the left hand side bar where you listed the different types of thinking with a little pic/icon above them. COOL!
A suggestion though - although the AGO, etc. make perfect…"
Phil Bachmann commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."I like the way you put the word "value" instead of "price" in advertising your POP training.
Bold, but entirely appropriate and should win you a few extra clients."
Phil Bachmann commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."I like the layout of your site, very professional.
I don't know that I understood the outcome document as I am unfamiliar with the acronyms."
Frank Connolly commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Try this - I didn't hyperlink the first.
http://think-quick.com.au/better-design-decision-making"
Frank Connolly commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Thanks Phil, good idea. I'm not sure the assessment paperwork itself would make for riveting viewing but the outcomes would be interesting. I think I will follow up on your suggestion! In the interim I have attached a link to one such outcome…"
Franis commented on Frank Connolly's blog post The Trouble with Knowledge Management"There are a number of ways to make people feel they are important. You might use some of those ways that don't involve money. Or you might use ways to hold up the value of the proud religion of Humblism, so people quit the arrogant bullpucky…"
Phil Bachmann commented on Frank Connolly's blog post The Trouble with Knowledge Management"Frank,
Using your figures below says to me that that the employer ends up paying more to his staff than either to you or the publishers of the manuals.
Bit sad really, when staff are effectively saying "I must be paid more for the…"
Phil Bachmann commented on Frank Connolly's blog post How we evaluate the impact of Hats."Thanks Frank,
You did a good job on 1) . I look forward to seeing videos on 2) and 3)!"
Frank Connolly posted a videoSIx Thinking Hats Training
Some immediate feedback from training participants at the Six Thinking Hats training session held at the Airlie Leadership Development Centre, Melbourne Marc...
Frank Connolly posted a blog postHow we evaluate the impact of Hats.
Friday March 18 saw a full house at The Airlie Leadership Development Centre for training in the Six Thinking Hats.Toward day's end one of the participants asked if we were going to distribute feedback/evaluation forms. My response was "Absolutely not, never in a million years." Of course I then had to explain myself for fear of being seen to be too blase about the whole matter of evaluation.Over the…See More
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Frank who?
My 15 years in Govt was defined by some great successes and noble failures and over this journey I have used many tools and methods and now concentrate solely on those that I know from experience have impact and have what I like to call a "hard edge."
It is these contemporary and impactful methods that we bring into the "Think Quick" business for the purpose of bringing about demonstrable & measurable value for those we work with.
http://think-quick.com.au/
Previous to Police I managed a whole of Govt Network of 4200+ members dedicated to Improvement and innovation, and prior to that I spent three years at the Dept of Justice as Manager of Knowledge and Innovation.
Much of my life to date has been split between Australia & Papua New Guinea where I have worked in both Pay TV and Broadcast Radio and a checkered career also includes, Zoology, PR, Change Management and travel at every conceivable opportunity. Listed amongst my key influencers are Louis Feinberg, Jerome and Harry Horwitz.
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How we evaluate the impact of Hats.
Posted on March 20, 2011 at 13:37 8 Comments 1 Like
Friday March 18 saw a full house at The Airlie Leadership Development Centre for training in the Six Thinking Hats.
Toward day's end one of the participants asked if we were going to distribute feedback/evaluation forms. My response was "Absolutely not, never in a million years." Of course I then had to explain myself for fear of being seen to be too blase about the whole…
Continue Lateral Thinking for Conservation
Posted on February 2, 2011 at 11:00 4 Comments 1 Like
We know that one of the great difficulties in getting people to understand the absolute necessity for creativity and lateral thinking is that all good lateral solutions will appear logical in hindsight. So, if the solution is logical we don't need lateral thinking only logical thinking.…
Continue The Trouble with Knowledge Management
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 12:00 5 Comments 0 Likes
At a meeting last month and someone shared an interesting observation; i.e. “70% of all KM strategies have failed.” As bad a figure as this is, I suspect the overall failure rate is actually closer to the 90…
Continue Making it a part of normal business
Posted on April 6, 2009 at 15:30 1 Comment 0 Likes
Here in the Victorian State Government in Australia, we have now trained over 500 staff in the use of the Six Thinking Hats and are now starting to roll… Continue
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- At 6:03 on December 3, 2012, Phil Bachmann said…
Hi Frank,
I would appreciate your thoughts on a party in Melbourne:
http://www.debonosociety.com/forum/topics/christmas-party-in-melbourne?xg_source=activity
- At 16:28 on July 10, 2009,
Ali Sumner said… - Hi Frank - I wonder if there is any way you and I could wangle some money somewhere to get you over to WA - partly to satisfy your travel lust (well maybe not lust - just a tickle given Perth's probably not a travel FIP for you) ... and of course mostly to start an avalanche of interesting possibilities in the WA public service ... oh and of course another reason is for me to take you to dinner and talk talk talk about lots of stuff like ... ah ... hmmm ... thinking? ... no forget that ... just about lots of stuff!
:) A
- At 1:37 on May 29, 2009,
Brendan O'Keefe said… - Hi Frank, I would love to buy you for a coffee and ask you for some advice. Cheers,
Brendan
- At 8:29 on April 9, 2009,
Linda Laird said… - Thanks for the story can I share it, it's fantastic? What huge success you have had with the government. Am I correct in my assumption from Kim that you work with Susan?
I don't know whether or not you hear any Irish news, but after the emergency budget from hell I won't be holidaying anywhere for a long time, in fact at this stage I'll be lucky to hold onto my house! It's a very hard hitting budget in order to pay back the huge debt the banks and developers have got us into. How they so need some Lateral!
Did you have a pioneer in the government who started the ball rolling?
Linda
- At 21:42 on April 6, 2009, Linda Laird said…
- Hi Frank,
Welcome to the debonosociety. What a fantastic story, it's exactly the reason we started the debonosociety, in order to share these wonderful experiences. I wish you ongoing success. Thank you for sharing this with us, stories like this drive us all forward and when we are tired and despondant, it is uplifting. Now I want to change the world to think in parallel!
Please invite all your business associates and colleagues to join.
Looking forward to more.
Kind regards. Linda
P.S. Looking forward to hearing the toilet story!!
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