Why Problem Solving and Brainstorming in Groups Often Fails: Moving Beyond the Minimum Acceptable Solution

Why Problem Solving and Brainstorming in Groups Often Fails: Moving Beyond the Minimum Acceptable Solution

by | Jan 22, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Creativity & Innovation, Fundamentals, Leadership, Learning, Motivation, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Social Innovation

All too often a team groups together to do a brainstorming session to solve a problem. But despite the excitement the outcome is a disappointing failure: The ‘Minimum Acceptable Solution’, IntroductionWhat is Brainstorming and Group Problem Solving?The Excitement of...
Why Starting with “Defining the Problem” in Public Services is a Mistake

Why Starting with “Defining the Problem” in Public Services is a Mistake

by | Jan 21, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Change Management, Community & Social Challenges, Fundamentals, Health and Wellbeing, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Public Services Innovation, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation

Defining the problem is usually the very first step in most public sector projects and initiatives. However, starting by creating a fixed definition of the problem often leads the work to failure. Why? Because this approach limits decision making thinking agency and...
Why We Need To Avoid AIsolation: The AI Negative Social Impact Trap.

Why We Need To Avoid AIsolation: The AI Negative Social Impact Trap.

by | Jan 15, 2025 | Healthcare AI, Leadership & Decision Making, Learning, NHS, Purpose & Wellbeing, Social Change, Social Impact, Social Innovation

AI has the potential to be an enormous force for good. Transforming lives and our public services for better. But it could also be a force that creates a negative social impact and a dystopian world. What is AIsolation?AI is Not Bad, But How We Use it Might BeThe Why...
What does good AI look like? Why We Need A Harmonious Vision of AI for the Future.

What does good AI look like? Why We Need A Harmonious Vision of AI for the Future.

by | Jan 14, 2025 | Leadership & Decision Making, Creativity & Innovation, Health and Wellbeing, Healthcare AI, NHS, Problem Solving & Decision Making, Social Impact

What does good AI look like? The AI revolution is happening whether we want it or not. But that future is still being created and shaped. The concept of harmony can help us find our way to better AI and create a for a better future and a positive social impact . The...