Gilly Meek, Accredited Think on Your Feet® Trainer How often do you find yourself launching into answering a question – then part way through you realise you’re not saying what you wanted to say? Worse still, you’ve said something that … Continue reading
Love from Indigo – your Valentine gift from us…
With love in the air, and as Valentine’s Day approaches, we at Indigo would like to share the love by giving you a heart warming 20% off selected open workshops – but only for the next 48 hours. There are 27 open … Continue reading
Did you miss the Skilled Presenter webinar today?
If you missed the Skilled Presenter webinar, or would like to forward it to a friend to listen / watch, simply go to this link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/430260254 Continue reading
Make Memorable Presentations in 2014
How can an audience follow your presentation if they don’t know where you are going? If you set out a map for the destination it will be much clearer where you are and what’s next. That’s why almost all professional … Continue reading
Evaluation – just an add-on?
You have probably done it yourself. It’s the end of the course, people are starting to think about the train home or tomorrow’s meeting, and the trainer smiles and gives you an A4 sheet asking for your feedback.The course was … Continue reading
Try Before You Buy – The Free Webinar Line-Up
In these cost conscious times,we appreciate that it is often difficult to get approval to attend a workshop. For this reason we have created a number of FREE webinars to help you gain a clearer understanding of our events, before you decide which one to attend. Continue reading
Want to learn how to survive projects? Free Webinar: 19th Ocotber 2011 – 2pm GMT
To give you an overview of our Project Management Survival Guide™ workshop, we are running a free webinar. You can watch the webinar from the comfort of your desk on the 19th October 2011 between 2pm and 3pm GMT. Continue reading
Clapham Riots – We are open as usual.
After a crazy night of destruction and devastation here in Clapham, I am pleased to announce that our team, our office and more importantly our surrounding community is OK. Mercifully no-one appears to be hurt in last nights riots, and the local community feeling around our headquarters is one of defiance against the troubles and that we ‘keep calm and carry on’. Continue reading
You’re hired! Why innovation is the key to business success.
Every year I say I am not going to get hooked on the BBC’s hit show ‘The Apprentice’, and then it draws me in and I am there to the bitter end! But at least, this year’s record viewing figures for the show prove that I was not the only one! But what struck me with this year’s change of circumstances – with the candidates vying to become business partners with Lord Sugar – was that, as well as the ‘nice guy’ coming first; this was a triumph for innovation too. Continue reading
The Indigo Summer Newsletter is out!
FIGHT THE FLAB IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS: We cut the ‘fat’ out of your conversations, presentations and written documents with our featured workshops – Think on Your Feet, The Skilled Presenter, Writing Dynamics and Thought Leadership, leaving only the best bits for your audience. We can’t turn you into experts, but we can make you sound like the expert you are! Continue reading
Six Hats = Smart Business – nothing silly about it!
Recently, while keeping an eye on the virtual market place, we noticed that someone had taken our YouTube clip of Dr. Edward de Bono describing the Six Thinking Hats®, and added Arabic sub-titles to it! Continue reading
Sometimes you just have to speak up…
My 17 year old niece Ella has made it through to the final stages of Channel 4’s called www.battlefront.co.uk . Ella’s campaign is called Let’s Talk Disability. See why we need a rethink at http://www.battlefront.co.uk/the-campaigns/lets-talk-disability/feed:video/
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What’s keeping the CEO’s of global businesses up at night?
In this new era of perpetual change, rapid innovation and global competition, it may come as no surprise to learn that recent surveys indicate CEO’s worry most about… wait for it …UNCERTAINTY! Continue reading
YES! Indigo help science and commerce mix at London’s County Hall
Indigo sponsor Environment YES 2010 – An innovative competition harnessing the best science brains with commercial know-how. Continue reading
Have your cake and eat it – Nurture the best talent and save money
Recent talent research points to fantastic savings that can be achieved whilst ensuring you retain the very best talent in your organisation. Figures from the Association of Graduate Recruiters, for example, show if a business can increase retention from 50% … Continue reading
The de Bono Weekly Message – Think – before it’s too late
My latest book is called ‘THINK: before it is too late’. In it I suggest that the biggest problem facing humanity is not climate change but inadequate thinking. We are very complacent and even proud of our thinking. We … Continue reading
The de Bono Weekly Message – Football
I once suggested a change to the rules of soccer. When there is a draw then extra time is played. If there is still a draw then there is a penalty shoot-out. This introduces an element of luck. In addition … Continue reading
The de Bono Weekly Message – EU Thinking: Idea Creativity
I was in Prague on January 7th for the launch of the European Year of Creativity, 2009. The Czech Republic has the presidency of the EU for the first half of 2009. As usual, one of the big problems … Continue reading
The de Bono Weekly Message – EU Ambassador for Thinking
The European Union has declared 2009 to be the year of Creativity. On December 5th. I was officially appointed ‘Ambassador for Thinking’ for the European Union. Among other things I shall be issuing a monthly ‘World Thinking Report’. There may be … Continue reading
The de Bono Weekly Message – Creativity and the Risk Factor
Too often people think of creativity as being concerned with new products, new services and new markets. All of these imply a risk factor. So in difficult times people tend to reduce their creative efforts. It could be argued … Continue reading
