CL065: Paul Sloane on lateral thinking puzzles

Paul Sloane is an author, public speaker and facilitator on innovation and leadership and has been described as "The King of Lateral Thinking Puzzles". He is the author of 20 books on creative problem-solving and his latest book 'Lateral Thinking Puzzles' ranges from relatively easy to fiendishly hard conundrums that require mental agility. Paul's company Destination Innovation help organizations make innovation happen and they have some incredible corporate clients. "Failure is a good teacher. Success is a poor teacher." "I succeed or I learn but I never fail." "Only do what only you can do." - Paul Sloane  Paul Sloane 'Lateral Thinking Puzzles' Show Notes: Innovation workshops (2:30) Impediments to innovation (5:40) Using external facilitators for brainstorming (7:40) Divergent thinking vs convergent thinking (8:00) Deference to authority (8:57) Inspirational innovative leadership (12:17) Edward de Bono's 'Six Thinking Hats' (20:11) Need, Greed, Succeed, Speed (20:40)  Favorite Tools: SocialOomph LinkedIn Twitter Favorite Books: How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie Favorite Record: Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix Interview Links: Paul's website Paul Sloan on Twitter Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30 minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme