Reports and Articles

Published articles. Includes links to similar/complementary articles by other authors

. Reflections Article on Insight & Wisdom (HTML or PDF)
An 8 page article published in Reflections, the Society for Organizational Learning's (SoL) quarterly magazine. It reviews the application of Insight Thinking to Leadership. It also contains three extensive client commentaries.

. Leading Innovation - a Five Base Game (HTML or PDF)
A framework for companies that wish to be more innovative.

. Stillness In The Eye Of The Storm (HTML, PDF or MP3)
How do you maintain your clarity of thought in the face of turmoil? This article explains how not to lose ones innate intelligence and wisdom when the circumstances seem to be conspiring against this. It makes the case that keeping your head is of double value when uncertainty and confusion reign.

Links to pertinent third party articles:

. The Eureka Hunt, Jonah Lehrer - Annals of Science, The New Yorker, July 28th, 2008.
Fascinating description of some of the neuroscience behind our capacity to have insights.

. Get Out of Your Own Way, Robert Lee Hotz - Science Journal, Wall Street journal, June 27, 2008
Interesting article on research that suggests we are more likely to solve problems by not over thinking them.

. How Thinking Can Change the Brain - By Sharon Begley, Wall Street journal, January 19, 2007
This extract from Sharon Begley's book "Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain", discusses recent findings that the brain's ability can be changed by purposeful thought.

. 'Aha!' Favors a Prepared Mind - By John Kounios & Mark Jung-Beeman, Psychological Science, March 29, 2006
Kounios and Jung-Beeman explain some of the pre-cursor brain activity for an insight.

. A Genius Finds Inspiration in the Music of Another - By Arthur I. Miller, New York Times, January 31, 2006
Entertaining story of Einstein's interest in music and its connection to his insights.

. Messaging Haze - By Sebastian Rupley, PC Magazine, June 1, 2005
Recaps some research from England on the impact on constant access to e-mail and cell-phone.

. Overloaded Circuits - Why Smart People Under-perform - By Edward. M. Hallowell - Harvard Business Review, January 2005.
The effects of a busy mind. Different take on how modern office life can turn steady executives into frenzied underachievers.

. How to Think With Your Gut - By Thomas A. Stewart, Business 2.0, November 2002
Great examples of insights that created or transformed businesses. Described as listening to your gut.