CLF Interview David Parken - CEO The Australian Institute of Architects

Ralph Kerle, chairman of the Creative Leadership Forum interviews David Parken, CEO of the Australian Institute of Architects about the importance of creativity, innovation, leadership and collaboration in the field of building, architecture and infrastructure

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To complement this video you should also check out the amazing work the Australian Institute of Architects are doing with Google Earth: http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=10778

Sean Carton - Do we really need advertising agencies anymore?

Do we really need advertising agencies anymore? Are we witnessing the great "reboot" of the advertising industry hastened (but not caused) by the current recession? It's pretty obvious to any reasonable person watching the tens of thousands of layoffs in the industry along with the simultaneous implosion of the newspaper industry that the ad biz as we know it is in serious trouble. Couple that with the ongoing decrease in advertising spending along with new studies (such as this one from Microsoft that predict that the Internet will overtake TV in 2010, and it's clear that advertising as we've all grown to know it is on the way out.

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Strategic planning: Three tips for 2009

Even in these tumultuous times, strategic planning doesn’t have to be an exercise in anxiety—or futility. APRIL 2009 • Renée Dye, Olivier Sibony, and S. Patrick Viguerie Source: Strategy Practice & McKinsey Quarterly Strategic-planning season has arrived for many companies, and it couldn’t be more different than it has been in years past. Gone are the days of linear trend-extrapolation exercises that produce base, upside, and downside cases. Strategists, now facing the most profoundly uncertain times in their careers, are creating disaster scenarios that would have been unthinkable until recently and making the preservation of cash integral to their strategies.

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The Care and Framing of Strategic Innovation Changes - Arthur VanGundy Ph.D.

One of our members - Josh Gluckman from Think Growth, recently provided this document from Arthur VanGundy. There is a bit of content, though well worth the read... The Care and Framing of Strategic Innovation Challenges Arthur B. VanGundy, Ph.D. (“Andy”) avangundy@cox.net November 2005 Author’s Note: This paper represents the draft version of parts of several chapters in my recently-released book, Getting to Innovation: How. NY: AMACOM, 2007. http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Innovation- Asking the Right Questions Generates the Great Ideas Your Company Needs Questions-Generates-Company/dp/0814408982/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105- 5881108-2916424?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189367822&sr=8-1 Ideas in Search of Problems Are ideas a dime a dozen as the expression says? Probably not. That’s too easy and somewhat of a cop out. It is relatively easy to get ideas, but probably more difficult to get “good” ideas—those with the greatest probability of solving problems.

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Family Business Australia Conference

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the Family Business Association Conference. Glenn Cooper, Executive Chairman of Coopers Brewery was the first speaker. I know Glenn from another life pre The CLF and he is a real gentleman. Glenn also heads up the marketing for Coopers and previously he explained to me that the main purpose of their marketing is to give the appearance that Coopers is a much bigger brewery than they are. Seems to work well given the number of people that enjoy a pale ale. Our executive Chairman Ralph Kerle was also a keynote speaker, just before lunch. Ralph firstly gave an overview of the research he has done on 'Is Australian Management Creative and Innovative'. He then proceeded to launch our Creative Leadership Index and The Creativity Zone

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