Engineer or Gardener? David Hurst on AI, the Ecocycle and the Rigidity Trap
Most senior leaders in mature businesses know something is wrong. David Hurst gives them the language for it: the ecocycle, and why AI cannot help.
Why Constraints Make You More Creative, Not Less | Dr. Catrinel Tromp
Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham using just 50 words—not despite the constraint, but because of it. Dr. Catrinel Tromp's research reveals why "blue sky thinking" often fails, how to distinguish fixed from faux fixed constraints, and why constraint fluency is now a critical organisational capability.
Constraints, Playfulness & Ethics: 3 Lessons for Leading in the AI Age
How should leaders approach AI without losing the creativity that drives innovation? Dr Vlad Glaveanu argues that constraints enable creativity, playfulness builds psychological safety, and ethics must guide what we build. Three lessons for executives navigating the AI age.
AI and Jobs to Be Done: Where Human Judgement Trumps Technology
Where can AI genuinely enhance Jobs to Be Done research, and where does it fall short? Scott Burleson reveals AI's current capabilities in innovation research—from accelerating secondary research to its critical limitations in prioritisation and the abductive reasoning that only human expertise provides.