Last year, I had the opportunity to participate in an amazing learning program called Rethink. It was an opportunity for small business owners to learn the Edward De Bono thinking tools and apply them to our business thinking. The facilitator of this program, Ali Sumner is an inspiring thought leader and I really enjoyed her passion and knowledge of the topic.
Since then, I have kept in touch with Ali and actually was contracted by the POWA institute (the institute that Ali is the CEO of) to work with her on a new thinking program for young people named Youthink. Last week, I was given the special privilege of meeting with Dr de Bono while he was on his trip to Perth at some special meetings that the POWA Institute hosted. The first was a breakfast with some of the thought leaders of Perth, including Fiona Wood, Mayor Lisa Scaffidi, John Langoulant – CEO of Australian Capital Equity, Mark Beyer – Editor of Business News and more. The second meeting I attended was filled with small business owners who were participants of the Rethink program. It was at this meeting, that we were able to tell Edward about what we did in our business and hear his examples of how the thinking tools he created had made a difference in people’s lives especially in schools, business and regional communities.
I think the power of the thinking tools, is about giving people a process to design a new and better future. This is one of the aims of the POWA Institute in Perth. Very exciting times!
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