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GEW | THINK THURSDAY 15th NOVEMBER 2012 LIVE FROM THE INNOVATION WAREHOUSE

On Think Thursday, the 15th of November 2012, the Global Brainstorm hosted a mass meeting of minds and a crosscultural collaboration on line as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. In total we were joined by hundreds of participants from 47 different countries. People from places as far afield as Singapore, Zambia, Cyprus and Chili, Brazil and Belgium, Australia, Sweden and America, Canada, Rwanda, Argentina, China, India and South Africa, Paraguay, Pakistan, Panama, Gambia, Mauritius and Iceland joined forces to formalize ideas as a panel of experts met to transfer knowledge at the Innovation Warehouse in the City of London. One participant wrote to reveal that we had saved his business that afternoon. Another commented on how amazingly innovative and inspiring the event had been. Many expressed their sentiments with comments on the site and by sharing their learning through social media. It was an engaging inspiring, educational and entertaining afternoon from which further insight may be gained. One fundamental question was asked at the start of this brainstorm.

Here is a summary of the answers revealed:

Not enough attention has been paid to thinking. Such skills are easy to learn and teach. The Whether Forecast is an excellent way of thinking and working.

Mind maps (used by all Fortune 500 companies) are great ways of managing mass information. Plug-in the gaps in your knowledge that is missing by learning from others on and off line. BiggerPlate.com, IdeaSpaceGlobal.org, the British Inventors Society and the Innovation Warehouse are valuable resources of innovation and entrepreneurial material and minds. LinkedIN, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks are excellent tools when transferring interests online and its important to connect to others with whom to share and learn.

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Open source idea evolution brings about a better received result in an age of accessible global communication. In certain situation securing intellectual property is essential to commercial growth. Ideas do not evolve in isolation talk to your community about the problems they face before disclosing your proposed solution.

This comes with clarity of ideas and focus on short term goals. Knowing what to do next and how best to do it. Accepting iterative growth and failing fast to learn from mistakes.

Entrepreneurs need to know how to connect to each other and build communities.
Mentors within reach who may add wind to your sails. Communities of like-minded people on similar journeys on and off line. Your own community who share your vision your raving fans.

Arguably the global recession is a period of prolonged snow in accordance with the Whether Forecast metaph ors. Having learnt to survive, we may thrive by enjoying the moment, the connections we make and the simple, childish pleasures in life. Where would you throw a metaphorical snow ball? Progress somewhat slows in snow conditions but the prevailing winds blow strongly towards more and more start-up success as policy makers and educators of entrepreneurship continue to experiment and understand how best to support the start-up entrepreneur.

Its all too easy to build the wrong dream and lose control of your life. Its too easy to dream big without implementing the detailed steps and necessary action to make this dream a reality. Momentum is magic when you build action constructively, collaboratively, continuously and consistently towards where you really want to go.

Blind optimism will carry an entrepreneur confidently through early challenges because self-belief is high. Failure to see perils and pitfalls can be costly in terms of cash and confidence. The positive power of negative speculation can prevent problems when precautions are pre-planned. Dreaming big is a common characteristic among those striving for to continued growth.

Mind-set matters understanding why you feel a certain way can help you to change that belief for one that better supports you. Look behind the cloud to find the sun. Accept that change is the only certainty and be prepared to allow your thoughts, ideas and actions to evolve. Find the stories that support you and cultivate your own communities. Stay connected to more than one group of people (in and out of your working environment) and join in with the activities of Global Entrepreneurship Week to meet more like-minds!

Cash can be an enemy keep your overheads low and bootstrap all of your operations. problems and objections firmly and learn to foresee such situation before they arise. Know when to ask and how to repay a favour and use your connection to gain greater credibility.
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Who is really telling you that you cant do something? Set your own rules and be prepared to bend them. Give yourself permission to have crazy ideas, other people may steel parts of them but they cannot possess your broader scope and vision. Manage change by means of measuring progress and maximising the use of your time.

Movember madness managed to make its way into the Global Brainstorm. The light hearted approach with which this social experiment was delivered meant that despite poor sound and broadcast quality viewers remained engaged and absorbed the profound messages about mind-set. Edward de Bono confirms humour to be the most significant activity of the human brain. We all had great fun delivering this event thanks for joining in!

The innovative ideas that emerged, the property of Celia Gates and the Global Brainstorm, all rights reserved and open for collaborative conversation:
TakeMe2: An interactive smart phone app that allows your friend to take you to a concert, event or other location when youre unable to be in the room. Using the smart phone camera and a streaming connection youre able to view the room as if you were standing next to your friend effectively allowing you to be in two places at the same time provided youre connected to somebody whos already going there. Grow your connection in this community by connecting to people who are going to events you wish you c ould go to. Ask the question Is anyone going to (the Global Brainstorm) on (Thu 15 Nov) if so, please TakeMe2? and watch as your connections grow. The person taking you to the event benefits by collecting streaming credits according to the length of time he or she keeps you in the room during the event these are redeemable against their own viewing time. Viewing credit may be purchased if the participant has been unable or unwilling to host a friend a certain amount of free viewing credit is available upon signup. MapMyMind: Using the Whether Forecast to make sense of your experiences. PlugInProgress: An accountability system of action learning and cross cultural collaboration. A template for BiggerPlate.com The National Brainstorm: in the run up to a general election an alternative addition to the traditional debate watch this space and contact Celia for added information!

In conclusion this was an extremely valuable exercise that should be repeated across a number of questions and conundrums of which educational reform should be on the agenda. The need to learn to learn better is more important now than ever we will deliver a live event again. To join the next live event please sign-up on our site: www.theglobalbrainstorm.com

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Celia Gates: Host and founder of the Global Brainstorm, creator of the Whether Forecast Kane Kramer: Chairman British Inventors Society, Inventor of MP3 technology Tony Fish: Founder Innovation Warehouse Brigitte Summer: Turnaround Coaching Marc Ortmans: Founder IdeaSpace Global and Global Entrepreneurship Week delegate Liam Hughes: Entrepreneur and founder of Biggerplate.com Andrew Wilcox: Cadre Consulting and mind map expert. Gemma Thompson: Social Media Illumination Martin Hayler: Physical Trainer Malcolm Cook: Media Student

Edward de Bono: Founder lateral thinking Jonathan Ortmans: President GEW

Celia Gates and the Global Brainstorm. All global rights reserved, Seaford 2012. www.theglobalbrainstorm.com #Need2Know @TGBrainstorm