Paul Sloane

Curiosity drives creativity, discovery, and innovation, contrasting with the traditional focus on finding definitive answers.

Most managers are getting meetings wrong. PAUL SLOANE explains how to make a last impression. Let's face it, meetings are unpopular.

Unpredictability, when used deliberately rather than recklessly, is one of the most underrated sources of power in human behaviour, strategy, and creativity.

In the modern corporate world, leaders are often focused on addition.

Explore the role of play and experimentation in scientific discovery through Mendeleev's periodic table innovation.

Innovate within existing structures and constraints, rather than trying to escape them entirely.

The invention of the ice cream cone was an accident born of serendipitous collaboration at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

The Power of Serendipitous Collaborations The invention of the ice cream cone was an accident born of serendipitous collaboration at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Organisations unlock innovation when they stop punishing mistakes and start learning from them, reasons Paul Sloane. From Post-it Notes to Slack and vacuum cleaners, failure can spark breakthroughs. Paul explores how psychological safety, intelligent experimentation and honest post-mortems help teams take smarter risks, adapt faster and build lasting competitive advantage. In a traditional corporate landscape,

Balancing freedom for experimentation and challenging orthodoxies with the need for control and efficient business processes.