Culture as Your Competitive Advantage (and Why Thinking Differently Might Just Save Your Sanity)  

This post is a contribution from Carole Coooper, an HBDI® Certified Practitioner, and Director/Founder of Carole Cooper Consulting. If you’ve ever worked somewhere with a great culture, you feel it the moment you walk in. There’s energy. People...

Building trust at work, why it matters and how Whole Brain® Thinking helps

In any workplace, trust is not just a soft skill, it’s a strategic asset. Teams built on trust communicate more clearly, collaborate more effectively, take smarter risks, and innovate faster. When trust breaks down, performance suffers, engagement declines, and...

Adapting to change at work: What the research tells us and how Whole Brain® Thinking helps

Change is now a permanent feature of working life. Whether it’s a new system, a team restructure, a merger, or a shift in strategic direction, the pace and frequency of workplace change have never been higher. According to organisational change research (Burke, 2017),...

Creativity at work: Why it matters and how Whole Brain® Thinking makes it practical

In today’s world of constant change, creativity is no longer the domain of artists, designers, or the R&D department. It’s a core capability for everyone. Whether you’re solving a tricky client problem, rethinking how your team collaborates, or developing new...
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Comparing Employee Assessments: HBDI® and LSI™

Comparing Employee Assessments: HBDI® and LSI™

In this blog series, we take a look at the similarities and differences of many employee assessment instruments and how you might use them – individually and together – to achieve your business and talent development needs. For this post, we discuss the LSI™ (Life...

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Why the HBDI® is not a test

Why the HBDI® is not a test

What is a test? To get your licence you complete a test. To see whether you need glasses you complete an eye exam. To pass a subject at school or university you complete an assessment. When assessing your leadership abilities, others conduct a 360-degree evaluation of...

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Enhancing Leadership Skills through Whole Brain® Thinking

Enhancing Leadership Skills through Whole Brain® Thinking

Whole Brain® Thinking focuses on using various thinking styles and cognitive functions, grouped into four quadrants: Analytical, Practical, Relational and Experimental. These align with the brain's hemispheres and help us understand how exactly we prefer to...

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The Role of Lateral Thinking in Whole Brain® Thinking

The Role of Lateral Thinking in Whole Brain® Thinking

Whole Brain® Thinking, based on the premise of valuing diverse thinking styles, plays a vital role in effective decision-making. It recognises the unique strengths of analytical, practical, relational and experimental thinking. As for the meaning of lateral thinking,...

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