Paul Sloane (author)
| Paul Sloane (author) | |
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 Paul Sloane | |
| Born |
May 3, 1950 Johnstone, Scotland |
| Residence | Camberley, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Speaker, Author |
| Website | |
| http://www.destination-innovation.com | |
Paul Sloane is an author and public speaker on lateral thinking and innovation. He was born in 1950 in Johnstone, Scotland and was educated at St Joseph's College, Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he read Engineering. He is the leading author[1] of books of lateral thinking puzzles, many of the books are co-authored with Des MacHale. He worked for 11 years for IBM, became UK MD for Ashton-Tate and VP International for Mathsoft. He was the head of the Innovation Unit at the British Quality Foundation. He writes on innovation,[2][3] open innovation[4] and crowdsourcing. He helped develop the concept of the innovation camp.[5] His books include The Innovative Leader,[6] The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, and A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing. He lives in Camberley and is married with three daughters.
Selected publications
- Lateral Thinking Puzzlers (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 0-8069-8226-8
- Test your Lateral Thinking IQ (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 0-8069-0684-7
- Intriguing Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 0-8069-4252-5
- The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills (Kogan Page), ISBN 0-7494-4797-4
- The Innovative Leader (Kogan Page), ISBN 0-7494-5001-0
- How to be a Brilliant Thinker (Kogan Page), ISBN 978-0-7494-5506-4
- A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing (Kogan Page), ISBN 978-0-7494-6307-6
References
- ↑ "Release on Hall of Fame Lateral Thinking Puzzles - 2 million books sold". Sterling Publishing. 4 Oct 2011.
- ↑ "Ten Ways to Boost Innovation". Director Magazine. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ↑ "Learn to Think Differently". Idea Connection. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ↑ "MT Expert's Ten Top Tips". Management Today. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
- ↑ "Inside a Corporate Innovation Camp". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ↑ "Review of The Innovative Leader". The Independent June 5, 2007.
External links
- Paul Sloane web site
- Lateral Puzzles Forum
- Paul Sloane blog
- Director Magazine, Ten Ways to Boost Innovation
- The Sunday Times 2 Oct 2011
- Author page on Librarything.com
- Guest Lecture at Lancaster University MBA program on YouTube
- Paul Sloane on BBC radio on YouTube
- Paul Sloane's Amazon page
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