ENTHEO’s™ philosophy
is to be a magnet that draws and expands on creative talent often not accessible
to the business world. ENTHEO™ has relationships with a number of people,
gifted in creative thinking, which have been screened and tested for lateral
thinking skills and their natural abilities further enhanced through creativity
training. They often form an integral part of ENTHEO’s™ creative
interventions bringing a fresh perspective to the client’s world.
We are accredited practitioners of the Torrance Creativity Tests, designed by
the educational and creative psychologist,
Paul Torrance.
We have also been asked,
on a number of projects, to incorporate creative consumers or business experts
into a project. They work in a similar way to catalysts, but also bring
category frustrations and market knowledge to the creative intervention.
Our experts, unlike catalysts, are incorporated into projects because of their
deep knowledge of a specialty or specific sector expertise. Many have years of
experience from working in different corporate structures or are talented business
thinkers able to offer fresh ideas on tackling complex business or organisational
issues.
James Bannerman
Creative Psychologist & Coach
James Bannerman is a ‘Creative Change Agent' who combines Creativity
with psychology to help businesses innovate, and to stimulate personal development.
As a specialist in the ‘Creative Power of the Human Mind', he has worked
with a wide variety of leading organisations as a partner in Innovation.
He has been a platinum-selling songwriter (ex-BMG and managed by Simon Napier-Bell),
a freelance cartoonist (Punch), he is trained in Clinical Transactional Analysis,
and has an M.A. in English Literature from Edinburgh University.
In this respect he has worked with Edward de Bono (the creator of ‘Lateral
Thinking') on the early stages of an innovative project, and lectured on several
University MBA and Business Growth Programmes. James works with ENTHEO™ as
an Innovation Coach and creative facilitator helping senior management to picture
the future, generate new ideas, and ultimately to think differently in order
to perform more effectively in a rapidly changing world.
Dr. David Francis
Sociologist & Innovation Management Expert
David is a sociologist specialising in firm-level innovation and organisation
development. He has worked as a team effectiveness coach and management development
adviser. He applied these skills in the retailing sector at Harrods and was
Head of Management and Organisation Development at the Food, Drink and Tobacco
Industry Training Board. He has acted as a consultant to many organisations
in Europe, the Far East and the USA, and has written or co-authored 29 books
on organisation development, problem solving, organisational communication
and competitive strategy.
David's primary research interests are developing innovation
capability in organisations. David works with ENTHEO™ as an expert in the field
of managing innovation and is central to the development of the academic underpinnings
of ENTHEO’s™ philosophy.
Matt Lawrence
Artist & Visualiser
Matt is an artist and illustrator and has worked extensively in the commercial
world as a TV Court Artist, book and magazine illustrator, Art Editor, Teacher
and On-the-spot caricaturist. His work has been seen on TV, in newspapers and
other national publications since the early 90's.
Matt works with ENTHEO™ as an illustrator, caricaturist and visualiser,
producing designs and concepts for new product or service development, as well
as helping clients to visualise their innovation journey’s and organisational
challenges.
Vena Ramphal
Dancer & Creative Facilitator
To be creative is to be one’s whole self — to live from and through
your entire being — body, heart and mind. When we do this, we unleash
our creativity. Then magic happens…. Vena is a choreographer, performer,
creative consultant and cultural diversity expert. Vena works with ENTHEO™ as
a creative catalyst and facilitator where she brings a wealth of experience
from her creation of programmes for emerging cultural leaders and personal
and career development.
With a Phd from SOAS, London University, Vena is a specialist
in the power of “Thinking Approaches to the Dancing Body’. She
also has a B.A. in History and Sanskrit. Her passions include experiencing
other cities and countries, good conversation, excellent food and bespoke,
ethically made clothes.
Caroline Slark
Creative Catalyst
‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.’ Confucius.
Caroline is a primary school teacher with a passion for facilitating opportunities
for children to be creative. For the past eight years her hobby has been working
in glass, making both stained glass and Tiffany pieces. Recently she discovered
a piece of NASA technology, and glass fusing and now designs and creates exclusive
designer dichroic jewellery. Caroline is also a specialist in ceramics and a
range of textile skills including batik, tapestry, embroidery and appliqué.
Caroline works with ENTHEO™ as a creative catalyst bringing fresh perspectives,
ideas and energy to client and organisational issues.
David Stoll
Composer & Facilitator
How does one balance inspiration and analysis? How does one widen
the view without losing focus? How may one think freely as though
boundaries were unreal, and yet remain completely practical? As a composer
and writer, David Stoll addresses these questions through the medium of
music, challenging presuppositions about how we
think and what we believe about ourselves and others.
David’s concert music includes works for orchestra, choir and chamber
music. Much of his work is available on CD, and his music for radio and
television is known around the world. He has written several scores
for theatrical productions, including for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Educated at Oxford University and the Royal Academy of Music, David often
writes articles on music and musical matters for various journals. He
brings freshness and inspiration to ENTHEO™’s client engagements,
challenging us to listen in ways we have never done before.
