change management
financial product expert-witness and arbitration
financial innovation and risk consulting
banking training
Knowledge
Knowledge Management: Innovators' team-working software, The Delphi Thought Pad ™, based on a Lotus Notes platform was developed in 1993 for a client, The Standard Bank of South Africa.
Innovation
Thinking Creatively:
The Delphi IDEA Kit™. Motivational seminar: "How to capture the big new IDEA"Upside-down thinking
™: You've tried lateral thinking. You've tried standing on your head. Now turn the problem upside down.Hindervation
™: Identify organisational blockages; "50 Ways to Hinder Innovation" . This helps firms eliminate creativity crashers.Cross Thinking™: Creative ideas can be sourced
from completely different problems. Think cross-markets. Examples
are Peace through Prosperity
and Virtually no travelling. Creativity
through Cross Thinking™;
Innovation Implementation:
aiding organisations to improve its innovation process. Taking a product from concept to construction to closing to control to crisis management.Wine for Spice ™: created Wine for Spice to select and commission wine to complement Indian. Thai and Malaysian spicy food.
Engineering
Islamic Banking:
Creation of Islamic banking financing, investment and risk management products for Islamic and non-Islamic conventional banks. Frequently invited to chair and speak at Islamic Finance Conferences. Reverse Financial Engineering: Analysis of bankers or competitors structured and derivative products.Arbitrage: Identification and pricing of timely opportunities.