Collective intelligence

The smartest thing you can do as a leader is build a business that’s smarter than you are.

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Clever individuals are not enough

88% of leaders say they lack the quality of thinking they need in their organization. That’s not because they don’t have smart people. Rather, it’s because they’re not systematically tapping into the brainpower at their fingertips.

There is good news, however. We have a formula that can help leaders translate individual intelligence into collective intelligence. This recipe includes just three essential ingredients: critical thinking, brilliant communication, and a focus on what matters.

 

How can your team deliver more than the sum of its smarts?

Research

What’s slowing businesses down?

Business leaders typically aren’t moving as fast as they’d like, and that’s because only 12% have the thinking they need in their organization.

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What’s collective intelligence and why does it matter?

Leaders often hire for IQ to encourage the right thinking in their organization. But individual smarts don’t translate to collective intelligence.

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3 capabilities every business needs to move faster

Companies like LEGO and Amazon seem to break free from the trap of scale. Why are they able to stay agile and innovate at pace while their competitors get stuck in the red tape of bureaucracy?

One simple formula to transform individual brainpower into collective intelligence

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How to turn critical thinking into a superpower

Deep, critical thinking is a skill we’re all capable of. And opportunities to hone it are hiding in plain sight in every business.

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How to build a business that can spin on a sixpence

92% of business leaders admit they often lose sight of big-picture goals. How can we get better at focusing on what matters?

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The Question-Driven Insight Principle

The QDI Principle is a methodology for building the three skills that fuel the world’s most enduringly successful businesses.

Do it at scale with Lucia, our innovative AI thinking and writing tool

Lucia brings together the power of AI with the Question Driven Insight (QDI) Principle™, a methodology for building strong critical thinking, excellent communication, and exceptional focus. Lucia is the first platform in the world designed exclusively for business reporting, allowing everyone in your organization to craft smart reports that drive action.

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Case study: how QDI underpins Keller’s reports

Keller is the largest geotechnical specialist contractor in the world, helping to build everything from football stadiums to schools. Having doubled in size in just 10 years, Keller partnered with Board Intelligence to maximize the benefits of its many, geographically dispersed report writers.

“The Board and I have found the new reports to be clear, well-balanced and of high quality, giving us the right level of information we need to shape our thinking and actions.”

~ Peter Hill CBE, Group Chairman, Keller Group

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