Amina clutched the worn leather satchel close, its weight a reassuring presence against her hip. Dust swirled around her ankles as she navigated the bustling marketplace in Mogadishu, Somalia. Just a year ago, the cacophony of shouts and haggling would have sent shivers down her spine. The air crackled with tension back then, a constant

Many businesses, large and small, have a huge source of great ideas that can help them improve, innovate, and grow, and yet so many of these companies never think of using this amazing corporate asset. What is this highly valuable asset? Its own people.

Says Morgan Fraud, the author of The Thinking Corporation, “Given that we are all capable of contributing new ideas, the question becomes how do you successfully generate, capture, process and implement ideas?” Becoming an organization capable of answering this question can benefit in a number of ways

Growth through innovation/creativity. Rather than be constrained by ideas for new products, services and new markets coming from just a few people, a Thinking Corporation can tap into the employees.