Paul Sloane (author)
Paul Sloane is an author and a corporate public speaker on innovation. He was educated at St Mary's Catholic Academy Blackpool and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He worked for IBM before joining Ashton-Tate in 1984 as UK Marketing Director. He went on to become UK Managing Director and Acting Joint European Managing Director.[1] In 1994 he became VP International for Mathsoft.[2] In 2001 he was appointed CEO of Monactive Ltd, a software tools company.[3] He is the author of over 20 books of lateral thinking puzzles published by Sterling Publishing.[4] His business books are published by Kogan Page and Pearson plc. He has been a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University, Lancaster University, Henley Business School[5] and the Mumbai Institute of Technology. He speaks on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. [6] He has given two Tedx talks; 'Are You Open Minded?' at the University of Brighton, UK in 2016 [7] and 'Les avantages d'être scandaleux.' at the University of La Salle, Beauvais, France in March 2020.[8]. He is the nephew of Dom Ninian Sloane and brother of Nick Sloane (athlete). He is a keen chess player, with a peak FIDE rating of 2125 [9], and represented Cambridge University. He is a member of the Catenian Association.
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Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Occupation | Trainer, Author |
Website | http://www.destination-innovation.com |
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
- Mathematical Lateral Thinking Puzzles co-author Des MacHale (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 978-1-4549-1167-8
- Think Like an Innovator (Pearson PLC), ISBN 978-1-2921-4223-4
- Sloane, Paul. "Medicine can Teach Business and Government a Lesson in Innovation". Innovation Management. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- Sloane, Paul. "City A.M. The Frustration of Innovation; Lessons from History". City A.M. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- Sloane, Paul. "Inside a Corporate Innovation Camp". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- Sloane, Paul. "Eleven Reasons for the UK's Poor Productivity". Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
References
- Ashton-Tate Press Release 15 Feb 1990
- MathSoft acquires Statsci Europe 7 July 1998.
- Computer Weekly article Feb 2002.
- List of Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles.
- Creative Leadership Workshop
- Video from the Future of Technology Conference for The Advanced Propulsion Centre, Nov 2018.
- Tedx Talk, Brighton, Feb 2016
- Tedx Talk, Beauvais, 2020
- ECF Grading Database, 2020
External links
- Paul Sloane web site
- "Lateral Thinking in Brand Marketing". Brand Quarterly. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- Articles on Huffington Post UK
- SIT Top Innovation Bloggers