How to boost your Human (not Artificial) Intelligence

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Human Intelligence Tools (HIT) helps teams truly know what they know — so they collaborate better, think smarter, and solve real challenges.

The core principle? Keep detail in its place.

Karen’s dynamic presentations and webinars are a hit at conferences — fast-paced, humorous, packed with commissioned cartoons, and full of practical insights. She shares proven, pragmatic techniques that empower people to think clearly and tackle any challenge with confidence.

Discover unique tools like 40 Ways to Resolve Any Conflict and strategies for developing talented thinking. These methods help you map future trajectories, master the big picture, and manage critical details—all essential qualities of great leaders and invaluable in everyday business and life.

Speaker:

Karen Gadd, Founder, Oxford Creativity

Often told that helping organisations solve their toughest problems is one of the most interesting jobs in the world, probably explains why Karen has done nothing but help teams boost their Human Intelligence for over 25 years.

Karen’s has had 2 careers – one in classical music and one in engineering. She studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, and has an MBA from London Business School, and worked in banking, before founding and running Music at Oxford and the Oxford based European Union Baroque Orchestra. She was also a governor of Coventry University.

In 1998 Karen’s company Oxford Creativity began development of their unique Oxford TRIZTM and Human Intelligence Tools (HIT) to help European industry learn and apply systematic steps to solve any problem, including optimising their patent portfolio.

Problem successes vary from huge cost savings for Bucks County Council to innovative medical devices for Sanofi – quadrupling one division’s turnover from £1.5 billion to £6 billion. Karen’s book TRIZ for Engineers has been one of Wiley’s best-selling engineering publications for over 10 years, and has been translated into many languages. Karen lives in Burford, is a trustee of Burford Alms-houses and the Lenthall concerts. She also sings in 5 local choirs.

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