Massmart – Think Differently™

Massmart has recently identified a need to stimulate a new culture across the group, and develop one where leaders become:

  • More receptive to change and innovation
  • Proactively identify ways to extract and create value from current assets
  • Demonstrate increased confidence in making new business decisions
  • Foster a culture of teamwork and collaboration to improve organizational performance

To support this initiative Massmart have approached Business Results Group (BRG) to deliver a series of specialized training programmes that will empower leaders through the development of cognitive and creative thinking capabilities.

150 Massmart leaders have been identified to attend the Think DifferentlyTM Programme, which consist of 4 Edward de Bono Thinking Systems courses, namely:

  • Six Thinking Hats
  • Lateral Thinking
  • Power of Perception and
  • Six Value Medals

Written by Dr Edward de Bono, world renowned leader in the field of critical and creative thinking, the programmes comprise core modules of leadership programmes of many of the world’s Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, Motorola, Royal Bank of Canada, NTT, Tata, McDonalds, Citigroup, McKinsey, and many more.

Here are some comments received from the leaders who have attended so far:

Enlightened, empowered” – Graham Rebello, Channel Executive

Excellent! – Pearl Maphoshe, Group Human Capital Executive

Great – stimulates thinking and provides structure for results – Lloyd Briggs, Merchandising Manager – Africa

Business Results Group is proud to partner with Massmart on this project and continues to help Massmart deliver value to its customers.