Talk:Tudor Rickards

Accidental violation of wikipedia principles
I have edited the note made by Prof Rickards. As a regular editor I believe this only provided verifiable materials. If he did it, the information is as far as I can see in the public domain and I have not edited it.

Amended 26th October

[[user:Alexhough]

Notability
Notability seems to have been demonstrated to meet other editors' objections in article, esp in sections on European Networks and Creativity and Innovation Management Journal.

I agree.

Recognizing that Ukexpat has established notability, I would like to provide a clarification based on referenced reports to the effect that notability is through contributions to the development of interest in organisational creativity in Europe through professional and scholarly networks in the first place.

It is also a notable fact that Tudor Rickards achieved a tenured position in creativity at a major university as lecturer (assistant profssor), senior lecturer (associate professor) and full professor. I have been unable to find a comparable example.

The Financial Times' reference to Tudor Rickards' work was added to help complete the notable references to his research work.

I provided further information on Rickards' applied research, including the reference to Shore in North America. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A.N. Park (talk • contribs) 15:36, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Controversies
Controversies now dealt with Ok in text

Neutral tone
This seems OK. I have edited 'down' an effusive remark by a publisher, although the core of that claim makes it a worthwhile contribution if confirmed

General content
The graphic has been edited. Is a link from Tuckman's entry, or an reference to the modification is worth making from Tuckman's page? Tuckman's--Alexhough (talk) 12:31, 14 October 2008 (UTC) 86.29.234.119 (talk) 12:22, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Text clean up
Edits have achieved considerable progress on cleaning-up the article by Oct 26th 2008. I worked on the section for CIM. Ref still needed for Triz impact of CIM.

Verifiability
Verifiability is now looking pretty good with good references to all sections

Additional Information
Professor Rickards is an outstanding contemporary theorist on creativity. We [met] at an Academy of Management Conference in New Orleans and his knowledge and enthusiasm for creativity was evident. He discussed creativity with almost every academic he met. When I returned to Australia, he involved me in editing a Special Issue of Creativity and Innovation Management and then helped me organise a creativity conference in India (http://www.imt.edu/icmci2009)

Professor Rickards is a true individual with a unique and highly valuable experienced perspective. In my work I liaise with a large number of academics, some outstanding in their areas, however even amongst this group, Prof Rickards does stand out, not just for his creativity, but his ability to inspire creativity in others.

As a publisher I believe that Tudor Rickards has made substantial contributions to the literature of Creativity. The new title, The Routledge Companion to Creativity (2008) with Mark Runco and Susan Moger as co-editors brings together many major theorists in the subject. It will in my opinion help to define this paradigm. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.212.70.122 (talk) 11:51, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Reads like a c.v.
Was this written by the university's PR department? It reads like a c.v., hence its nomination for speedy deletion. – ukexpat (talk) 15:29, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * It is not written by university's PR department. I am new to wikipedia editing, can you offer some help? - --Alexhough (talk) 16:14, 18 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Sure. Please read the following guidelines and policies: WP:YFA, WP:BIO, WP:MOSBIO and WP:Spam, they should get you started. Also, take a look at some of the other biographical articles on Wikpedia (use the search box over on the left there) to see the differences between them and this article. I will post a welcome message on your talk page with more relevant links etc. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Trim and rewrite in the model of Henry Mintzberg
Right now this article is a magnet for requests for deletion. I am arguing in favor of keeping this article in the deletion discussion, but it needs to be rewritten to avoid the appearance of self-promotion. I suggest you trim it significantly, and rewrite it in a neutral tone. Use the article Henry Mintzberg as a model. Best regards. --Eric Yurken (talk) 18:28, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
 * But with more extensive references, Henry Mintzberg has only 1. – ukexpat (talk) 19:58, 19 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I have reduced the article to the bare minimum and placed two external links to resources at Manchester Business School. Do these links have adequate authority to prove notability as an academic? --Alexhough (talk) 17:00, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * They are are similar to self references. If you take a look at WP:RS, you will see the the type of references that are preferred. – ukexpat (talk) 18:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Afd
FWIW I have now changed my !vote at the afd to Keep. – ukexpat (talk) 00:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Corrections
Recent changes misrepresent facts contained (and referenced authoritatively) in earlier versions noting that Tudor Rickards earned degrees at University College, Cardiff, and that he conducted post-doctoral research at New York Medical College. I have corrected these errors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A.N. Park (talk • contribs) 21:19, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I changed back the wikilinks because it is unclear from the way you linked them that the links were correct. – ukexpat (talk) 22:00, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I correct a few typographical errors. A.N. Park (talk) 19:43, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Recent clean up
I just did a minor clean up. Note that ref tags go after punctuation, and that there should be no spaces between refs. Also note that to link to other Wikipedia articles you do not need the full URL, just the title of the article (piped if necessary) in double square brackets. Finally, please avoid putting external links in the body of the article if at all possible, particularly if there is a suitable wikilink that can be used instead - if they are suitable as external links, please put them in the External links section! Happy editing!. – ukexpat (talk) 16:00, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed copy revisions
The copy as it stands jumps around. I'd suggest revising it as follows, as I think it reads a bit more smoothly. As I'm a new wiki editor, I'd appreciate guidance on style and any additional citations that are needed, though most of it is based on material that's already there.

Thanks to UKexpat for flagging up some missing citations in the final para.

Hollyhedge68 (talk) 21:15, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Tudor Rickards PhD (born 1941 in Pontypridd, Wales) is an author on creativity and leadership in business and management. He is based at Manchester Business School in the UK, where he is Professor of Creativity and Organizational Change.

Rickards is an influential figure in the study and application of creativity, particularly in Europe where he has worked extensively on the development of networks enabling European creativity practitioners to work together and explore alternatives to the dominant US models.

He co-founded the academic journal, Creativity and Innovation Management,  in 1991 and is Alex Osborn Visiting Professor at State University of New York, Buffalo, a lifetime position offered to scholars who are deemed to enrich teaching at the University’s Centre for Studies in Creativity.

Rickards is regularly quoted in the British media. He is a pioneer and advocate of the ‘Manchester Method’ – the system of creative and applied learning championed by Manchester Business School – on which he has written widely. He was an early promoter in Europe of the TRIZ system of creativity and idea generation, inviting TRIZ pioneer Dr Phan Dung to speak at EACI (European Association of Creativity and Innovation) conferences and publishing some of the first papers in English by Dr Phan Dung on the subject in Creativity and Innovation Management.

Challenging traditional models of creative thinking, leadership, problem solving and team building, Rickards’ research has been described by The Financial Times as non-traditional. The influences and inspirations for his insights and research are diverse, and include chess, poetry, sport and politics. The world of nature has also been a powerful source of inspiration, with well-publicised work on intelligent horsemanship and the lessons it offers for the workplace, and profiling management and leadership styles using animal behaviour. His work has been criticised for attempting to learn lessons from studying animal rather than human behaviour.

Rickards was educated at Pontypridd Boys’ Grammar School and went on to study chemistry and radiation chemistry at The University of Wales at Cardiff (now Cardiff University). Following post-doctoral research at New York Medical College in the 1960s, he returned to the UK to work in the R&D department of Unilever Laboratories, based in Port Sunlight, Merseyside, UK. It was there that he became interested in creativity and its role in structured problem-solving systems, and from there that he joined Manchester Business School in 1972.

Picture
Picture added with attribtutes listed in notes above --Alexhough (talk) 09:31, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Additional Information
I am an arts student interested in Creativity. I recently heard a BBC 4 broadcast in which Tudor Rickards was involved. I think the following statement would update and be a good addition to the page. "His recent media contributions include the BBC Radio 4 documentary Oblique Strategies, broadcast on the 13th June 2013, examining a technique developed by Brian Eno for stimulating creativity." Here's the link to the broadcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02qncrt Would you agree that this is an appropriate addition to the page? CondorJones (talk) 17:58, 27 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I have just removed this on the grounds that the reference was to a primary source. Tacyarg (talk) 15:11, 14 November 2023 (UTC)