In Malcolm Gladwells' article How David Beats Goliath he shares an oft shared strategy basically declaring the most effective way for the underdog to win is by breaking the rules. He talks about the value of not knowing the rules, challenging rules you do know, creating new rules and repeating the process with the new rules you create.
Of particular interest to me is the underdog strate… Continue
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
1.
I walk down the street.
There's a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost.....I am helpless;
it isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
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Added by Garth on June 16, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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I want one:
The THINKlab found at the University of Salford in Manchester, UK is a state of the art facility.
Designed for "Interaction and Collaboration" with development foundations originating from the Academy of Neuroscience in Architecture, THINKlab incorporates a variety of technologies. Examples include virtual displays, video conferencing, debating and voting facilities, smart board… Continue
Marci Segal sent a message to the members of Creativity and Innovation Day Worldwide April 21.
Subject: Need a question
Paul Tran of BrightIdeas has generously offered to host a webstorm for us and the world during World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 - 21.
Here's the scoop - we have the opportunity to ask the world a question and have as many people as possible respond and vote… Continue
iBlueSky
Collect and organise ideas you have at odd moments, then email the complete project in PDF and PNG formats to any contact. You can even print a hard copy of your work from the PDF file.
Here's an excerpt from an interview with Daniel Tammet, a Savant with the extraordinary ability to describe how his mind works. Here's a link to the full interview: Inside the Savant Mind
LEHRER: You advocate a theory of creativity defined by a cognitive property you call "hyper-connectivity." Could you explain?
TAMMET: I am unusually creative—from visualizing numerical landscapes composed of random strings of digits… Continue
Added by Garth on January 20, 2009 at 7:49pm —
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Open, social approach to innovation...exploring, strengthening and developing through real life wisdom of the crowds.
Kinda cool...
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Added by Garth on January 19, 2009 at 6:49pm —
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The "30 Days of Innovation" campaign profiles a new company each day from among more than 300 companies that will display their innovations for the first time at the 2009 CES. The daily profiles can be found at www.CESweb.org/30days.
The 2009 International CES will feature the next generation of consumer technology innovations across 1.7 million net square feet of space and 30 product categories including digital entertainment, gamin… Continue
Added by Garth on December 10, 2008 at 3:53pm —
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“Although all problem-solving relies on a largely shared cortical network, the sudden flash of insight occurs when solvers engage distinct neural and cognitive processes that allow them to see connections that previously eluded them.”
In fact, the whole process seems to be centred on one small part of the brain: the anterior superior temporal gyrus. This seems to be the point at which bits of information stored far apart in the brain are brought together.
This may be an important clue as to ho… Continue
Added by Garth on November 18, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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How does creativity happen?
Few things are more fascinating than human creativity, in all of its varieties and forms. Whether it's seen in little children or working adults, whether it's the highest levels of genius or the most mundane levels of creativity in our everyday lives, creativity poses intriguing questions. How does creativity happen? What motivates it? What kills it? How can we keep it alive?
Author(… Continue
Added by Garth on November 14, 2008 at 12:48pm —
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"NO MATTER WHO WE ARE, NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM, WE ARE ALL UNITED THROUGH MUSIC"
PEACE THROUGH MUSIC
Bill Moyers sits down with Mark Johnson, the producer of a remarkable documentary about the simple but transformative power of music: PLAYING FOR CHANGE: PEACE THROUGH MUSIC. The film brings together musicians from around the world — blues singers in a waterlogged New Orle… Continue
Added by Garth on October 27, 2008 at 6:42pm —
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The article begins "An airplane systems engineer, a shower designer and a biologist walk into a Costa Rican rain forest". Sounds like readers are being warmed up for a punchline followed by laughter. Well, as many know, there certainly seems to be a fine line between "ah ha" and "ha ha" and creative thinking.
Arthur Koestler in his book "The Art of Creation" coined the term Bisociation to give voice to the concept of insight occurring when two seemingly unrelated elements combine. It's c… Continue
Added by Garth on September 29, 2008 at 11:16pm —
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