Filmmaker and magician Zach King shows us that anyone can regain the childlike wonder that allowed us to be creative in our youth in a wonderful eight-minute TED Talk that everyone should see.
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What’s Good About It?
Whether you are looking for something different to do this weekend or a new feature for the product you manufacture, conforming, judging the ideas of others and fearing failure holds us all back. Today’s blog post shares some ideas about how to unleash more creativity in yourself and those around you.
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Re-Imagining Work
The Chief Envisioning Office of Microsoft has been envisioning how technology can make our lives moe enjoyable. We have all had times when we felt like we are slaves to our “devices” — Smartphones, computers, etc. But Coplin has delivered a TED Talk about how we can be masters of technology and use it for our advantage. REad about him and see his talk in this post.
How Organizations Create New Knowledge
Why is it that some organizations are highly innovative while others appear doomed to just follow the latest trends? What are the innovators doing that keep them at the forefront? Do they just recruit and hire the most innovative employees or is there a “secret sauce” in their corporate culture that brings new ideas out? In this article you will meet Ikujiro Nonaka, the man who has defined organizational knowledge, and get some insights into how he fosters innovation in Japan.
A Lecture on Creativity -- from a Very Funny Man
I once shared a podium with a professor whose title at his university was Professor of Creativity. He said that children are naturally spontaneous, uninhibited and optimistic, which allowed them to see any situation with the question "What's good about it." Then we grow up and learn to be critics, to see what is wrong with any situation. Follow this post which will take you to a recorded presentation by John Cleese on how to regain your childlike creativity and apply it to adult situations.
Networking Stimulates Great Ideas
If you think innovation comes from a single individual who shouts "Eureka, I have found it!", you haven't been watching how great new ideas are born, whether in technology, medicine or even diplomacy. For a very long time smart people have realized that by "putting their heads together" much more can be achieved.