Some Chinese proverbs to accompany you through Hurricane Sandy’s aftermath; its anxiety producing power overwhelmed many. Time to reflect, to focus, to renew, to create. Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a […]
Month: October 2012
Internet Distractions – Infographic and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
No wonder people feel overwhelmed. This go-global.com infographic shows what happens during one minute on the internet. It appeared a year ago; it’s likely the numbers have increased since. Ever wonder what impact this has on your creative abilities? Me too. Still chunking that one, thinking it through. The late author Ray Bradbury wrote about […]
Stanford’s Crash Course on Creativity – Week 2 – Paying Attention
The theme for Week 2 is Paying Attention. Acute observation is a key skill for gaining valuable knowledge about the world around you, and it fuels your imagination. Fact-finding or Data-Finding is the second step of the Creative Problem Solving Process as taught at the International Center for Studies in Creativity in Buffalo, my alma […]
Food MythBusters — Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?
Many of you know my rant on food. Just as they say in computer programming garbage in garbage out, the same goes for what you eat. Ingesting chemically fertilized or chemically laden über processed food stuffs (no potato chips are NOT food) impairs thinking, creativity, imagination and decision-making. Consider the source of all of this. […]
Stanford’s Crash Course on Creativity – Week 1 – Reprise
Tina Seelig’s TedxStandford talk is worth the watch. Points from the presentation that I like include: Challenge your assumptions to come up with new ideas. Where is there value in things you don’t value? Trash can contents, for example, what gems or potentials might you find there? To gain knowledge, pay attention to the world […]
Stanford’s Crash Course on Creativity – Week 1
Last week’s assignment was two-fold Watch Tina Seelig’s TedxStanford Talk A Crash Course on Creativity Prepare a presentation of what you share with your team mates I like doing number 2 better than number 1. Let’s face it, choosing to sit through creativity 101 for me is like being an experienced deep-sea diver sitting through […]
Update on creative minds at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Beyond their military uses, what spin offs may occur when these inventions are fully functional? This video depicts field testing of the DARPA Legged Squad Support System (LS3). The goal of the LS3 program is to show that a legged robot can unburden dismounted squad members by carrying their gear, autonomously following them through rugged […]
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A bike helmet innovation: it calls your ‘peeps’ if you are in a crash
ICEdot has created a helmet that gets in touch with your emergency contacts if you have an accident that severely impacts your helmet. The invention process began with the idea originator asking, “What would happen if… I crashed and no one I knew was close by?” Looking for an innovation opportunity? Asking What if… might […]
Watching from the White Cliffs of Dover an example of …what?
American business historian Robert Sobel liked to talk about the job created by the British government in 1803. They created a post for a man to stand on the white cliffs of Dover with a spyglass and to ring a bell if he saw Napoleon coming. The job continued until 1945. Today’s questions: What jobs […]
Watching from the White Cliffs of Dover an example of …what?
Business historian Robert Sobel liked to talk about the job created by the British in 1803 for a man to stand on the white cliffs of Dover with a spyglass and ring a bell if he saw Napoleon coming. The job continued until 1945. Today’s questions: 1 What jobs exist today that will be just […]
