Thinking
INNOVATION: Change your internal chip
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction." – Einstein
Yesterday I was with a client proposing some new initiatives and as always there’s a bottleneck to new ideas. Someone’s ego prevents them [...]
An innovator is the one who thinks there’s always a better way
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Can you recognize an innovator when you see one? It’s not easy but I’ve always thought that the people who don’t accept the world as it’s presented to them and see better alternatives are innovators, game-changers, creative geniuses, etc.
Innovators have certain characteristics that equip them to find better ways of doing things, Saul Kaplan from [...]
Could we someday create innovations like we create music?
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Imagine there was a tool where we could input our ideas, combine them with other ideas, see some connections and visualize them in real-time. I’m not talking about music, but actual ideas like the ones that we have when we’re thinking out loud or brainstorming [...]
10 more resources to boost your brain power
The ability to think better makes you a superior strategist and innovator
One of my favorite subjects is the brain, how it works and how to better put it to use is something that has always intrigued me. While there is huge amounts of information on the internet on how to boost your brain power, I [...]
Let’s STOP creating S**T
First let me get this out of the way…I’m a GI Joe fan!
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I own most of the first edition toys and with this weeks release of the movie was feeling like a 5 year old again.Now the movie is not an Oscar winner but it’s highly entertaining and mostly did [...]
How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas?
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Here’s a TED video of information designer Tom Wujec talking about three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections and the importance of knowing how our brain makes sense of the different types of information we engage with in our daily lives.
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How to daydream productively
“I don’t have time to think about this right now, I need to get things done.”
How often do you hear this everyday?
I was recently reminded of the importance of having “thinking time”, reflecting on what you’re doing instead jumping straight to execution.
Having time to think about a problem your trying to solve often takes the [...]
The elegantly simple way to turn ideas into brilliance
I just finished reading The Genius Machine by Gary Sindell. This is the shortest, most simple, useful book on creative thinking that I’ve ever read!
As Gary puts it, his work is to help people think.
This is not a book with yet another creative thinking technique to add to your arsenal, you can get those elsewhere. [...]
Does your idea stand on its own?
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So you got an idea and you want to communicate it.
Part of testing ideas is finding out if your idea is replicable and whether others can teach it.
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We need to find out whether acceptance of an idea
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is dependent on its being associated with a [...]
The Qualities of a Creative Genius Mind
So you want to think like a genius?
I gave you a head start on the last post I wrote 8 ways that anyone can use to think like a genius, which I hope you’ll find handy.
Not enough?
If you like mind maps like I do, you need to check out Adam Sicinski. He uses mind mapping [...]
