How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas?

Wolfen psp   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. Crocodile Dundee movie Key Takeaway: [...]

Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 13 Jul 2009 More: Read more
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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 [...]

Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 12 Jul 2009 More: Read more
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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 [...]

Does your idea stand on its own?

.!. 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. Maverick trailer Botched We need to find out whether acceptance of an idea Enemy of the State divx is dependent on its being associated with [...]

Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 8 Jun 2009 More: Read more
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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 [...]

8 ways that anyone can use to think like a genius

13 Going on 30 buy Genius sees the answer before the question – Robert Oppenheimer Michael Michalko, who is a consultant on creativity and is also the author of Thinkertoys, made a special investigation of the method’s that history’s greatest creative geniuses have used to generate their ideas. The result was a list of eight [...]

Author: Jorge Comments: View Comments Date: 21 May 2009 More: Read more
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Innovate like Hideo Kojima

I LOVE Metal Gear Solid! I’m really happy to have read great article on how Hideo Kojima created the Metal Gear Solid series. The Metal Gear Series has redefined spy and action games by combining complex plots with movie like presentation. One of the big reasons buying a PS3 makes sense is because it’s the [...]