Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn’t have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems. Ideo creative director Bennett shows how his firm works to reframe the everyday realities of its diverse clients to create results […]
What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are […]
BUGS
Ideas sometimes grow out of irritation. One person was bugged by his inability to remember important dates such as anniversaries, birthdays and so on. He was always a day late with presents. He made his bug into a challenge and created a product: vacuum packed canned roses to be stored and used for emergencies.
After you […]
This is the first part of a 4 part series of articles regarding challenges.
Imagine 5 brilliant entrepreneurs sitting down to consider new ideas. They can’t get started until someone proposes something. But where does the proposal come from? How do they decide what problem to solve? Who decides the focus? How do they determine the […]
Everyone has creative talent, but many people lack confidence in their own creativity. “I’m not very creative” is a common lament, even from people who manage their careers well and are extremely successful in bringing value to the business where they work. In fact, developing a more efficient approach to your own workload requires […]
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Here’s a video of Gary Hamel explaining what management innovation is giving some insights from his new book The Future of Management. You can go to Gary Hamel’s website to find more information, I’ll be reviewing his book in a couple of weeks so stay tuned for that. Other books that he has:
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This week’s creative whack is….card 57 Have something at stake.
A frozen-fish processor had trouble selling a new line of frozen fish because it tasted "flat". The company tried everything to keep the fish fresh including holding them in tanks until just before processing but to no avail. Then someone suggested: "Put a predator in there […]
Professor Randy Pausch delivered his "Last Public Lecture", entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" at Carnegie Mellon University on September 18, 2007. Computer Science Professor Randy Pausch, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer (see his blog for details), He gives excellent advice on how to live your life and achieve your most outrageous dreams. […]
WSJ’s Raymund Flandez speaks to New York entrepreneur Ari Meisel, 24, who has founded four companies — including three before he was out of high school.
Here’s a great article from the Wall Street Journal about serial entrepreneurs. There are two types of entrepreneurs by nature: entrepreneurs that are founders of one company, and they stay […]
So last week I started the Creative Whack of the week, every Monday I’ll be doing this. For today the whack is card number….
43 Flex your risk muscle. Bull’s-eye every time? If so, you’re standing too close to the target. As comedian Woody Allen puts it, "If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s […]
