In the blog post Creative thinking for the living planet - ecospin doctors, we explored the importance of using suitable words to influence and change how people perceive the natural world. In this blog post, we are using the new word Eco Care-Icide to highlight the need for changes in the way care homes are …
Change a Point of View – Thinking Strategy
Recently we came across a handsome book by Jodie Newman called Business Creativity. In the chapter about Creative Toolkit, we found five tools that we clustered around the theme Change Point of View, because basically they come all down to the same principle. As we earlier pointed out each of us looks at the world …
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Insights into Other People’s Worlds – Video game about Hypersensitivity
Imaging the world, a situation, or a problem from someone else’s point of view is difficult. Yet many us of imagine that we are rather good at it. I thought I had a rather good idea what it would be like to be hypersensitive. This condition is linked to autism, which I have read about …
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Thinkibility Idea Pool – What is it like?
Human-to-Animal Mind Echolocating while swooping through the dark night - being a bat can have its advantages. But can we learn anything from thinking about what it is like to be a bat, a dolphin, or a dog? Many of us struggle to consider the world from someone else’s point of view and complicating things …
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World Thinkers’ Ideas- Lawyer for the Animals
What does it feel like to have no voice? Ethical values are important for the Swiss lawyer Antoine Goetschel. He represents abused animals in the court. The clients are mostly dogs but he also represents the interests of other pets, farm animals, and wildlife. Since the 1970s, Swiss animals have been more protected in legislation …
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