Thinking about Thinking, Creativity, Innovation and Design
Maybe you believe that stealing ideas is not very creative or original.Or even that it is unethical. However, there are idea banks where people post, exchange, discuss and polish new ideas, just for the intellectual pleasure of devising ideas and the social rewards of sharing them. Some people approach idea banks just to get inspiration and getting into …
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The successful growth of any innovation rests in its ability to demonstrate that it is creating a positive impact. The impact may be difficult to detect from the beginning but exploring the way the innovation creates positive change is crucial. Reading the book The Sports Gene by David Epstein, made me realise how deceptively easy …
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Look at the photo above. What is your first thought? Lots of ideas flashed through my mind when I saw the organic shape but bicycle was not one of them. Arion 1 was designed by a team of engineering students from the University of Liverpool. The bicycle is more aerodynamic than most cars and the …
A self-opening bowl! Flexible objects that can build and even destroy themselves! Tomorrows food packaging has arrived. Food packaging is serious business and Sweden have a history filled with successful designs and companies, like Tetrapack and Ecolean (sustainable packaging). Tomorrow Machine is an exciting innovative company based in Stockholm and Paris, which specialises in package, …
Is more innovation needed in the social sector? Or is it better to play it safe and not take any risks? Innovation carry risks and how risky an innovation proves to be depends partly on the choices people make in using new ideas or products. A great example of how the choices we make influence …
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What are the benefits of spending the day in an office where there is no need for artificial lightning during the day? According to John Seely Brown, (co-chair at the Deloitte Center for the Edge and former chief scientist at Xerox), an organisation that frequently produce innovation share three characteristics: visionary leadership an organizational commitment …
Friday - at last you do not have to check all your emails. Or are you going to check them this weekend? In this RSA animate video, David Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft, talks about ways to embrace the full potential of technology while at the same time making sure that we are happier …
What do you do when you open a parcel and see an instruction? Do you read the instruction before you try to assemble the parts? Do you try first yourself and only read the instruction after you have failed to assemble the parts? Or do you change the instruction and build something else? Envisioning what …
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Does the wire from the iPod or iPhone annoy you? Well, you are not alone. Many everyday things are a little bit annoying. Just annoying enough to make us complain. But often not enough to make us engage in some serious thinking about how to overcome or solve the problem. This is a missed opportunity. …
Companies and governments must be innovative. But how? Many organizations wait for some curious creative ideas to suddenly appear out of nowhere. The suggestions that are put forward are often not so useful after all. Other organizations go a little further. They organize an “innovation day”, set up a committee on innovation, they try to …
Entrepreneur Gunter Pauli’s believes that “What is necessary for life should be free”. Inspired by natural systems, where renewable energy and full employment is the aim, Gunter Pauli has been searching for the science that can be used as a foundation for business models to achieve that vision. Go here or here to read more …
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