How do you know which emoticon to use? An emoticon is a pictorial representation of facial expressions. These little pictorial images are an important tool to use when communicating by using technology. The absence of body language and prosody makes is tricky to interpret a person's feelings or mood. A range of tones and feelings …
T29 – Day 28
Day 28 - Dance Can you act out your day or express your feelings in a dance? Put on some music and express emotions, feelings and moods. Use the body as an instrument to explore and express ideas. Discovering the emotion when you watch a dance performance is something that has been studied by Peter …
T29 – Day 24
Day 24 – Art Draw an Abstract Self-Portrait. Watch the video and discover how to make a stunning self-portrait without lifting your pencil. PDF-File Thinkibility Day 24
T29 – Day 12
Day 12 - Meditation Meditation is non-thinking, which in itself is paradoxically. It is impossible not to think! How to meditate Play the video. Nevertheless, this 5 minute video explains how not to think, by allowing and observing uncritically your thoughts when they arrive and then letting them go like air bubbles into the …
T29 – Day 8
Day 8 - Doodling Fill a paper with shapes, patterns, drawings or scribbles. Let the doodles take shape on their own accord. Doodling has been described as deep thinking in disguise. A tool that can help for solving tricky problems. Doodling can help you focus and pay attention. It is also a great way to …
Gut Churn – What does it Feel Like to Execute Ideas?
How does ideas happen? Or rather how can I make it happen? The aim of the 99U Conference was to discuss idea execution. Often we focus attention on idea generation, we explore various creative methods to get ideas and improve upon ideas and solutions. But what happens when your ideas are brought to life. What …
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Innovation and Lucid Dreaming
Does the idea of conspicuously dreaming up the next innovation appeal to you? Does it sound tempting to build storm proof cities in your mind? Solve mathematical problems? Or simple find a creative solution to the dripping tap while you are consciously influencing your dreams? We spend around 6 years of our lives dreaming. Yet …
Blue Economy – Open Source Communities
The Blue Economy uses an open source approach to encourage positive entrepreneurship. Overall, the aim with Blue Economy is to transform the way we are thinking about the environment. Solutions should be sustainable and capable of responding to people's need for food, water, energy and health care.When you want to create an open source community …
The Copenhagen Wheel – Thinkibility Nibble
Reinventing the wheel! A small team of students at MIT’s SENSEable City Lab has developed a novel bicycle attachment that transforms your pedal-powered bike into an electric hybrid by replacing the rear wheel with one that’s equipped with a small motor assembly. The motor is mounted in the center of the wheel and energy is …
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Storytelling and Möbius Strip
"Stories are just as integral to the human experience as design." Daniel Pink "A Whole New Mind" Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal, says that storytelling is the most powerful way of communicating. Throughout history, storytelling has glued families, tribes and cultures together. Today, storytelling has moved into the business world and several values …
Thin-slicing : the power of intuition – Thinkibility Boost
Building up Intuition is "thin-slicing" In an earlier post, we discussed the relation between Reasoning and Intuition on the basis of Kahneman's two interrelated thinking systems. One is fast, intuitive reactive and emotional. The other is slow, deliberate, methodical and rational. Although he acknowledges that the mind functions thanks to a delicate, intricate and sometimes …
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Trust or Trustworthiness? – Thinkibility Boost
Trust or Trustworthiness? When searching for ideas for our forthcoming book about Information & Feelings, a sequel to Positive & Negative in the serie Thinkibility – Thinking about Thinking, Creativity Innovation and Design we stumbled on a broad range of emotions and feelings. If you search this blog on keywords like emotion, feelings and intuition …
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Unspeakableness
Ah, it is annoying when you cannot find the right words! If you have tried to explain something in a foreign language, you might have found it impossible to find the right words in the other language. Finding the right words to describe your emotions and feeling is tricky and in some cases emotions are …
Innovations, Emotions and Body Language
Emotional insight is a key to innovation. Surprised? Well, it is often not the first aspect that is examined when discussing innovations but emotions fuels it in two significant ways. An understanding of the needs and desires helps an innovator to find breakthrough ideas. In addition, understanding the emotions that a new product or idea …
If-Then
Great athletes create amazing performances with unbelievable consistency. Composed, mentally tough, emotionally controlled or simply determined and focused. Have you set your goals? Do you know what you want to achieve? Sharp and clearly defined goals are valued by athletes, business-people and achievers from all sorts of fields. So, goal setting must be a great …
Elaborated Concepts of Feelings
In many cultures, people have developed basic human feelings and emotions into elaborated art forms. Sometimes feelings and emotions has been given names such as The Blues in North America, Saudade in the Portuguese culture, the Duende in the Spanish culture, and the feeling of the Tango. These names that have no immediate translation in …
Emotional Vampires
Judith Orloff’s says that if you want to be emotionally free you cannot remain naïve about relationships. Some people create a positive atmosphere but other can suck the optimism out of you and your ideas and suggestions. Emotional vampires or users and takers make you feel emotionally drained after spending time with them. They may …
Lying in a Creative Way
What a paradox - we often lie but we value honesty in others. During a week, we tell many lies. Around 11 untruths per week are told by Americans! We tell lies to make a story more interesting, or we may want to avoid conflicts and hurt feelings. Anita Kelly studied the relationship between health …
Empathy and Design Thinking
A health system designed inspired by empathy! Prioritising and focusing on certain aspects is a vital part in design thinking. Design thinking is a constantly evolving decision-making process that is applied to not only physical products, but also services and systems. The ultimate goal is the discovery of the best outcomes for all the participants. …
Influencing People – “I think” or “I feel”, which Persuades You the Most?
Everyday people try to persuade us. Politicians, family member, managers and organisations do their best to convince us that their idea, product or solution is the only alternative or the ultimate and best. We work hard to convince friends and families that our point of view is superior. The influencing game is hard and often …
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