August 2011
4 posts
Steve Jobs' 7 Principles of Innovation →
These are really great, about a man whose legacy is cemented as world-changing.
The Breakfast Club The Illusion (Illusion of...
Studies have shown that individuals (and groups) significantly overestimate what they know about other people (or other groups). This is a subject that, if we’re honest with ourselves, is more prevalent than we’d like to believe, and helps add some depth to the concept of in-group/out-group bias.
The illusion of asymmetric insight makes it seem as though you know everyone else far...
The Case Against Crunches →
The case against doing crunches:
No one needs to perform hundreds or even dozens of crunches, said Brad Schoenfeld, a professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx and an author of…
Be more creative by stopping thought
New research by Dan Goleman, of Emotional Intelligence fame. This helps to explain why we get those great ideas at such random times.
Step one, you define and frame the problem. Many people say that one of the signs of geniuses in a field is the ability to see problems and challenges and ask questions that no one else sees or asks. So first find and frame the creative challenge.
Second,...