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Creative Thinkering – Book Review
A book about creativity should not only inspire you to create and explore new ideas, it should also provide you with practical tips. Books such as “Thinkertoys” and “Cracking Creativity” by Michael...
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History of Deliberate Creativity
The idea that you can be taught to be creative by using techniques of deliberate creativity is a recent phenomenon. The first approaches originating between fifty and seventy years ago. There are...
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Innovation and Design
A vision on innovation Innovation is a very misunderstood technique. We would like to introduce some clarity: Innovation does not just fall into your lap Ideas have to be consciously designed...
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Perception and Thinking
“We are confined to ways of describing whatever is described. Our universe, so to speak, consists of these ways rather than of a world or of worlds.” Nelson Goodman Visual Perception Visual perception...
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The Power of Thinking Differently – Book Review
The book “The Power of Thinking Differently” is a delight to read – humorous and filled with insights. The author, and former engineer Javy W. Galindo, takes the reader on a journey where stories about...
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Creativity and Belief
New ideas may be easy to generate using various thinking tools such as random words or pictures. But to put the ideas into work requires a belief. Not only a belief in the idea itself, but also in...
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Creativity
When and Why You may want to have creative ideas for all sorts of reasons. You may want to improve something that already exists – like making a noiseless vacuum cleaner. Or you may want to design a...
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The Thinking Habits of Steve Jobs
In Walter Isaacson´s biography Steve Jobs emerges as a nasty, selfish, and ruthless man. Fortunately, he applied his talents to making computers and did not engage in criminal activities. Although,...
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Innovation is a Tool
Below is an extractfrom Jeffrey Baumgartner’s Report 103, which he has kindly given us permission to reprint. An inspiring post about innovation, and the importance of considering how to innovate....
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A 20 Minutes Idea Boost
Many people think that to get ideas it is necessary to move from the working place to a resort in the woods or the beach. It is easy to believe that another environment will free the mind. I have never...
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Innovations – The Blue Economy Approach
Today’s world is characterised by quick and dramatic changes. This means that there is a constant search for new ideas. Yet, there is a difference between innovation and ideas. Most of us have...
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Thinking Patterns
People vary greatly in what they notice. Different things capture our attention. We focus our attention on different things depending upon our experiences, knowledge, values and goals. As a result, we...
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World Thinkers’ Ideas – Fitness Club for the Brain
Alvaro Fernandez is SharpBrains’ co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. He was recently named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF). This forum honours young leaders around the...
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Design Thinking
Every designer needs to look somewhere for inspiration and ideas. Design Thinking is Andrew Taylor’s speciality. He has kindly written a story about how a designer got inspiration for the next big...
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Dealing with Negative Points
Any objections? Throw away that option immediately! As you probably have noticed - at home, work or at a party – when a proposal is made, an idea presented or a solution for a problem suggested, it is...
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Innovation – Selecting Solutions
Why should you avoid selecting the “best” idea? Below is an extract from Jeffrey Baumgartner’s Report 103, which he has kindly given us permission to reprint. Jeffrey’s website is filled with inspiring...
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Thinking and Possibilities
Possibilities can play a vital role in your life. The term possibility is often defined as potential, and the search for possibilities could be the aim of thinking. Possibilities are potentials and...
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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...
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World Thinkers’ Ideas – Believe in the Impossible
What do a driverless car, Google, and democracy in higher education have in common? The German computer scientist Sebastian Thrun is a creative mind working in the zone between the possible and...
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Earth Day and Constructive Thinking
Actions Speak Louder than Words The annual Earth Day is marked by a mix of ideas ranging from inspired initiatives to shameless ideas where the purpose it to get us to buy even more. “Together, we can...
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