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The Default Mode Network in the brain

Idea to Value

They wanted to measure this by seeing changes in energy usage before and during the challenge, and so needed to get a baseline reading of the brain “doing nothing” before the challenge started. And mind wandering is good for creativity. And different brain regions are involved in different types of creativity.

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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

by Brian Tracy – 2001 Mindset by Carol Dweck – 2006 Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann – 2007 Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman – 2011 Thrive by Arianna Huffington – 2014 Atomic Habits by James Clear – 2018 The post Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books appeared first on Destination Innovation.

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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

While homosexuality has often been associated with the arts and creativity, it has never been as openly accepted within the scientific community. An American Geophysicist, Cox and his colleagues were instrumental in developing a way to measure the changes in the Earth’s magnetic alignment and the geomagnetic polarity time scale.

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Innovating in an Economic Downturn

Innovators Alliance

Apple began its stunning transformation with the iPod in 2001, during the darkest days after the Internet bubble burst. Smart companies however, respond to leaner budgets by deploying non-traditional methods that are both cheaper and tend to engage customers in creative new ways. And its iPad was introduced during the 2008 downturn.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

Jorgen Vig Knudstorp joined in 2001 and was promoted to CEO three years later at the age of 36. He created a sense of urgency to undertake the changes ahead. He transformed the culture into a creative, agile and rapid hothouse of innovation. They appointed a new CEO. We’re running out of cash… and likely won’t survive.”

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THOMAS EDISON’S CREATIVE THINKING HABIT: ADAPTATION

Michael Michalko

One of the paradoxes of creativity is that in order to think originally, we must first familiarize ourselves with the ideas of others. Adaptation is a common and inescapable practice in creativity. One day he and I had a discussion about creative thinking and I brought up the principle of adaptation.

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Four Ways To Become A Successful Future-Fit Organization

PlanBox Innovation

In 2001, the Agile movement suggested a new way of approaching that work more efficiently. Focusing more on working closely with the client, embracing change, iterating and experimenting with a minimal viable product was needed to rapidly deliver a better customer experience. Create alternate futures.

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