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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. Who could I emulate? I have a friend who is a chef. What could I copy? • What idea could I incorporate?

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Design for Emotion and Flow

Boxes and Arrows

We create software and websites to display and represent information to people. Information architects and designers play a critical role in ensuring the products they design provide users’ with a return on their investment of attention. All this information has a lot of positive effects, but it also creates challenges.

Design 95
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Leonardo's Kitchen Nightmare

Boxes and Arrows

The strange tale of Leonardo’s “Kitchen Nightmare” plays out like a Shakespearean “comedy of errors” where a visionary designer’s experiments all work perfectly to extremely disastrous results. ” When Works As Designed Still Fails Imagine this scene in your own kitchen.

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3 of the Best Innovation Team Formulas…and When to Ignore Them

Qmarkets

Many folks don’t believe in structured innovation arguing that any “structure” kills creativity and stifles innovation. And here we come to a crucial question: how this innovation team should be formed? Who is your partner? Do you need an innovation team? Or maybe you don’t. Innovative people for innovative teams. For example.

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3 of the Best Innovation Team Formulas…and When to Ignore Them

Qmarkets

Many folks don’t believe in structured innovation arguing that any “structure” kills creativity and stifles innovation. And here we come to a crucial question: how this innovation team should be formed? Who is your partner? Do you need an innovation team? Or maybe you don’t. Innovative people for innovative teams. For example.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. One of the best examples of a visionary CEO is Steve Jobs who transformed Apple from a niche computer company into the most profitable company in the world. Rarely does it regain its former glory. Here’s why.

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IA Summit 09 - Day 3

Boxes and Arrows

Gaming the Design: Using Game Design Techniques in the Realm of Investing – Dominic La Cava and Kellie Rae Carter Games have a central goal in their design: to keep people playing. Insight is one of the most widely used and poorly understood concepts in the creative process.