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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Companies such as AT&T’s Bell Labs (leading to the transistor and the laser), 3M allowing people to have 15% of their time to work on projects of personal interest (leading to Post-It notes ) and Google. However, above moderate levels of stress, creativity quickly falls.

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Theaster Gates: “It’s about our ability to shape things.”

Tim Kastelle

Gates works as an artist, curator, urbanist and facilitator and his projects attempt to instigate the creation of cultural communities by acting as catalysts for social engagement that leads to political and spatial change. Gates describes this project as “real-estate art”… Wait! million project which opened last year.

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PLAYING IT SAFE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU CAN DO

Innovation 360 Group

Companies disappear all the time without a word, due to changing cultural values, changing technology, or changing audience demographics. That’s the time to start running and jump on board with the changes. If you don’t look ahead, you won’t change. Are you safe? Or are you on the edge of irrelevance?

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#1,342 – Week In Review

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

According to The Guardian , “The regulations on carrying liquids, which require passengers to keep liquids of up to 100ml in transparent plastic bags, came into force in 2006. The app is appropriately named ‘Part Finder,’ and could be a real game changer for home improvement projects everywhere.”. Amazon’s Part Finder.

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Why you need extreme constraints to fuel innovation

hackerearth

You’ll see that with curiosity you can change the world no matter what daunting constraints try to rein you in. CEO Marissa Mayer offered the same opinion writing for Businessweek in 2006: Some of the most innovative ideas have come from marketing and advertising. Constraints can be inspiring. This helps streamline your strategy.

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Emotional Design with A.C.T. - Part 1

Boxes and Arrows

Figure 1: Affect Circumplex (Van Gorp, 2006 adapted from Russell, 1980) 3 Because arousal is largely unconscious, it provides an especially powerful channel for designers to command attention and influence behavior. The content conveys the message, but the look and feel change how that message is interpreted, altering the meaning.

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Five Ways to Fight the Inertia Holding Back Innovation

New Markets Advisors

Forcing people to change the way they behave can be hard. Shopify launched its eCommerce platform in 2006 to help businesses build an online presence and avoid becoming overly dependent on Amazon. Project Kinect for Azure ?—?allows The new iteration?—? Make offerings affordable.