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Neuroplasticity, and how your brain is able to continue developing as you grow older

Idea to Value

For example, people who had their brains scanned before and after they learned to juggle showed an increase in the brain region associated with processing and storage of complex visual motion. So while you can learn new things at any age, it will take more focus and effort the older you get.

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how to discover the secrets of great new products: do the least you can do, fake it before you make it, and don’t be afraid of embarrassment

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The definition of a Minimum Viable Product varies greatly – but in the purest sense, it should be “the least you can do” For example, I co-founded a startup in 2009 with two ex-Yahoo colleagues. Many startup founders (or corporate innovators) have an issue with the concept of an MVP.

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IDEA 2009 - Day 2

Boxes and Arrows

Innovation Parkour – IDEA 2009 View more documents from Normative. Anderson looks at specific examples of sites who’ve designed serendipity, arousal, rewards and other seductive elements into their application, especially during the post sign-up process when it is so easy to lose people. Independent consultant Stephen P.

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The 4C model of Creativity

Idea to Value

In 2009, Professors James Kaufman and Ronald Beghetto published their breakthrough paper on Beyond Big and Little: The Four C Model of Creativity. Similarly, how do you assess the creativity of a child just learning about the world for the first time, to whom all ideas are new and creative? Or someone just learning something new in a field?

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Creative Process: 5 stages which ideas go through

Idea to Value

For example, sometimes several rounds of preparation (information gathering and problem definition) will be required. Therefore, it often takes months or years to not only gather information about a challenge, but to understand it in a way that the actual core challenge can be articulated in the mind for which a solution is required.

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Enhancing child and family well-being using Family Resource Centers

Christensen Institute

Harvard Business School Module Note, August 2009 (revised November 2021). Strengthening Indiana Families SIF is an example of a prevention-oriented CBO that decreased the number of children entering foster care in Indiana by an average of 46%. Christensen and Mark W. Johnson in “What Are Business Models, and How Are They Built?”

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Tip 5: Expertise Is the Enemy of Innovation

Stephen Shapiro

One example I love is a toothpaste manufacturer that wanted to create a whitening toothpaste without harsh abrasives or bleach. If we want to look outside our areas of expertise, one powerful question to consider is, “who else?” ” Who else has solved a similar problem but for a different problem set?

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