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Do you need to be intelligent in order to be creative? The threshold theory

Idea to Value

Kim (2005) : Meta analysis of 45,880 participants found relationship between creativity test scores and IQ scores is negligible. Sternberg & O’Hara (2010) : Assess the relationship between creativity and intelligence and whether they are aspects of the same mental activity sets. Does not support the threshold theory.

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The flaw behind coding bootcamps’ attempt to disrupt higher ed

Christensen Institute

These entities were created during the same period that business guru Rita McGrath described recently in her post, “ The Rise, and Fall, of the Direct-to-Consumer Model ”: There was a brief period in the early 2010’s when a new business model – dubbed “direct to consumer” – emerged and threatened to upend established incumbents.

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Does Pay Transparency Help or Hurt Workers?

Michael Roberto

Here is an excerpt from the article: Cullen and Pakzad-Hurson analyzed all job postings, worker bids and other transactions from 2010 to 2014 on the TaskRabbit platform, where employers hire temporary workers for lower-skilled jobs. As a result, the transparency laws might depress starting wages. workforce, or 14 million people.

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#2,125 – Brain Week: Sentient

Greatest. Idea. Ever.

As Futurism puts it: “Since 2010, American intelligence agencies have been developing a top-secret ‘artificial brain’ military AI system that they named — seriously — ‘Sentient.’ It could also free up humans to focus on deep analysis rather than tedious needle-finding.

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

Budgets for energy efficiency and renewables expanded significantly faster during the 1990s and 2000s, from 7% each in 1990 to 23% and 21% respectively in 2010. RD&D budgets on fossil fuels, which were at their highest in the 1980s and early 1990s, have declined since 2013 (13%) to 7% in 2020.

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We are falling badly behind on our invention in technology for the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

Budgets for energy efficiency and renewables expanded significantly faster during the 1990s and 2000s, from 7% each in 1990 to 23% and 21% respectively in 2010. RD&D budgets on fossil fuels, which were at their highest in the 1980s and early 1990s, have declined since 2013 (13%) to 7% in 2020.

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I’m an Executive and Need a New Strategy – Can Brainzooming help?

BrainZooming

Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis. Strategic Thinking Exercises: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis” features eleven ideas for adapting, stretching, and reinvigorating how you see your brand’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. If so, contact us , and let’s make it happen! Mike Brown.