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Overcoming fixedness before being locked in amber

Jeffrey Phillips

But unlike the insects, that loss of freedom isn't because of a tangible, sticky substance, but because of the stickiness of their perspectives, their cultures, their experiences and education and their industry conventions. Conversely we can see why it is difficult to innovate in the airline industry.

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

The acclaimed educational reformer John Dewey once said, “every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination”. The potential of open source and citizen science has grown rapidly over the years, and now encompass major international initiatives- including the search for the missing MH370 airliner.