On Creativity and business
“Creativity is the ability to produce work or ideas that combine or recombine elements of information that are stored in our brains or that are coming in from the outside world in novel and original ways, that have a purpose,” Carson said. “Creativity is really important today. If you’re going to survive and thrive in this rapid-change climate of the 21st century, you really have to hone your creative capacity.”
Wordle, etc….for presentations from Many Eyes at IBM
http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/
STRESS-REDUCING TIPS: There are several easy, practical things people can do to reduce the amount of stress in their lives. (1) Be realistic and don’t try to be perfect, or expect others to be so. (2) Don’t over-schedule; cut out an activity or two when you start to feel overwhelmed. (3) Get a good night’s sleep. (4) Get regular exercise to manage stress — just not excessive or compulsive exercise — and follow a healthy diet. (5) Learn to relax by building time into your schedule for reading or a nice long bath.
Source: Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0403-men_are_from_mars.htm
Communication:
http://www.vantagecorped.com/researchandresults/webinars.aspx?id=7126
Negotiation:
http://www.beyond-reason.net/teaching/index.html
This is rather technical & not info rich (signal/noise wise), but interesting on networks:
http://www.winworkshop.net/videos.php
Nice website option for creatives:
http://sitehousedesigns.com/
Design thinking and strategy:
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?357
Design Issues Journal
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/desi
What is a design attitude and why would a manager care?
http://www.fastcompany.com/user/fred-collopy
“Emotional due diligence” aka deep customer research
http://www.joycehostyn.com/blog/
Emotionally real stories about individuals.
SCAMPER:
http://optimumperformancetechnologies.blogspot.com/2009/04/visimap-gallery-scamper-technique.html
Creativity resources:
(I should add this to my Public Speaking 2.0 syllabus too)
http://joshlinkner.com/creativity-resources/suggested-reading/
Creativity–here by John Cleese:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/12/john-cleese-on-creativity-1991/
And here–by Joshua Lerner:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/20/jonah-lehrer-imagine-how-creativity-works/
On courage & fear:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/12/fear-creativity/
Right Brain Manifesto:
http://www.rightbrainterrain.com/Manifesto.htm
Daily Lit:
http://www.dailylit.com/
Risk literacy test:
http://www.riskliteracy.org/
Not sure how valid it is. It takes 3 minutes and its free.
From the initial question though it seems a question of probability and math….rather than risk per se.
This may have some semi-inspirational ideas:
http://ririanproject.com/2006/11/03/22-ways-to-overclok-your-brain/
Author index on intelligence:
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/periodIndex.shtml
Creativity methods:
http://www.youtube.com/user/educatevirtually/videos
There are a number of design based & innovation videos at Stanford both on their & with their YouTube channel (I’m not sure if the professional development program has a separate YouTube channel)
http://myvideos.stanford.edu/player/slplayer.aspx?coll=7a12e810-48d0-456e-a439-f6b47ffba8a2&co=3a610b03-fa18-441c-886a-7a301de39afa&w=true
Innovation research:
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/wolcott_robert.aspx#research
12 ways companies innovate
Robert Wolcott – Innovating Your Life
Dr. Eric Maisel:
http://ericmaisel.com/
The case for improv:
http://www.keepingithuman.com/wp-content/PDFs/IMPROVing_Innovation_Bcase.pdf
Keeping it Human also does storytelling.
Creativity list thats pretty decent:
http://greatist.com/happiness/ways-to-boost-creativity/
I might suggest coffee, caffeine, a health energy drink, or a Smoothie King smoothie over alcohol, however.
Might be interesting….
Also David Kelly also I believe has a TED talk