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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.”

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  1. Nathan Ketsdever / Feb 6 2012 4:46 pm

    Wordle, etc….for presentations from Many Eyes at IBM
    http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/

  2. Nathan Ketsdever / Feb 7 2012 10:03 am

    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

  3. Nathan Ketsdever / Feb 8 2012 7:55 am

    This is rather technical & not info rich (signal/noise wise), but interesting on networks:
    http://www.winworkshop.net/videos.php

  4. Nathan Ketsdever / Mar 10 2012 5:26 am

    Nice website option for creatives:
    http://sitehousedesigns.com/

  5. compassioninpolitics / Mar 22 2012 5:58 am

    Design thinking and strategy:
    http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?357

    Design Issues Journal
    http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/desi

  6. Nathan Ketsdever / Mar 24 2012 4:45 am

    What is a design attitude and why would a manager care?
    http://www.fastcompany.com/user/fred-collopy

  7. Compassioninpolitics / Mar 24 2012 5:13 am

    “Emotional due diligence” aka deep customer research
    http://www.joycehostyn.com/blog/

    Emotionally real stories about individuals.

  8. compassioninpolitics / Apr 12 2012 7:22 pm

    Creativity resources:
    (I should add this to my Public Speaking 2.0 syllabus too)
    http://joshlinkner.com/creativity-resources/suggested-reading/

  9. compassioninpolitics / Apr 14 2012 5:23 am
  10. Nathan Ketsdever / Apr 15 2012 12:48 am

    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.

  11. compassioninpolitics / Apr 19 2012 2:52 am

    This may have some semi-inspirational ideas:
    http://ririanproject.com/2006/11/03/22-ways-to-overclok-your-brain/

  12. compassioninpolitics / Apr 19 2012 3:42 am
  13. compassioninpolitics / Jun 14 2012 7:56 pm

    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

  14. compassioninpolitics / Jun 14 2012 8:07 pm
  15. compassioninpolitics / Jun 14 2012 8:19 pm

    Robert Wolcott – Innovating Your Life

  16. Nathan Ketsdever / Nov 25 2012 2:41 am

    Dr. Eric Maisel:
    http://ericmaisel.com/

  17. commpassioninpolitics / Dec 1 2012 4:29 am

    The case for improv:

    Click to access IMPROVing_Innovation_Bcase.pdf

    Keeping it Human also does storytelling.

  18. commpassioninpolitics / Dec 22 2012 6:06 am

    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.

  19. commpassioninpolitics / Dec 24 2012 6:16 am

    Might be interesting….

  20. compassioninpolitics / Mar 6 2013 4:49 am

    Also David Kelly also I believe has a TED talk

  21. Nathan Kets / Jul 26 2013 7:48 pm
  22. compassion in politics / Sep 27 2013 9:01 pm
  23. compassion in politics / Oct 17 2013 4:24 am

    Business Model Innovation:
    http://tbmdb.blogspot.com/

  24. compassioninpolitics / Nov 18 2013 10:30 pm

    Design thinking at UVA
    http://batten.squarespace.com/

  25. compassioninpolitics / Nov 20 2013 7:42 pm

    Embodied metaphors:

    Click to access santana__deveg_frontiers_11%20(2)_0.pdf

    http://io9.com/5905652/five-embodied-metaphors-that-actually-foster-creative-thinking

    Curious if this works equally well with all age groups (ie above 18 versus students)

  26. compassioninpolitics / Oct 1 2014 8:15 pm
  27. compassioninpolitics / Aug 23 2015 4:24 am

    Design Thinking Innovation:
    http://www.designthinkingbook.com/

  28. compassioninpolitics / Jun 28 2016 6:05 am
  29. compassioninpolitics / Feb 24 2017 2:59 am

    Design Thinking in Education:
    http://createdu.org/our-services/resources/

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