This is the tag line for BlackRock, an investment company. It is also food for thoughts, being prepared and having alternatives at hand makes life easier. The more we consider our options, the more open we are to see and grab opportunities when they turn up.
I have posted about Flexible offices. Over at Niall Kennedy’s blog is a post about theOffice in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. This is a more specialized concept and it looks very nice and inviting, see their tour. Just imagine working in a place with a Bonsai tree and a nice garden. (I wish [...]
I found a very interesting document over at ChangeThis, Lessons from a Starfish World written by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom.
Summary:
Such seemingly dissimilar groups as the Apache Indians, music swapping programs, Wikipedia, Alcoholics Anonymous and Al Queda have one thing in common: they are all starfish. According to Brafman and Beckstrom, each of these resilient [...]
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
This quote is attributed to Dr. Robert Schuller. It has stuck and the quote both annoys and challenges me.
What would I attempt to do if I knew I could not fail?
Something drastic and outside my comfort zone or something safe?
What would you attempt [...]
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At TED talks is an interesting and entertaining speech by Sir Ken Robinson, author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes a case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.
The Medici Effect is a book about creativity and innovation written by Frans Johansson. The name alludes to The Medici family that helped to spur the beginning of the Italian Renaissance.
The Medici Effect is about what happens at intersections, crossroads between different and often unrelated knowledge areas. Frans Johansson argues that innovations occur when people [...]
READ THE FULL TEXT BEFORE LOOKING AT THE PICTURE!
The picture posted here has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at Loma Linda Medical Center.
Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored, scientific study of a group revealed that [...]
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. At TED talks are videos with some of the speakers they have had. It is an impressive list with names like Malcom Gladwell (Blink), Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene), Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia), Nicholas Negroponte, Al Gore and more. A website worth a visit!
ChangeThis is a really interesting site that uses existing tools (like PDFs, blogs and the web) to challenge the way ideas are created and spread. There is material from people like Guy Kawasaki, Tom Peters and many more. The ChangeThis blog is at Read and Pass.
