The Next Idea: Creativity and Innovation

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Andre is Co-Director of the Creativity Institute. He is an engineer, inventor, author, and seminar leader. He has facilitated "Creative-Innovation" projects at AT&T, Bell Labs, Ogilvy and Mathers, United Technologies, Federal Reserve and the DOD. He is the author of The Creative Genius Book, Zingers, TRIZ - 40 Principles of Inventing, Instant Selling and has co-authored the creativity chapter in The Advertising Managers Handbook (1997) and The Tao of Living on Purpose (1998). Andre is creator of INVENTIUM ® Card Game and the inventor of the "Flasher" (an anti-theft auto device), and the co-creator of the "Creativity Machine", a creativity computer software program. We have come across some fascinating “WOW” ideas on Creativity, Science, Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology, that we thought you might find interesting and useful in your life. Consider yourself a member of the new “WOW Idea” club. E-mail us at creativityinstitute@juno.com

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

WOW IDEA #16 Unconscious, 50 Blogs, Good Ideas

THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS – Gerd Gigerenzen
Director of the Max Plank Institute, Berlin Germany

Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious According to the speaker, human beings tend to think of intelligence as a deliberate, conscious activity guided by the laws of logic rather than Intuition and heuristics in problem-solving and decision making. Learn the power of “1/N” from a Noble Laureate of economics.

http://fora.tv/2008/02/08/Intelligence_of_the_Unconscious (01:16 min)


50 BEST BLOGS FOR CREATIVE THINKING
Like the smell of a crackling, sparking campfire, creativity slowly permeates everything around it and changes what it touches for the better. Unlike the smell of a crackling, sparking campfire, however, its results tend to last quite a bit longer. The ability to think innovatively benefits far more people than those embroidered into the visual, liberal, and performing arts, however. Business, education, law, and even medicine can benefit from its adherents learning how to percolate their creative juices - and using the following blogs, a diverse range of people can find exactly what they need to formulate ideas and put them to (hopefully) good use.
http://www.onlinedegree.net/50-best-blogs-for-creative-thinking/

WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM

People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html (17 min)


THE MYTH OF POSITIVE THINKING (Smile or Die)

A 10 minute animated presentation on the Myth of Positive Thinking
By acclaimed journalist, author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich
explores the darker side of positive thinking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo&feature=channel


Here are some beautiful ideas from the AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL –
10 COMMANDMENTS and RITUAL CHANT


1. You should express your individual creativity

2. Realize that you are accountable

3. Before birth you agreed to help others

4. Mature emotionally

5. Entertain

6. Be a steward of your energy

7. Indulge in music

8. Strive to achieve wisdom

9. Learn self-discipline

10. Observe without judging



RITUAL CHANT

Forever Oneness,
Who sings to us in silence,
Who teaches us through each other,
Guide my steps with strength and wisdom.
May I see the lessons as I walk,
Honor the purpose of all things,
Help me touch with respect,
Always speak from behind my eyes.
Let me observe, not judge,
May I cause no harm, and leave
Music and beauty after my visit.
When I return to Forever,
May the circle be closed and
The spiral be broader.

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