All posts tagged "ideas"
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The Big Picture
The first photograph taken of earth, from space, occasioned a profound shift in our understanding of ourselves —...
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Top 7 End of Year Gift Ideas
The gift of giving is all in the detail of knowing what moves your team, friend or loved...
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Screw Finding Your Passion
Remember back when you were a kid? You would just do things. You never thought to yourself, “What...
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Applying Cross-Domain Thinking
We are interested in modelling: – the phenomena in general – how individuals do them – and how...
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A Philosopher’s Mind Trip
The Atlantic describes futurist and philosopher Jason Silva as “A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age.” A...
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5 Apps That Make Life Easier for Hurried CEOs
When you lead a company, you don’t have any days off. You eat, sleep and breathe your business,...
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What Maturity Really Means
“Any experience carried out deeply to its ultimate leads you beyond yourself into a larger relation to the...
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Holocracys – the Future of Work
Work is changing. When Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh announced in March that the company would adopt Holacracy, it...
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The Single Reason Entrepreneurs Fail
Exactly two years ago today, I woke up at 5 in the morning. Yes, I was suffering from...
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The Power of Tears
“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out...
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Reinventing Organisations
A talk, followed by Q&A, by Frederic Laloux about “Reinventing Organizations”, a research and book that is turning...
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The Art of Artistry
The biggest difference between famous artists and “normal” people is artists are driven to do what they do....
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The Power Of Ideas
Just as the biosphere stands above the world of nonliving matter, so an ‘abstract kingdom’ rises above the...
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The Politics of Fiction
Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel...
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Glitch
My newest body of work, Glitch, is a study of the conceptual and aesthetic qualities of what are...
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How your Eyes Trick your Mind
Visual, or optical, illusions show us that our minds tend to make assumptions about the world – and...
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The Power of Believing that you can improve
The power of believing that you can improve, Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we...
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Obsession with Choice
We face an endless string of choices, which leads us to feel anxiety, guilt and pangs of inadequacy...
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Mindful Leadership
Dear friends, Earlier this year I had the privilege of hearing Arianna Huffington speak about the power of...
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Tips from Ted
While captivating an audience is a skill that takes years to develop, there are some simple ways to...
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Four in the Morning
Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a...
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Alex Pirouz on Leadership
When it comes to achieving business success, most people think it is mostly because of the strategy that...
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The RIBS Test
A message succeeds when people remember it — when it sticks. This is crucial not only to get...
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Tim Minchin
Comedian-musician Tim Minchin addresses graduates at the University of Western Australia where he was presented with an Honorary...
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Radical Philosophy Behind Wikipedia
The Wikipedia founder invites you to “imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is...
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Reality Distortion Field: Creel Price on Steve Jobs
I spent some time over the break reading Steve Jobs’ biography written by Walter Isaacson. A tomb of...
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Perceptual Positions
Multiple Perspectives: “Take a deep breath, step back, take 10″ – these commands invite us to disengage from...
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Everything is a Remix
At TED – Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan...
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The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods)
At TEDxSiliconValley, The Magic of Truth and Lies (and iPods), A magician and illusionist for the 21st century, Marco...
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Leadership and the Art of Politics
As a leadership consultant and executive coach I am often asked by my clients to help them understand...
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Taking imagination seriously!
Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing — which forced her...
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What is Spirituality?
Different Definitions of Spirituality
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Wireless Hazards
Must read! Are you aware of the impact the proliferation of wireless technology is having on you and...
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Finding and Keeping the Love of Your Life
Could this be the year you meet your soul mate? Renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher, PhD, author of the...
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Science Fiction Reality – GUI Design
Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping,...
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‘How To’ Guide for Visionary Entrepreneurs
As visionary creators, we’ve created and are in touch with loads of wonderful, internet based resources for transforming...
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Late Bloomers
Why do we equate genius with precocity? 1. Ben Fountain was an associate in the real-estate practice at...
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Wisdom with Will Smith
The video below includes a compilation of Will Smith interviews where he shares many ideas regarding skill, success,...
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How to Pick an Expert?
At the last Investec Academy course in Riebeck West, I chatted to some of the boys about how...
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Six Tips to Make Ideas Happen
“If you want your idea to succeed, you’ll have to take the offensive. So, you become a Warrior...
