“Thinking outside of the box” is really nothing more than creative problem solving – the ability to arrive at new solutions by looking beyond obvious or traditional approaches. As designer Michael Beirut taught us at the inaugural 99% Conference: “ The problem contains the solution. ” In this way, successful creatives don’t see problems as problems at all – they see them as opportunities. Aside from using Karl Duncker’s classic “ candle task ” to test problem-solving abilities, there are a few other options. When interviewing candidates for your creative team, don’t focus on leading questions.
The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives (And How to Identify Them!) :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
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Some of my most vivid memories are watery. My Dad TRYING to teach me to surf, almost ‘drowning’ at 4 and having my Mum jump in fully clothed after me, snorkeling in the bath, swimming with our massive (Newfoundland) water rescue dog, teaching my brother to swim, re-enacting a perfume ad with my cousin where they jump off a cliff into the sea and, of course, skinny dipping! A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.
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Hope, II , 1907-08, Gustav Klimt Three weeks ago in New York, at the Museum of Modern Art, I had the pleasure of appreciating the s tory behind Gustav Klimt’s painting called HOPE
I don’t mean to sound insensitive. There are definitely times my life has been harder as a woman just writing about this scene. But wake me when there’s something new to say. Still want to obsess about it? Then you should start by reading the new book “Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age,” by Kurt W.
Think It’s Hard Being a Woman in Tech? Try It in the 1940s.
PEG · With cloud computing, the world is not flat
Despite the world being laser levelled within an inch of its life, many companies are finding it difficult to move their operations to the cost-effective nirvana that is cloud and SaaS services . Location matters, it seems. Not for technical reasons, but for political ones. Where we store our assets is important. Organisations want to put their assets somewhere safe, because without assets these the organisations don’t amount to much.
LET IT DIE: Rushkoff on the economy - ARTHUR MAGAZINE – WE FOUND
Local currencies favored local transactions, and worked against the interests of large corporations working from far away. In order to secure their own position as well as that of their chartered monopolies, monarchs began to make local currencies illegal, and force locals to instead use “coin of the realm.” These centralized currencies worked the opposite way.
This is dumb and short-sighted thinking. Analyst firms, as all professional service firms, depend on attracting the most talented people. However the emphasis on the brands of the individual professionals is even greater than in most other professional services. It is a possible strategy to try to avoid personal brands and subsume them to the corporate brand, but it is an increasingly difficult strategy to succeed at.
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