Creativity

Big thinkers and really cool ideas. Oct 26

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http://the99percent.com/articles/7104/Op-Ed-In-The-Particular-Lies-The-Universal

Op-Ed: In The Particular Lies The Universal :: Articles :: The 99 Percent

The Disrupters: Working Outside The Business Norm | Fast Company

ABC fired its programming chief for green-lighting Lost . Howard Schultz shrugged off the Starbucks worker who first pitched a blended-coffee drink.

http://www.fastcompany.com/node/1793521/

http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2011/11/how-to-think-creatively.html?cm_sp=most_widget-_-default-_-How%20to%20Think%20Creatively

How to Think Creatively - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review

I grew up hungry to do something creative, to set myself apart. I also believed creativity was magical and genetically encoded. As early as the age of 8, I began sampling the arts, one after another, to see if I'd inherited some gift.

Are You Making the Right Connections? - Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2011/11/08/are-you-making-the-right-connections/

What do Velcro, barbed wire, and chainsaws have in common? They were all patterned after structures found in nature. Velcro was invented in 1941 by Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral.

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http://www.aluxurytravelblog.com/2011/02/24/does-luxury-mean-novelty-or-isolation/

A Luxury Travel Blog » Does luxury mean novelty or isolation?

What makes a holiday stand out from any other?

Service providers, like product sellers, must innovate constantly to keep their edge in the marketplace. But a very common problem prevents many from achieving innovation breakthroughs: They tend to be held back by their very zeal to achieve unsurpassed service. The problem begins with their fixation on comparative measurements of service quality .