Creative Innovation (Pt 10): Information & Interruptions
Posted on05 Nov 2012
TagsCreative Innovation Series, creativity, decisions, education, information, Information Diet, innovation, knowledge, multi-tasking, power, risk, technology, The Atlantic, The Economist
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Today, we have expansive, quick access to information. Moreover, we have sophisticated reminders of communications we receive and the tasks to do,... Read More
Gold Mining Analogy: Creativity & Persistence = One in a Million
Posted on01 Nov 2012
Tagsbusiness, creativity, Picasso, The Economist, trial and error, Gold Mining Analogy, Guernica, Peru, analogy collection, creativity acorns analogy
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I always knew you had to sift through a lot of rock to find gold, but I never knew how much. According... Read More
Over Thinking Decisions (Pt 2): Warning Signs
Posted on24 Sep 2012
TagsClaude Steele, creativity, decisions, expectations, Ian Leslie, information, innovation, Intelligent Life, Over Thinking Series, Performance, Stanford University, success, thinking process
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In Part I, I introduced Over Thinking (OT) referencing Ian Leslie’s article, “Non Cogito, Ergo Sum,” (Intelligent Life, May/June 2012 edition) and... Read More
DANGER! Over Thinking Decisions
Posted on30 Aug 2012
TagsChoice, decision-making process, decisions, Gerd Gigerenzer, Ian Leslie, information, Intelligent Life, intuition, investing, knowledge, Max Panck Institute, problem solving, rats, thinking process
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Once upon a time, long, long ago, when I used to take standardized tests, the recommendation was to go with your first... Read More
Education Bias (Pt 3): Leadership Over Knowledge
An education bias overlooks the profound impact of feelings, emotions and intuition on thinking in choice. Leadership is the most poignant example.... Read More
Regression Analysis: Visualizing Intuition
Posted on01 Mar 2012
Tagscognition, conscious, emotions, feelings, intuition, Intuition White Paper, regression analysis, schematics, subconscious, tendencies
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People often have unrealistic expectations for intuition, sometimes thinking it’s a crystal ball, magic lamp or answer giver. This usually stems from... Read More
The Seduction of Rankings
Posted on02 Jan 2012
Tagscomplexity, Google, Greek mythology, knowledge, numbers, quantify, rankings, sirens, statistics, unique, unknown
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Even though rankings are extremely subjective, they seduce us as strongly as the sirens did sailors in Greek mythology. Consequently, we often... Read More
Blank Slates No More
Part of what makes intuition so powerful is the assumption that we are born with personalities, talents and knowledge. Life then becomes... Read More
Want to Motivate? Beware of What You Say
Posted on21 Nov 2011
Tagsanchoring, compliments, constructive criticism, employees, food, Influence, leadership, management, motivation, phraseology, Scientific American, Tori Rodriguez, word choice
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So, the boss walks in and harshly reprimands an employee. Unknowingly, she probably just shot his productivity down for the day. A... Read More
Best Practices = Inside the Box Thinking
One of the paradoxes of best practices is that they promote unimaginativeness because if everyone followed best practices the differentiation among competing... Read More
