Many companies have initiatives to become innovative. There are some companies that don't appear to need a leadership sponsor to get competitive innovation - wonder why. Perhaps they have some fundamental aspect to their organization that allows them to be creative. What would be those aspects?
The musical group OK-Go! describes their process to achieve creativity - and the math behind the wonder and surprise they are reliably able to deliver. An awesome lesson in discovery - planning to play - to achieve innovation.
Predicting Creativity in the Wild-- a research paper on the use of sociometric monitoring of teams by Sociometric Solutions.
Actor John Cleese talks about creativity. It's about the open mindset of play.
Stuart Brown has studied play in animals and humans and argues that it is a natural tool used for creative problem solving.
"We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. We are designed by nature to flourish through play."
"Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six- thousand "play histories" of humans from all walks of life-from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play (20,000 copies in print) explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do."
Dr. Brown's 2008 three part PBS series on Play:
PROMISE OF PLAY, Part 1: The Mother of Invention
PROMISE OF PLAY, Part 3: The Heart of the Matter
"We're all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don't even know." Nicholas Christakis - The Hidden Influence of Social Networks
Apple has been one of the most creative organizations of the last several decades. Some would argue they are inflicting their design ethos and paradigm of a closed ecosystem upon the freedoms of the tech revolution. What does the new Apple Park (HQ campus) say about Steve Jobs last creative act?
Why Apple’s New HQ Is Nothing Like the Rest of Silicon Valley
In his latest book, How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan writes of his own consciousness-expanding experiments with psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin, and he makes the case for why shaking up the brain’s old habits could be therapeutic for people facing addiction, depression, or death.
Consciousness, Chemically-Altered on Science Friday
Why It Feels Like We're Falling Behind It can take years to notice a life-changing invention. - Motley Fool
It took the world a few years to recognize that the Wright brothers had flown the first airplane at Kitty Hawk, NC (first flight in Dec. 1903 to 1908 public demonstrations).
Here's my research on the topic of creativity.The musical group OK-Go! describes their process to achieve creativity - and the math behind the wonder and surprise they are reliably able to deliver. An awesome lesson in discovery - planning to play - to achieve innovation.
Predicting Creativity in the Wild-- a research paper on the use of sociometric monitoring of teams by Sociometric Solutions.
Actor John Cleese talks about creativity. It's about the open mindset of play.
Play is More than Just Fun - Stuart Brown; TED Talk
Stuart Brown has studied play in animals and humans and argues that it is a natural tool used for creative problem solving.
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"Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six- thousand "play histories" of humans from all walks of life-from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play (20,000 copies in print) explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. Particularly in tough times, we need to play more than ever, as it's the very means by which we prepare for the unexpected, search out new solutions, and remain optimistic. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do."
Dr. Brown's 2008 three part PBS series on Play:
PROMISE OF PLAY, Part 1: The Mother of Invention
PROMISE OF PLAY, Part 3: The Heart of the Matter
Apple has been one of the most creative organizations of the last several decades. Some would argue they are inflicting their design ethos and paradigm of a closed ecosystem upon the freedoms of the tech revolution. What does the new Apple Park (HQ campus) say about Steve Jobs last creative act?
Why Apple’s New HQ Is Nothing Like the Rest of Silicon Valley
Enduring Value Beyond Efficiency
This brings us back to Steve Jobs, who didn’t think about corporate real estate only in terms of efficiency, amortization, and physical adaptability. His final interviews leave us with a clear sense that this project was intended to carry great symbolic value: “My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary.” And, “I want to leave a signature campus that expresses the values of the company for generations.”
Apple Park may actually have more in common with that category of architectural project than with other corporate workspace ventures. Cathedrals carry symbolic value, aspirational visions that go far beyond their function. In fact, the very great ones in Europe required significant innovations in the architectural technology of their time in order to achieve their vision — think Brunelleschi’s Dome in Florence, the flying buttresses in Chartres, the vaulted roof in the Duomo of Milan. As with those types of buildings, technology breakthroughs were necessary for Apple Park’s vision to exist; extraordinary details and craftsmanship were necessary for it to inspire.
In his latest book, How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan writes of his own consciousness-expanding experiments with psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin, and he makes the case for why shaking up the brain’s old habits could be therapeutic for people facing addiction, depression, or death.
Consciousness, Chemically-Altered on Science Friday
In this segment, Ira talks with Pollan and psychedelics researcher Robin Carhart-Harris about the neuroscience of consciousness, and how psychedelic drugs may alter the algorithms and habits our brains use to make sense of the world.
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