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In The Innovation Expedition: A Visual Toolkit to Start Innovation (BIS Publishers, Amsterdam 2013), Gijs van Wulfen includes a brief but informative discussion of “accidental accidents.” 1. Columbus: When he first reached land during the first voyage, he thought he had…
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Dilbertisms A magazine ran a “Dilbert Quotations” contest. They were looking for people to submit quotations from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. Here are the finalists: 1. As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual…
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I am deeply grateful to “Sarah N” for providing the information that follows. Until now, I was unaware of most of these facts. * * * 104 years ago: o The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. o…
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Creativity is of major importance to design thinking, just as it is to science thinking and thinking in any other field. But as is true for each field, characteristics other than creativity are also important. Charles Owen has identified several…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Deanna Hartley for Talent Management magazine. In it, she explains how and why CHRO Kimberly Hauer and her associates help Caterpillar employees to maximize their contributions through leadership development and diversity initiatives…
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Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Maria Popova for her website, Brain Pickings. Her focus is on Angela Duckworth and her assertion that “character is at least as important as intellect.” To read the complete article,…
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Liz Wiseman has co-authored two especially important books: Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter with Greg Mckeown, and, The Multiplier Effect: Tapping the Genius Inside Our Schools with Lois Allen and Elise Foster. In both, she discusses two…
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A buffet awaits: o “Good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” Albert Camus o “By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” Richard Dawkins o “I am…
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George Saunders’ moving commencement speech at Syracuse University goes viral
George Saunders (Class of ’88), professor of English and author of The New York Times best-seller Tenth of December (Random House, 2013), delivered the commencement speech at The College of Arts and Sciences’ undergraduate convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 11,…
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