Charles Darwin
Michael Michalko is one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best sellers Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Creative Thinkering (Putting your Imagination to Work), and Cracking…
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Here is a brief excerpt from a brilliant article by posted by Des Dearlove and Stuart Crainer. It is featured at the Thinkers50 website. To read the complete article and check out the wealth of resources, please click here. *…
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The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction Rebecca D. Costa Vanguard Press (2010) How and why we must accept “the title of realists-in-search of- a-solution, not doomsayers….” Frankly, I did not know quite what to expect as I…
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Serial Innovators: Firms That Change the World Claudio Feser John Wiley & Sons (2012) How and why continuous innovation and adaptation can help an organization “live” longer What we have here is a “hybrid” narrative that develops on two separate…
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The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good Robert H. Frank Princeton University Press (2011) How and why “departures from rational choice” (with and without regret) have occurred and what to do about them Frankly, I expected this book…
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The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth Michael E. Raynor Crown Business (2011) How and why disruption “provides an explanation of creative creation” Frankly, I was unable to fully understand (much less appreciate) the significance of what Joseph A.…
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Change or Die: The Three Keys To Change At Work and In Life Alan Deutschman Harper Paperbacks (2007 Deutschman asserts that both individuals and organizations are involved in a process of natural selection and will survive the competition only of…
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Inspire!: Why Customers Come Back Jim Champy Financial Times Press/Pearson (2009) Those who read Champy’s previous book, OUTSMART!, know that in it he drew metaphorically from of Charles Darwin’s observations, “Species always breed beyond available resources,” “Those species with favorable…
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John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He has spent most of his professional life as a private research consultant, working primarily in the biotechnology…
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The four most common forms of really dumb thinking
Opinions vary about which forms are the most common and many of those opinions offer excellent examples of dumb thinking. The opinions I now share are those of several thinkers whom I personally admire. They include Plato, Aristotle, St. Paul,…
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