LifeTravelling

Switch: How to change things when change is hard

Isobel — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:30:38 +0000

Switch is an incredibly useful book. The authors, brothers, and co-authors of Made to stick: Why some ideas survive and others die, Chip and Dan Heath, begin by explaining why making changes can be so difficult and using real life case studies, colourful anecdotes and backed up by theoretical research explain how [...] Related posts:

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rEvolution:How to thrive in crazy times

Isobel — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:54:36 +0000

Not just a book but a generous compendium of practical ideas; so generous in fact that you’ll surely thrive on just a fraction of the suggestions Bill Lucas offers up in this compelling book – is the testimonial by Dr Peter Honey on the front cover of rEvolution: How to thrive in Crazy Times . And [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Challenge Yourself

Isobel — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:37:04 +0000

An excellent cartoon by Stuart McMillen: www.recombinantrecords.net by Stuart McMillen. December 2009. I liked school I liked learning ideas that I would never have taught myself. I liked being put in situations designed simply to challenge me. I even liked being thrown into the grading process. But my school days are over and the assignments [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Good luck, Bad luck, who knows?

Isobel — Thu, 13 May 2010 09:19:30 +0000

I’ve heard this story many times and always liked it. A wise farmer owned a beautiful mare which was praised far and wide. One day the mare disappeared. The villagers, sympathising with him for his loss said Oh what bad luck you’ve had! The farmer shrugged and replied: Good luck, bad luck. Who knows? Several days [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Art of Creating a Life while Making a Living

Isobel — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:22:14 +0000

Randy Komisar: What’s his story? He has held various roles at Apple Computer, LucasArts Entertainment, Crystal Dynamics, Claris Corporation and GO Corporation. He’s also helped to build WebTV, TiVo, Mondo Media and other emerging companies.Currently, he acts as a Virtual CEO partnering with entrepreneurs to create businesses with leading edge technologies. In addition, he’s a Consulting [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Solving the Tea Pot effect

Isobel — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:48:07 +0000

The third Dublin TEDx talk took place two weeks ago (Friday 12th March 2010) at the Science Gallery. The theme of this talk was around Creativity and Innovation; perfect timing given that the Innovation Task Force Report launched there the evening before. Damini Kumar, Lecturer/Programme Director of Product Design at NUI Maynooth, Ireland’s Ambassador for [...] Related posts:

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Regret Minimization

Isobel — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:39:26 +0000

Jeff Bezos talks about how he took the plunge to leave his job and start Amazon.com; he made his decision using what he refers to as the Regret Mininimizatin Framework. If he was to imagine himself at the age of 80 he wanted to minimize the number of regrets that he had. It became very [...] Related posts:

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us A review of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates...

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Review: Change by Design-by Tim Brown

Isobel — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:20:02 +0000

For some of us if we think of design it brings to mind images of interesting objects, on display in a gallery, spectacular statement architecture or meaningful artwork. For others, it might be iconic product design-for example, Apple’s iPod (which has sold more than 220 million units) as well as re-defining the music industry, has [...] Related posts:

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Creative Intelligence

Isobel — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:18:47 +0000

With innovation and the ability to innovate perceived as the holy grail of business success the recent report, (by INSEAD professor Hal Gregersen, Jeffrey Dyer of Brigham Young University and Clayton Christensen of Harvard entitled Innovator’s DNA, and published in HBR in December 09 makes very interesting reading. The objective of this six year research study [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Isobel — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:34:41 +0000

A review of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Dan Pink Prevailing organisational wisdom seems to be that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is with external rewards like money, aka the carrot and stick approach. According to Daniel H Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.