The interplay of business, art and science
When it comes to conveying information, and influencing others, Professor Hans Rosling says data is not enough; you have to show the information in a way people understand and enjoy. You need a story and visuals. Rosling provides a great example, in his lecture on ’The Joy of Stats.’ He tells the story of the world in [...]
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Are we getting closer to understanding the process of creativity from a neuroscience point of view? Here’s the latest… Dr. Vartanian is on a quest some neuroscientists have come to see as quixotic: to map and understand the brain circuitry involved in creative thinking. Fifteen years of brain imaging studies have left researchers unable to [...]
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…and more creative ones… Keith Sawyer, author of Group Genius, has blogged about a new study* shows that happier people spend more time in deep, substantial conversations. The researchers asked 79 undergraduates to wear a specially designed digital audio recorder. Every 12 1/2 minutes, the recorder turned itself on and recorded exactly 30 seconds of [...]
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photo credit: JoelMontes How Handwriting Trains the Brain Forming Letters Is Key to Learning, Memory, Ideas Handwriting is a building block to learning. Using advanced tools such as magnetic resonance imaging, researchers are finding that writing by hand is more than just a way to communicate. The practice helps with learning letters and shapes, can [...]
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I just started reading Where Good Ideas Come From, by Steven Johnson, and I like his interdisciplinary perspective. (It’s #1 today on Amazon by the way in 3 categories) Here’s a taste of his thinking: From Riverhead: One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good [...]
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photo credit: woodleywonderworks Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add classes, not cut them. In the November 2010 issue of Scientific American, the editors report that neuroscientists have examined the benefits of a concerted effort to study and practice music, and have found that music lessons can produce profound and [...]
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“How William Shatner Changed The World” is an improbable notion, but, now that I’ve seen the documentary, I am amazed by how many inventions and innovations were spawned by the Star Trek TV series. Young fans of the show, mesmerised and inspired by the future Star Trek portrayed, grew up, and went on to create groundbreaking [...]
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Creativity at Work Newsletter: Arts in the news: I was featured in this story and pleased my website served as a resource for the author: Portrait of the artist as a business science student PENNY HAW Business Day Published: 2010/04/26 07:32:21 AM IT TOOK longer than it should have to write this article. I wanted to [...]
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Linda Naiman is a creativity and innovation consultant, coach, speaker and co-author of Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling, and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork
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