A Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly.
Sometimes clunky if your connection is slow or if the mindmaps get too large. But a fantastic Flash-enabled tool! clipped from www.lifehack.org bubbl.us: Flash-based mindmap creator bubbl.us allows you to quickly and easily make effective, attractive mindmaps that can be exported as images or as HTML outlines, or shared with others who can add new items or draw new connections between existing ones.
In watching how cheap, fast digital and mobile tools have enabled global networks of individuals to form, Hamaoui, blogger for SocialEdge, has some vital key concepts to share around opportunity, design, relationships and simplicity.
In one of his own books on media and advertising, sisomo: The Future on Screen, Roberts wrote a chapter on stories and their ability to inspire people and connect with consumers by putting them at the heart of business.
Watch graphic facilitator Steph Crowley create a 35-foot mural over 5 days in high speed--inspirational music included!
The West Loop’s Catalyst Ranch teamed up with the Art Institute to develop an arts-based corporate training philosophy unlike any other. Aptly named Art-Work, the program utilizes the museum’s artwork as a medium for teaching communication and other business-related skills.
Humor makes us think more flexibly. People who think funny do better on creativity studies. To put it really simply, humor loosens up your brain to think of more possibilities and be more open to the wild and wacky ones.
It has been amazing to see terms such as "triple bottom line" and "social return on investment" move from the social sector into the boardroom. This global survey details how executives feel and think about the soft stuff that have hard business consequences. clipped from www.mckinseyquarterly.com Executives expect the environment, including climate change, to affect shareholder value far more than any other societal issue during the next five years. Their concern now exceeds that of consumers. Most managers are personally worried about global warming. Only one in ten reports not worrying at all, and just 3 percent say they do not believe that it is happening. Corporate political influence and involvement, health care and other employee benefits, and job losses from offshoring also rank high on the sociopolitical agendas of business leaders. Executives indicate that companies are getting a little better at managing sociopolitical...
As part of the Discovery Series Lectures, Andreasen speaks on life, literature, science, children, women and creativity. Although they may have moments of self-confidence coupled with self-doubt, she finds creative people as having a natural innocent and humility that drives them to push against themselves.
ADHD is a condition suffered by about 2 million U.S. children that often becomes apparent in preschool and early school years. Children with ADHD have a tougher time controlling their behavior and paying attention.