Yin and Yang by Jojoesart “Life cannot reach its highest potential, in fact, cannot exist without a harmonious blend of competition and cooperation. Only in a harmonious, oscillating dance of both competition and cooperation can…
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Internal Models of Reality and Caring for our Future Generations
“Out of the lumber of things we are taught, the gravel and cement of our experience and the nails of the things we observe, we slowly erect an edifice, an unconscious, internal temple of reality,…
Scarcity Drives Frugal Innovation: Using Our Fantasie
“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” — Jeff Bezos This study in Infant Behaviour and Development…
The World is Cocooning: Nothing in a Caterpillar Tells you it’s Going to be a Butterfly
https-//www.deviantart.com/luisbc/art/Butterfly-Wings-380563029 “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”― Buckminster R. Fuller You will be familiar with the symbol of the butterfly to represent metamorphosis, transformation and change….
Search Mode V Execution Mode: Lessons from LEGO
Explorer by Unidcolor “Companies need to figure out how to execute and innovate in parallel.” — Steve Blank (Innovation Show Episode 194) Recently, my 6-year-old son completed all the LEGO sets, which he had received as Christmas…
In Harmony — Chief Orchestral Officers (COOs) and Sympathetic Resonance
“If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration.” — Nikola Tesla If I placed two pianos next to each other and stuck a key on one piano,…
Diversity, Collaboration, and Avoiding Famine
“Diversity is being asked to the ball, inclusion is being asked to dance, collaboration is everyone dancing together, choosing the music and the venue.” From 1845 to 1849, the Great (Potato) Famine wiped out one…
Sin and Synchronicity
Eve in The Garden of Eden “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” — Lewis Carroll Think for a moment what image or concept the word sin conjures in your mind….
Setbacks as Fuel or Poison — Walt Disney
“The more you nourish the old memories of pain, the more you obstruct the new lights and new truths.” ― Amit Ray The final stage of the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly is…
Living the Benefit of the Doubt
“It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.” — Voltaire Recent guest on the innovation show Francesca Gino told us a fantastic story about Adriano Olivetti, the son of the…