Innovation is a team sport, not a solitary occupation. It evolves on the shoulders of giants who have gone before. It’s not a mutation, it’s an adaptation.
Sir Ken Robinson. Do schools kill creativity?
Zero-Sum Game
Fatal Optimism
The art of Innovation. "Rethink. Redefine. Recreate."
Make your Bed. 10 lessons for life from a Navy Seal.
Six things we can learn from railway bridges and elite sports
In Praise of Ritual
Rituals help us to chain-link one thing to another as we move towards our chosen aim. The structure of routine comforts us, and the uniqueness of our own rituals focuses our attention on our personal goals.
By giving meaning to our routines, we decide where to place our attention and what we care about.
Life-Long Learning
Where do you draw the line?
In The Lap of Luxury
Seven notes for unlocking creativity in the workplace.
The 5-Second Rule
The pleasure principle.
How to Live Longer and Slow Time Down.
Human-centred Design.
Life is just one thing after another. Pattern, predictability, and Jelly.
Our brains are built for pattern-making, and pattern-making allows us to predict. To say what will happen next and act accordingly. It's a survival and a learning mechanism. Predictability of pattern or sequence gives us the power to accept or change our future. It’s all part of our creative thinking minds.