Tag Archives: Creativity
Creativity, Kryptonite to Complexity and Key to the Future
IBM recently released a study on rising complexity in organizations and cited that “creativity” is the key leadership trait that was allowing companies to stand out. It is what CEO’s find most valuable.
Despite this realization we still have an educational [...]
The Future, It’s About People..
We have been talking about concepts in software development for the last few years at Integrum getting back to humanity. That the separation of goals and values between developers, product owners and users is out of control. We have executed [...]
SBR: Linchpin by Seth Godin
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seth is back. He really gets it right on this one. This is an excellent book to pair with Richard Florida’s Reset. The world and they [...]
The World is Changing and so is our Economy
We might be in the midst of a recession, but I don’t think we have seen anything yet. Most of America is not willing to acknowledge a few key concepts.
1. Things won’t bounce back to where they were, expect recovery [...]
Sunday Review: Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
I have decided to do a dead simple book review every Sunday. Some of this is to just share what I’m reading. Rather than go with some complex rating system a book will either be a thumbs up [...]
Sunday Book Review: The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band by Motley Crue
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: Completely decadent and way better written than expected. Why did I wait so [...]
Sunday Book Review: This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: This book spent a lot of time about the technical aspects of music and [...]
Sunday Review: The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: Strong networks of smart people can change the world. Those that change the [...]
Sunday Review: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware by Andy Hunt
Thumbs up means I highly recommend reading the book. A thumbs down means read something else unless you have free time on your hands.
Take Away: If you desire to understand how your brain works and how you learn this [...]
Creative Economy AZ (My Take)
Based on the Gangplank Futurespective, one thing I promised myself to investigate was Creative Economy AZ. This is an initiative to raise 1/10th of cent sales tax for the next 20 years to help fund the arts. I spent a [...]













