A couple of wildebeest contemplate crossing a river. https://youtu.be/JMJXvsCLu6s
http://birdboxstudio.com/
http://birdboxstudio.com/
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Monday, December 5, 2016
Read this three times, trust me.
https://www.amazon.com/5-Elements-Effective-Thinking/dp/0691156662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480995607&sr=8-1&keywords=the+five+elements+of+effective+thinking
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just use their minds differently. By using the straightforward and thought-provoking techniques in The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, you will regularly find imaginative solutions to difficult challenges, and you will discover new ways of looking at your world and yourself--revealing previously hidden opportunities.
The book offers real-life stories, explicit action items, and concrete methods that allow you to attain a deeper understanding of any issue, exploit the power of failure as a step toward success, develop a habit of creating probing questions, see the world of ideas as an ever-flowing stream of thought, and embrace the uplifting reality that we are all capable of change. No matter who you are, the practical mind-sets introduced in the book will empower you to realize any goal in a more creative, intelligent, and effective manner. Filled with engaging examples that unlock truths about thinking in every walk of life, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking is written for all who want to reach their fullest potential--including students, parents, teachers, businesspeople, professionals, athletes, artists, leaders, and lifelong learners.
Whenever you are stuck, need a new idea, or want to learn and grow, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking will inspire and guide you on your way.
To share thinking stories, go to: http://5elementsofthinking.wordpress.com
Saturday, October 15, 2016
SAT's. Learn 'em, love 'em, llive 'em!
Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis; 2nd Edition
I will argue this can be used for more than intelligence. In fact, it is used in academia, business and more!
About the Author
Richards J. Heuer Jr. is best known for his book Psychology of Intelligence Analysis and for developing and then guiding automation of the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) technique. Both are being used to teach and train intelligence analysts throughout the Intelligence Community and in a growing number of academic programs on intelligence or national security. Long retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Mr. Heuer has nevertheless been associated with the Intelligence Community in various roles for more than five decades and has written extensively on personnel security, counterintelligence, deception, and intelligence analysis. He has a B.A. in philosophy from Williams College and an M.A. in international relations from the University of Southern California, and has pursued other graduate studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Michigan. Randolph H. Pherson has spearheaded teaching and developing analytic techniques and critical thinking skills in the Intelligence Community. He is the author of the Handbook of Analytic Tools and Techniques and has coauthored Structured Analytic Techniques for Intelligence Analysis with Richards J. Heuer Jr., Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence with Katherine Hibbs Pherson, and the Analytic Writing Guide with Louis M. Kaiser. Throughout his twenty-eight-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he last served as national intelligence officer for Latin America, he was an avid supporter of ways to instill more rigor in the analytic process. As president of Pherson Associates, LLC since 2003 and chief executive officer of Globalytica, LLC since 2009, he has been a vigorous proponent of a case-based approach to analytic instruction. Together, Beebe and Pherson have developed and tested new analytic tools and techniques, created interactive analytic tradecraft courses, and facilitated analytic projects. In their work as analytic coaches, facilitators, and instructors, they have found the case approach to be an invaluable teaching tool. This second edition of case studies is their most recent collaboration and one that they hope will help analysts of all types improve both the quality and impact of their work.
Glossary - look it up!
Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms and Concepts: The Critical Analytic Vocabulary of the English Language with Commentary for Students, Educators and Citizens
Designing for Simplicity
John Maeda: Designing for simplicity
Inventor of Cheeto Paint!
It is arguable today that American car manufacturers aren't engineers, but designers. Look at car commercials today. Little word on the engine or power, all about technology and interaction...
The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.
How small human changes create big change
Showing a series of inspiring, unusual and playful products, British branding and design guru Paul Bennett explains that design doesn't have to be about grand gestures, but can solve small, universal and overlooked problems.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bennett_finds_design_in_the_details
THIS, was the inspiration for VELCRO
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bennett_finds_design_in_the_details
THIS, was the inspiration for VELCRO
Stop looking at the big picture!
Small DATA: The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
Named one of the "Most Important Books of 2016" by Inc.
A Forbes 2016 "Must Read Business Book"
Named a "Book Retailers Should Read in 2016" by Shelf Awareness
Martin Lindstrom, a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, harnesses the power of "small data" in his quest to discover the next big thing. Hired by the world's leading brands to find out what makes their customers tick, Martin Lindstrom spends 300 nights a year in strangers' homes, carefully observing every detail in order to uncover their hidden desires and, ultimately, the clues to a multimillion-dollar product. Lindstrom connects the dots in this globetrotting narrative that will enthrall enterprising marketers as well as anyone with a curiosity about the endless variations of human behavior.
You'll learn…
- How a noise reduction headset at 35,000 feet led to the creation of Pepsi's new trademarked signature sound.
- How a worn-down sneaker discovered in the home of an 11-year-old German boy led to LEGO's incredible turnaround.
- How a magnet found on a fridge in Siberia resulted in a US supermarket revolution.
- How a toy stuffed bear in a girl's bedroom helped revolutionize a fashion retailer's 1,000 stores in 20 different countries.
- How an ordinary bracelet helped Jenny Craig increase customer loyalty by 159 percent in less than a year.
- How the ergonomic layout of a car dashboard led to the redesign of the Roomba vacuum.
You don't know toast!
Making toast doesn’t sound very complicated — until someone asks you to draw the process, step by step. Tom Wujec loves asking people and teams to draw how they make toast, because the process reveals unexpected truths about how we can solve our biggest, most complicated problems at work. Learn how to run this exercise yourself, and hear Wujec’s surprising insights from watching thousands of people draw toast.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_got_a_wicked_problem_first_tell_me_how_you_make_toast
Storms in the Brain?
Brainstorming Done Right!
https://youtu.be/9K8W4ooygUU
http://www.groupharmonics.com - Ed Muzio, award-winning author, describes the process for proper brainstorming so that your group generates better ideas together than they would alone. Brainstorming is a group process that depends upon good group dynamics to succeed. Creativity and practical problem solving can flow from brainstorming done right; very little useful results will flow from brainstorming if it is done incorrectly.
https://youtu.be/9K8W4ooygUU
http://www.groupharmonics.com - Ed Muzio, award-winning author, describes the process for proper brainstorming so that your group generates better ideas together than they would alone. Brainstorming is a group process that depends upon good group dynamics to succeed. Creativity and practical problem solving can flow from brainstorming done right; very little useful results will flow from brainstorming if it is done incorrectly.
Black Swan: Taleb vs. Tetlock
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility"
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1476573781&sr=8-2&keywords=black+swan
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