When is the next bus coming? Wouldn’t it be nice to know the future?
There’s an app for the Toronto Transit Commission that let’s smart phone transit riders know how long a wait for the next bus. Brilliant. This free app eliminates the anxiety of guessing if there’s enough time to walk to the next stop and still catch a ride. The app is called Next Bus available on [...]
read moreBoomer Creativity may be on the Rise
Our friends at Idea Champions prepared this slide show to prove creativity is available to people who are 50+. If that’s you, a quick flip through will surely put a smile on your face and breathe some inspiration to your soul. Creativity Late in Life
read moreIs a Runner’s High the Same as a Creator’s High?
Getty Images Mishmash contest is on. They are looking for looking fresh talent. Creators. People who can create something new from a mash-up of their content and their own – by making a short story, video art, music video, ad, mini-documentary or spoof movie trailer. Here’s last year’s winner. Got me thinking about a creator’s [...]
read moreThe Story of Broke – Annie Leonard’s new film
Filmmaker Annie Leonard, of Story of Stuff.org just released her newest film – the Story of Broke (2011) showing how the US economy is broken and that there is enough money for things to work. Sit back and watch. It’s refreshing and thought-provoking. You may feel inspired to have a creative idea or make new [...]
read moreFor Managers: 10 things NOT to say in the new millennium workplace
Are you or your managers looking for ways to engage people in the workplace? Do you want more creativity on the job day-to-day, are you seeking fresh ideas and new decisions? Businessweek ran a post that might interest you called 10 Things Only Bad Managers Say by Liz Ryan an expert on the new-millennium workplace [...]
read moreBuy, Use, Toss? | Free Science Social Studies Curriculum | Facing the Future |
Even if you are not an educator, take a look at the free curriculum to spark your creativity – to get new ideas and make new decisions you can use to help shape an innovate to support a sustainable future. Buy, Use, Toss? | Science & Social Studies Curriculum | Facing the Future | Preview [...]
read moreIs consistency related to creativity? and other thought starters
First the warm up Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. (Oscar Wilde) One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. (A.A. Milne) Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what’s right. (Isaac Asimov) Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. [...]
read moreOccupy Wall Street? September 17th? Social Unrest Solutions 1 + 2
Social Unrest Solution 1 Plans for occupying financial districts in New York, Madrid, Milan, London, Paris and San Francisco on Sept 17, 2011 were announced in Adbustersthis morning. People are being asked to bring tents and simple kitchens and to occupy these and other financial centers around the world for a few months in peaceful [...]
read moreDoes it matter what the rules are? They'll change.
“The Canadian Government does not wish to be held accountable”, said CBC Radio One’s The Current’s Anna Maria Tremonti, moderator of Access Denied panel at Toronto’s Now Lounge on Church, May 10, 2011. She was joined by expert panelists Ottawa Deputy Bureau Chief Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press, former Information Commissioner John Reid and [...]
read moreRefund denied. Helpful Hints for Dealing with Holacracy One.
Just back from a disappointing one week Holacracy One (HO) certification program that promises participants will • Explore the leading-edge of human organization • Learn new “sense and respond” habits and practices • Learn how to “facilitate beyond ego” • Practice, practice, practice their method! It doesn’t promise to ruthlessly crush others as needed, yet [...]
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