Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

Good reminders about the effectiveness of incubation and the power of a good night’s sleep. Thanks to MT Stengl for this link.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

Wonder what if any influence a preference for sensing or one for intuiting may have given the research cited here.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

Fascinating results from this study. Wonder if there’s a connection to psychological type as well. Thanks Tara Coste for the link.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

 

In the 20th Century organizations tended to go through three phases:[i]

In the first phase, there were startups run by commandos. They were swashbuckling innovators who were unpredictable and uncontrollable yet remarkably productive.  However most startups failed.In the second phase, the infantry moved in, i.e. the obedient workers who followed orders and methodically grow a company from its IPO to market dominance. They exploited the opportunity created by the commandos.In the third phase, the firm was run by police: the bureaucrats and middle managers who defend the entrenched position of an established market leader. The third phase was an occupying force intent on holding territory. A middle manager’s job was to say no to ideas that don’t originate from on high, preferably near the CEO.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

Companies that are succeeding rely on creative thinking to consistently produce new ideas. Take the example of Kodak and Instagram. Kodak went bankrupt at roughly the same time that Instagram, a two-year-old company, was bought for one billion dollars. Kodak was in the image business for over a century, but they failed to see the opportunity that a 13-person team was able to seize.

Creative thinking has always been appealing, but now its impact cannot be dismissed. Creativity is becoming the single most defining characteristic of an organization’s ability to survive. We’ve moved into an idea economy where success can be very profitable and short at the same time. To be a contender, companies have to be built around idea production and guided by an actual purpose for existing.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

MIght this be another possibility why some people prefer NOT to engage in creating something new and different?

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

"music engages the brain’s reward system"

"each act of listening to music may be thought of as both recapitulating the past and predicting the future. When we listen to music, these brain networks actively create expectations based on our stored knowledge."

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

More news about creativity in B-school. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

I find the neuroscience behind insight fascinating.  Don’t you?

Marci Segal, MS‘s insight:

Thinking about creating a MOOC?  Read what MOOC students suggest you do.