REGISTER here to get regular updates!
Categories
Topics
'mutual learning' leadership Agricultural Age Blog & website status update Career in the Collaborative Age Collaborative Age Collaborative Age Collaborative Age value production system creativity data availability First Revolution Fourth Revolution Fourth Revolution ignition Fourth Revolution precursors Fourth Revolution root cause Guest Post Humankind Ages Humankind collective cognitive capability Humankind Revolutions Hunter-Gatherer Age Industrial Age Institutions and Revolutions K.E.E.N. K.E.E.N. skills leadership management My entrepreneurial adventures Organization in the Collaborative Age Origin of the idea Personal Choice personal purpose Public Speaking Revolution history Second Revolution Third Revolution UncategorizedOlder blogs
- May 2012 (9)
- April 2012 (12)
- March 2012 (15)
- February 2012 (13)
- January 2012 (17)
- December 2011 (16)
- November 2011 (14)
- October 2011 (13)
- September 2011 (16)
- August 2011 (13)
- July 2011 (13)
- June 2011 (17)
- May 2011 (16)
- April 2011 (13)
- March 2011 (15)
- February 2011 (13)
- January 2011 (17)
- December 2010 (16)
- November 2010 (15)
- October 2010 (15)
Calendar
Login
Category Archives: creativity
How Crowdfunding redefines the future of Creation for million of artists
The International Herald Tribune published an amazing infographics about Kickstarter. According to these stats, this leading crowdfunding site gathered in 3 years more than 200 million dollars of funding! Most of the funding happens to be for the creative arts. … Continue reading
Change your mind first to change your life
“Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything” – George B. Shaw. The more I speak about the Fourth Revolution, the more I consult in the field of organizational change, the more I … Continue reading
Educate people, don’t train them anymore
“How many of you believe in training? You train animals but you educate people” I found this thought in one book by Alan Weiss, a consulting guru. I noted it because that’s quite deep actually, and it relates perfectly to … Continue reading
We don’t think ourselves into a new way of acting, we act ourselves into a new way of thinking
This is a powerful quote, which got me thinking. It is interesting because of the ambiguity of the word “acting”: acting as in “doing”, or acting as in “actor”?… This ambiguity is great because it creates suddenly a greater understanding. At some stage one … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, K.E.E.N. skills
Leave a comment
The proof of the failure of conventional R&D, and what to do about it
In high-tech, breakthrough technology appears to be negatively correlated with R&D expenditure. In this amazing article, how Apple disrupted its market on a shoe-string R&D budget, we see how R&D expenditure (relative to the revenue of the company) does not … Continue reading
Kaggle.com is still missing the point of Crowd-Innovation – unleashing the Value of the Fourth Revolution
Did you hear about Kaggle.com? It is one of the most innovative startups of 2011 according to Business Insider. Agreed, it is an improvement on the model of “Open Innovation” developped by Innocentive or Ninesigma, but unfortunately it still misses the point of collaborative … Continue reading
Video of the month: insights by Seth Godin on the K.E.E.N. skills – and the importance of failure
Building on failure is another skill of the K.E.E.N. This interview of Seth Godin is a real eye-opener on the power of failure, and in general, the skills of the K.E.E.N. Seth gives also deep insights on the new world … Continue reading
A surprisingly easy way to improve your brain’s cognitive capabilities
Look at this guy. Right now he is improving the capabilities… of his brain! Well, that’s what this article from the New York Times, “How exercise benefits the brain” says. One of the most useful discoveries of the Fourth Revolution … Continue reading
Would you guess that people read more or less with digital books?
Today Amazon sells more digital books than physical books. This is a dramatic shift in this industry and publishers struggle to adapt. The struggle of an industry – an institution – seeing its Industrial Age business model crumble should not … Continue reading
The incredibly far reaching Industrial Age imprisonment, crushing our dreams
Why is there so much frustration and so many people that don’t really do what they long to do, what they dream to do? Ever since I have written a book, every time I present it, I get more questions … Continue reading
What’s hiding behind crowdfunding sites?
Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.org) is a site that crowd-funds creative ventures. It is part of the history of crowdfunding. Have a look at the homepage. You’ll see many projects looking for funding. An example of a successful project is given in this … Continue reading
10 personal practices to thrive through the Fourth Revolution
I have been asked to summarize the main practices of the successful K.E.E.N. So, here are 10 basic practices to be successful through the Fourth Revolution, into the Collaborative Age: Practice regular, holistic exercise (not just the body, but also … Continue reading
6 key practices to leverage the value of Fourth Revolution communities
In the previous blog about “How the Fourth Revolution dramatically increases humankind problem-solving ability”, we’ve observed a great case-study of how leveraging the Fourth Revolution contribution capabilities led to a quick and effective solution to an unsolved problem. What can … Continue reading
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas
“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” This is a quote by Howard Aiken, and American scientist (1900-1973) who was very much involved in the computer and electronics … Continue reading
How patent litigation cost half a trillion dollar inefficiency in the last 20 years!
Following the popular last blog post on patent trolls, I have found very interesting data and reviews on arstechnica.com. The first paper is titled: “Study: patent trolls have cost innovators half a trillion dollars since 1990″. Let’s repeat: the cost … Continue reading
Patent trolls and the end of conventional intellectual property
Have you read lately about “patent trolls” (companies that make their living by doing nothing, just sitting on a few juicy patents)? Or the battles between Apple and Samsung, Google and Microsoft, to win ownership of treasure troves of patents, … Continue reading
A new media: interactive e-books
The future is in interactive e-books. Watch this e-book demonstration at TED by Mike Matas. Interactive e-books need the contribution of a production team. The richness of this media is that a book becomes a door to access the vast … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, data availability
Leave a comment
10 tactics to overcome ‘Resistance’
Here are my 10 current tactics to overcome my ‘Resistance’ to really do the Creative Work (if you have not read my blog post on “the War of Art” by Steven Pressfield, follow the link) First, I have identified my … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, K.E.E.N., K.E.E.N. skills
Leave a comment
How “The War of Art” changed me
This summer I read “The War of Art“, a tiny book by Steven Pressfield. Tiny, short, but really powerful. I read a lot, that’s one of the few books that get you thinking, WOWed, increase tremendously your self-awareness, and… change … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, K.E.E.N. skills, leadership
1 Comment
Establishing effective co-located teams is not in contradiction with the Fourth Revolution
There is a misunderstanding hanging around. The Fourth Revolution allows long-distance communication, the creation of networks and communities across incredible distances. Yet for the process of creativity to unfold, when something really challenging needs to be done, nothing can beat … Continue reading