June 2011
27 posts
Most managers agree that you need different kinds of leaders in lean and fat...
– From: Harvard Business Review — Does Collaborative Leadership Have to Be Slow?
By Herminia Ibarra and Morten T. Hansen
How Hot Is Your Next Innovation? →
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant....
– Albert Einstein
There are five things you need to know about my business (Health Care). Patient...
– Ben Leon - Founder, Leon Medical Centers
All thanks to a test that measured … what, exactly? Nothing important,...
– Lost in the Meritocracy by Walter Kirn
SECOND CURVE HEALTHCARE: transition and transformation
Dr. Joshua Tepper of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre uses art as metaphor for insights into health care transformation.
If you’re not prepared to be wrong you will never come up with anything...
– Sir Ken Robinson - Does he include quotes?
PAOLA ANTONELLI: design and the elastic mind
“People think that design is styling. Design is not style. It’s not about giving shape to the shell and not giving a damn about the guts. Good design is a renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need, and beauty to produce something that the world didn’t know it was missing.”
— Paola Antonelli
NEW ECONOMY: new wealth
A Prezi by Arthur Brock of Lifeblood Design a small consultancy which designs solutions for businesses, communities and governments who are trying to raise engagement customers, participants and citizens to more vibrant levels of activity and trust.
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
THE SEED CATHEDRAL: good architecture looks effortless
A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station … And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.
EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT SIGNAGE: wisconsin aligns heart & mind
“That blue monster sign would be a lot of money to put up.” There is one in every crowd. (Link to article)