Can you make yourself, your kids, and your parents smarter? Expanding upon one of the most-read New York Times Magazine features of 2012, Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power penetrates the hot new field of intelligence research to reveal what researchers call a revolution in human intellectual abilities. Shattering decades of dogma, scientists began publishing studies in […]
The Infinite Asset
– Sam Hill and Chris Lederer
January 12, 2015 By
Remember when brand management was as straightforward as promoting a single product or service? Today, brands mingle so much – McDonald’s and Disney partner on promotional giveaways, Subaru markets an L.L. Bean edition of the Outback, Toys R Us and Amazon.com jointly launch an online toy store – a whole system of brands can make […]
Beyond Freedom and Dignity
– B. F. Skinner
November 20, 2014 By
“Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.” Beyond Freedom and Dignity is a book written by American psychologist B. F. Skinner and first published in 1971. The book argues that entrenched belief in free will and the moral autonomy of the individual (which Skinner referred to as “dignity”) hinders the prospect of using scientific methods to modify behavior […]
The Empowerment Dynamic (TED)
– David Emerald
October 1, 2014 By
The Power of TED* provides a uniquely hopeful way of responding to challenging times. This fable explores the shift from a Victim Orientation focused on the drama triangle roles of Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer to a Creator Orientation and its antidote roles of Creator, Challenger and Coach. How to make this shift happen elicits hope […]
The Rise of the Creative Class
– Richard Florida
August 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
“Cities have realized that they can attract educated people and they don’t need good schools to do it.” The Creative Class is a posited socioeconomic class identified by American economist and social scientist Richard Florida, a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. According to Florida, the Creative Class are a […]
Avocados – some fun facts
August 17, 2014 By
Avocados are a fruit, not a vegetable. In Brazil avocados mixed in with ice cream is a very popular dessert. The avocado is also called an Alligator Pear because of its pear-like shape and it’s bumpy green skin. California produces about 90% of the national avocado crop in the Usa. To tell if […]
A Doctor’s Touch
– Abraham Verghese
August 11, 2014 By
From TED.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. In our era of the patient-as-data-point, Abraham Verghese believes in the old-fashioned physical exam, […]
How to Learn Anything… Fast
– Josh Kaufman
August 6, 2014 By
“You can’t make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new.” Josh Kaufman is the author of two international bestsellers, The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business and The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything… Fast!, and is one of the top 100 business authors in the world, as ranked by […]
