Category: interdisciplinaryinnovation
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Unlocking 3 Easy Journaling Ideas To 10x Your Progress
“When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported back, the rate of improvement accelerates.” – Pearson’s Law Why Journaling Works Before we talk about journaling ideas, imagine wanting to lose weight without knowing how much you currently weigh. You brazenly announce with a bold New-Year-Resolution sense of conviction that this is…
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3 Easy Ways To Unleash Creativity and Innovation To Finally Start Thinking Outside the Box
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.” -Maya Angelou Creativity and innovation isn’t just for artists. It’s also for scientists and engineers, bankers and tech bros. It’s for mothers with screaming toddlers, and broke college students far away from home. Creativity lives within everyone, and it is for everyone. …
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How To Start A Conversation With Someone From Any Field
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” – Socrates Too often, we get caught up in echo chambers. Whether it’s only surrounding yourself with those from the same cultural or professional background, or only reading news from one side of the political spectrum, constantly feeding your mind with ideas and belief exactly like yours can stifle growth and…
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AI in Healthcare: 8 Universal Lessons For Guaranteed Success
“AI is neither good nor evil. It’s a tool. It’s a technology for us to use.” — Oren Etzioni, AI researcher The AI revolution has crept into almost every industry, and healthcare is no different. In fact, the effects of using AI in the healthcare industry have had revolutionary impacts, leading to ground-breaking solutions that…
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3 Powerful Techniques For Storytelling With Data
“If you torture the data long enough, it will confess.” — Ronald Coase, Economist Data. We know that in today’s world, it is practically another form of currency. However, despite the massive amount available, most of us still remain largely unable to interpret storytelling with data. Both fortunately and unfortunately, this skill has never been…
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AI in Healthcare: The Ultimate Cheatcode For Interdisciplinary Innovation
“We’re not building technology to replace care; we’re building it to make care better.” – Greg Corrado The AI revolution has, by now, reached into every crevice of life, including (but not limited to) healthcare. From education, research, law, and various artistic mediums, it has become the trusty unpaid intern of the world. However, it…
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7 Steps To Unlock The Power Of Biomimicry
By: Sofia Perez “Biomimicry is…the conscious emulation of life’s genius.”-Janine Benyus Without using biomimicry, companies spend a lot of effort developing “new and improved” products and services to sell to consumers: a new iPhone, a new car, new sneakers, a new watch. It always seems like the best is yet to come. Moreover, it seems…
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The Simple Questions To Leverage The Power Of Art In Disaster Recovery
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”-Pablo Picasso Even before disaster recovery, philosophers have contemplated beauty- in both nature and art- evaluating the purpose behind it. However, in the…
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5 Simple Lessons from Statistics to Drive Informed Decision-Making
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Intro Decision-making based on data is one of the most universally demanded skills of our time. Every day, we face the…
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5 Secrets from Ecology So You Can Meaningfully Contribute to Conservation Efforts
“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.” — Jochen Zeitz In a world faced with saddening rates of deforestation, coral reef acidification, and more, it is easy to lose hope that any single individual could meaningfully contribute to conservation efforts. This, however, is one of the tragic misconceptions of…