Tag: innovation
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3 Secrets A Mountain Mushroom Taught Me About Creative Focus, Systems Thinking & Inner Peace
“Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being.” – Eckhart Tolle Insights From Mt. Takao Of all the weird natural systems on the planet, I thought I was over mushrooms. I really did. Turns out though, we’re back in love.…
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How To Make Peace With The Ugly Beginning
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford When Nothing Looks Like Your Mood Boards In a world of Instagram filters, ugly things are rebellious. I have been in an ugly war with acne since I first dipped my timid little toe into the waters of…
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4 Weird Materials That Will Save The Planet
“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success.” – Nikola Tesla Materials shape the world. All around us are items made of different materials with different life cycles. No matter what…
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How To Not Hate LinkedIn (And Start Building *Real* Connections)
“I want to be a superhero, I want to be Spider-Man or Batman. Will you let me know if you have any connections? Let’s make it happen.” -Stephan James LinkedIn is not the problem. LinkedIn is not the problem; you are. Now, before you un-connect with me, hear me out. So many of us are…
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How Butterfly Wings Inspired New Tech
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” -Maya Angelou Butterfly wings are inspiring new technology. When you picture the first whispers of spring, and the vivid colors of flowers and butterflies in your garden, perhaps your mind doesn’t first go to…
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The Ultimate Not To Do List To Reclaim Your Dreams
“Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.” -Adam Hochschild The Start Of My (Not) To Do List. 6 months ago, I quit Instagram. Why? I had been saying I wanted to read more for a long time, and the excuse was always the same: “I don’t have enough time.” So I crunched…
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How To Test Ideas In The Real World
“There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” -R. Buckminster Fuller Thinking isn’t testing. When I was little, I used to think the way to tell if you really knew something was by sitting down with a test and then reflecting on your score. If you could memorize every…
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A “What If” Exercise That Will Change How You Think
“Mama always said you could tell an awful lot about a person by the kind of shoes they wear.” ― Forrest Gump A “What If” Exercise What if running didn’t leave a trail of microplastics behind? Let me elaborate. I have a love-hate relationship with running. We go way back, and the relationship is pretty…
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How To *Actually* Rethink Circular Design
“Make it simple, but significant.” — Don Draper. Design From A Thought Experiment. One of the books I enjoyed recently- Cradle To Cradle- got me thinking a lot about circular design. Not only have I experienced the slight despair about the short life span of most products and packaging, but I’ve also experienced a surge…
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Secrets To Designing Your Dream Job (For Indecisive People)
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” —Alice Walker The Jobs You’re Supposed To Want. Were you one of those kids who fumbled around cluelessly, not knowing how to answer when adults asked what sort of job you wanted as a “grown-up”? Did you love science…