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Thinking about Thinking, Creativity, Innovation and Design
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Empowering Innovation
What is the ultimate goal with innovation?Is it to invent new exciting products? Products that are liked and used by people or provide value to their daily... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Group Obedience
Have you ever stopped yourself from speaking up at a meeting because you felt that the idea or suggestion would not be appreciated or ridiculed? Read more
Posted on 02 September 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Staring into Space
Do you know how to stare into space to get the most amazing idea?Do you know how to let your mind wander to get that amazing idea? Read more
Posted on 26 August 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Searching for Ideas
Idea finding or searching for a new concept seems very similar to word finding. When an individual has consistent inability to produce words for things that the... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Thinkibility Olympics
What If there would be Olympic Games in which thousands of thinkers from around the world participate in a variety of competitions? Read more
Posted on 16 August 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Sub-boxing Everywhere
In all highly developed civilizations, we see a trend to more: segmentation: division into segments specialization: made or used for one particular purpose, job... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
A Creative Random Visual Approach to Innovation
Leonardi da Vinci was the first to write about the importance of introducing random and chance events to produce variation in one’s thinking patterns. Random... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Brands – Thinkibility Nibble
It’s amazing how many people let themselves voluntarily be used as advertising boards by clothing manufacturers, yet at the same time, this is a brilliantly... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
What Makes a Great City?
“. . . we need to get out of our private cocoons more” says Jan Gehl.In a recent article on CO Design, the Danish Architect and urbanist Jan Gehl talks about... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
The Charm of Imperfection
In an earlier post about focus, we stressed the importance of paying attention to the focus of the thinking. Taking a problem or challenge unquestioned as it... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Out of Date Concepts – Thinkibility Nibble
Concepts occur in solid form and are often not questioned. After all, they have proved their worth and value. Concepts as an abstract or generic ideas, conceive... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Art and Innovation
What can innovators learn from art?Observation skills, questioning, and experimentation are vital parts of innovation. Observing everyday activities can lead t... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Bootcamp Thinkibility University
We believe there should be a university that is solely dedicated to the in-depth exploration of “thinking”. Earlier we wrote some Thinkibility Nibbles about ho... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Reversing the Roles- Kids Influencing Parents
Parents’ role is to influence children in a positive way. If you reverse this assumption and you may invent something exciting. Like a smartphone game that turn... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
The Life House – Thinkibility Nibble
Photo: School of LifeGijs and I have spent many hours exploring ideas and theories related to the importance of the environment when discussing... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
What Do You Envision? Modern Design Principles
Imagine a chair where you can insert your own drawings? Or a chair that just like a flower grows?Photo: de zeen magazine Milan design week is filled with... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Misplaced Things – Thinkibility Nibble
“Sometimes incredible buildings get lost in all the noise. They disappear behind the cars on the street or the branded coffee shops around the corner. I wanted... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Conceptual Thinking and Using Physical Things
There is a misunderstanding that conceptual thinking is abstract in nature. Conceptual thinking is seen as just playing in your head, without physical... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
A Repertoire of Concepts
In our series of conceptual thinking we argued that “thinking boxes” or concepts help us to make sense of the world.At the same time it is restricting us by... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH -
Quick to Start and Slow to Finish
The best way to make a difference in the world is to be originalBut how do people come up with great ideas – great original ideas? Read more
Posted on 05 April 2016 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH