Thinkibility

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• Visualise Rhythm – Thinkibility Nibble

  John Varney describes the ‘wheel method’ of tracing rhythm and explores a more intuitive way of visualising rhythms. Traditionally rhythm is indicated on a... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Gut Churn – What Does It Feel Like to Execute Ideas?

  

  How does ideas happen? Or rather how can I make it happen?The aim of the 99U Conference was to discuss idea execution. Often we focus attention on idea... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Trick Your Mind and Challenge the Way You Perceive. . .

  

  The Aromafork, by Molecule-R, is the fork for people just like me. I like to test new things in the kitchen but somehow never gets it right. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Out of the Tank

  

  I found some interesting designs that challenge our thinking. It is easy to hold a distinct view on how certain things should look, what the purpose it, who... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Paradoxes as Provocative Operations – Thinkibility Boost

  

  In an earlier blog post about contradictions we stated that: “paradoxical messages can seriously paralyze human relations and even lead to schizophrenic... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Designed to Change Your Thinking About. . .

  

  Inspiration and ideas may appear when we see something ugly or uninspiring and we decide to change it. Like international borders. . .Reimagining things is a... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Design Principles – Throwback Thursday

  

  For the Lazy Thursday post today we have chosen to bring together some posts we wrote about Design Principles. Design Thinking Design for Ambiguity Emphaty... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• What Impact Does Your Innovation Really Have?

  

  The successful growth of any innovation rests in its ability to demonstrate that it is creating a positive impact. The impact may be difficult to detect from th... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Intensive Human Farming – Thinkibility Nibble

  

  The success of industrial food production has been obtained by applying principles of scientific management, a theory of management that analyzes and synthesize... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• More, More Information, Yes, Sure, But Relevant?

  

  In this blog post, as you can see in the upper left hand corner, we will focus on the quality of information, an essentially white hat thinking activity. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Bacterial Lamp – Thinkibility Nibble

  

  “I aim to create a living lamp that needs as little care as a houseplant.”Teresa van DongenHave you ever watched a stretch of beach lit up by bioluminescent... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Improbable Reserach – Slipperiness of Banana Peel

  

  How painful is it to look at an ugly painting? How does a reindeer react when he sees a human wearing a polar bear suit? And how slippery is banana peel? Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Storytelling, Information and Wisdom – Thinkibility Nibble

  

  Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, talks about the importance of interpretation and context in a world where there is an abundance of information. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• How Do You Know, Who You Are?

  

  “Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they’re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all th... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• What Kind of Thinking Situation Is This?

  

  When we deliberately think about something, it is very important to have a precisely defined focus. What should be the outcome of the thinking? Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Brainstorm Warning – No Cool Ideas Found

  

  Jeffrey Baumgartner describes himself as “Not your typical, corporate innovation consultant”. Below you can listen to his recent independently organised TED... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Feelings Are An Asset To Thinking

  

  Many people have the opinion that feelings distract thinking, and the best is to get rid of them. We came across a view from Dennis Perrin who in contrast... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Thinking Strategies: It’s Time to Plan the Thinking

  

  Since we began this blog, we have discussed a range of Thinking Strategies to enhance capabilities to think about a subject. Thinking Strategies are process... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Where To Search for New Ideas? – Thinkibility Nibble

  

  A surgical team in a hospital realised that their activities became more and more complex, partly because of the treatments that they were offering but also by... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH

• Art – Thinkibility Boost

  

  Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies by Claude Monet MetMuseumImagine that you would design an art museum, how would you hang the paintings? And what would you... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, LIFE COACH