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All of my scribbles are now on Flickr 19 Jun 2010 | 09:15 am
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Your Brain at Insight 16 Jun 2010 | 11:24 am
In Your Brain at Work, David Rock explains his ARIA model of insight (here demontrated by detective Holmes). Some of the keys; - relax your mind - continue to scan for strategies and patterns, avoidin...
Slices of Seduction 16 Jun 2010 | 07:17 am
I picked up 'The Art of Seduction' recently. It offers a fresh and provocative perspective for marketers in this age of social engagement. Here's a few juicy tips from a section entitled Stirring Inte...
Woofstock Personas 14 Jun 2010 | 10:15 pm
After thumbing through a Kindle sample of The Persona Lifecycle: Keeping People in Mind Throughout Product Design, I visited Woofstock, a dog lover's paradise held in downtown Toronto. It was a wonder...
Catching Confidence 14 Jun 2010 | 02:44 am
I just read an interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and loved this particular insight about confidence. "Confidence is certainly mental, but it's not a mindset in the sense that it's always present. C...
FlashBulb Memories 13 Jun 2010 | 03:02 pm
The Invisible Gorilla explores the idea of flashbulb memories; recollections that tend to remain mentally accessible for longer due to how they were initially 'captured'. The image below outlines a fe...
A Marv-elous Decade 12 Jun 2010 | 02:24 pm
The past decade of my career, as Marv from Sin City. Permalink | Leave a comment »
Overshooting the Moth 12 Jun 2010 | 12:15 pm
During my morning run, I watched a sparrow become increasingly frustrated by its uncooperative breakfast. The scene reminded me of the challenge of feedback loops in systems, as discussed by Donella M...
Gorilla Blind 11 Jun 2010 | 07:30 am
In the Invisible Gorilla, authors Simons and Chabris leverage their now famous study on 'inattentional blindness' to remind us to be wary of our intuition. The study hinges on a video in which two tea...
Between Chapters 11 Jun 2010 | 04:02 am
Dale Carnegie who literally wrote the book on personal influence, instructed readers to pause between chapters to impliment the learnings. Continuing the idea thread from my previous post, I believe t...
