Make Room For Discovery
I believe I have to make room to discover and push the boundaries of my creativity — at work and beyond. I try to carve out at least 10-15% of my work time and much more of my personal time to discover emerging trends, people and ideas.
Here are a few things piquing my curiosity these days:
Discovery List
The Reinvention of Normal
The film follows Dominic Wilcox, an artist / inventor / designer, on his quest for new ideas….Transforming the mundane and ordinary into something surprising, wondrous and strangely thought provoking.
Doodlers Unite!
Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension — and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we’re caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sunni_brown
For a Bright Future of Work, Focus on Purpose
This Secret 1930s Tradition Is Suddenly All the Rage With CEOs
Mastermind groups are quietly gaining steam. Can peer mentoring solve your problems?
https://www.inc.com/magazine/201806/kate-rockwood/peer-mentoring-mastermind-groups.html?cid=hmside1
Phantom Islands
As a composer, Andrew Pekler aims to make music that uses synthetic sounds to build real-seeming places. With electronic instruments, he creates the sound of wind, waves, bird calls, and insects. In his new work, an online, interactive soundscape called Phantom Islands, he marshals that idea to create a tour of islands that mapmakers once believed were real, but do not actually exist.