3 Beyoncé Songs That Sound Totally Different When Spoken
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation
This is delicious & delightful. I first say it on Upworthy. Beyonce has declared herself a feminist, which some people totally love and some people don’t understand — often because they can’t see past the fact that she totally owns her sexuality on stage. So let’s take away the fantastic glittery skin-tight costumes, sexy body, […]
Tags: creativity, Nina Millin, upworthy
Perspective changing wish from a fairy godmother
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Love love love this perspective enhancing cartoon from Mighty Girl. Enuf’ said. ~~TGIF- each Friday I rejig & re-post a blog entry from my www.life-lenses.com blog, which is about enhancing our perspective & worldview.~~
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The intersection between creativity, human behaviour & effecting change – via Terry O’Reilly
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Creativity & innovation
I adore the CBC podcast by Terry O’Reilly called ‘under the influence.‘ It’s technically about marketing but really it’s about the intersections between creativity, human behaviour & effecting change. Here’s a fantastic example. In Israel, radio stations got together with the Israel Cancer Association and did something highly creative. 8am is the highest peak of […]
Tags: breast cancer, cbc, change management, creativity, terry o'reilly
Einstein’s Problem-Solving Formula, And Why You’re Doing It All Wrong
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, Creativity & innovation
This Fast Company article, by Drake Baer, caught my attention. It’s a Stop Life Lens’ delight. Contemplation. Reflection. Analysis. All soothing words to & strengths of a Stop Life Lens™. Too much efficiency (a.k.a. being hellbent on action) can stifle innovation. Check out the excerpts below or click on the full article above. When asked […]
Tags: drake baer, einstein, fast company, problem solving
18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently (via Huffington Post)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Love this post from Huffington Post. Here it is, edited for brevity. Read the entire article here. Here are 18 things highly creative people do differently. How many do you do? 1. They daydream. Creative types know, despite what their third-grade teachers may have said, that daydreaming is anything but a waste of time. […]
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When hackers & farmers join forces – creating jacuzzis from abandoned water troughs & other hacker delights
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Check out some pretty spiffy uses of technology – bringing hackers together with farmers. Hackerspaces [are] user-friendly spaces where technological tools are crafted, are spreading throughout the rural environment. They can even transform abandoned water troughs into eco-jacuzzis. “If we take a look at the etymology of the word ‘hacker’, it refers to hacking wood”, […]
Tags: hacker, realitysandwich, technology
How to tail a rhino (or the view from a rhino’s butt)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Creativity & innovation
‘The secret to sneaking up on a 3,000-pound black rhino, should you ever need to know, is to walk in its footsteps. Literally. Rhinos, it tuns out, have incredible sharp hearing – and the best way to avoid any crackling or crunching during your approach is to step inside our hefty target’s tracks, where the […]
Tags: communication, perspective, rhino
One incredibly cool & creative recruitment method
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
There is a music school in Frankfurt, Germany called the University of Hannover Academy of Music. It is an elite school for musicians. Hannover wanted to recruit specific people: Those with “perfect pitch.” If you have perfect pitch, it means you can identify a specific musical note without any other external assistance or context. If […]
Tags: cbc, creativity, podcast, under the influence
Enjoy these amazingly creative ads.
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Creativity & innovation
Enjoy these amazingly creative ads. Think about their use of humour, turning ordinary objects inside out, grabbing your attention … Think about how they turn the ordinary into something unusual (french fries as wifi anyone?). Think about their use of humour & anticipation (what would happen if the hedgehog moved forward or back?). Think about […]
Tags: creativity, humour, innovation
The truth about bees & elephants
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Conflict resolution, Creativity & innovation
Dominique Thoenes is an environmental artist & creative director (that’s her work above). She had an art show at the UN recently which stopped me in my tracks. Besides her gorgeous art was information about Dr. Lucy King, who get this, found a very strategic connection between bees & elephants. Before I tell you what […]
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