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A very simple rule
austinkleon.com - Austin Kleon
A letter to Emerson’s daughter, excerpted in my new one, Keep Going I have a very simple rule that serves me well: Don’t think too much about your life …
Marc Prensky: An Academic Education is No Longer Enough
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10 inspiring examples of design-led brands
econsultancy.com - By Ben Davis
Brands that employ design thinking are perhaps easier to spot than they used to be. That’s because we interact with many fast-growing digital …
Design thinking, explained
mit.edu
Solve any business problem with this approach. By Rebecca Linke | September 14, 2017 Graphic design by Mimi Phan Why It Matters Coming up with an idea is …
Pros and Cons
The 8 Types of Company Culture
Harvard Business Review
Why all classrooms need #DesignThinking
eduwells.com - Richard Wells
“Miss … is this good enough?” – Every student … ever! Grading in schools, be it for qualifications, individual works, or standardised tests, has …
Why Higher Education Needs Design Thinking
Fast Company - By Doreen Lorenzo
Research professor Kate Canales believes design is crucial to disrupting higher education, and the timing has never been better. Doreen Lorenzo: How did you end up where you are today? Did you go directly
6 Problems with our School System
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How using Design Thinking will fix Design Thinking
TNW - Bert Brautigam
Design Thinking continues to be a hot topic (this article is one of many talking about it). Design Thinking has been hyped and even fetishized but there are also voices questioning its value, impact, relevance.
Resources not courses: What does it really mean? 8 tips to create better resources
elucidat.com
We know that people forget what they “learn,” that content needs to be short and focused to engage our audiences, and that 52% of people learn for …
Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
“Understanding and loving are inseparable. If they are separate, it is a cerebral process and the door to essential understanding remains closed.” “An experience makes its appearance only when it is being
What is Design Thinking (2015)
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Sigmund Freud
The Invention of Empathy: Rilke, Rodin, and the Art of “Inseeing”
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
How a doctor, a philosopher, a poet, and a sculptor co-created the modern concept of empathy. Empathy, an orientation of spirit decidedly different from sympathy, has become central to our moral universe.
The Psychology of What Makes a Great Story
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
“The great writer’s gift to a reader is to make him a better writer.” “Stories,” Neil Gaiman asserted in his wonderful lecture on what makes stories last, “are genuinely symbiotic organisms that we live
100 Blocks a Day
waitbutwhy.com - Tim Urban
Most people sleep about seven or eight hours a night. That leaves 16 or 17 hours awake each day. Or about 1,000 minutes.Let’s think about those 1,000 …
Just don’t lose the magic
austinkleon.com - Austin Kleon
“We cannot have a meaningful revolution without humor.” —bell hooksIn a terrific piece about his writing education, George Saunders talks about …
Before You Blow Up Your Life, Do This.
jonathanfields.com
There is a huge desire, once we sense we’re not doing the thing we’re here to do, to want to run from our current reality. Even if it’s what is …
Stop Crashing Planes: Charlie Munger’s Six-Element System
farnamstreetblog.com - Farnam Street Team
Before we get to Charlie Munger, let’s chat for a minute.We’ve been noticing a problem lately that you might be familiar with or experiencing …
Twitter Video
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Knowledge Makes Everything Simpler
farnamstreetblog.com - Farnam Street Team
Operating a screw is pretty simple as John Maeda points out in The Laws of Simplicity:Just mate the grooves atop the screw’s head to the appropriate …
A visual history of human knowledge
ted.com - Manuel Lima
How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected …
Picking The Right Visualization For Your Data
silk.co - Alex Salkever
At Silk we spend a lot of time thinking about how to teach our users about data visualizations. We are by no means experts in data visualization on …
Focusing Illusions
farnamstreetblog.com - Shane Parrish
My favorite chapter in the book Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher is called ‘Decisions: Focusing Illusions.’ It’s a really …
The Two Types of Knowledge
farnamstreetblog.com - Shane Parrish
In The Art of Thinking Clearly, Rolf Dobelli tells the following story about Max Planck.After receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918, Max …
Storytelling
atelierpan.nl
By Simon Droog — a Dutch self-taught brand and graphic designer Last week I was out for a run in the sun here in Barcelona. The sun was shining and …
We give reviews on Industrial DeskS and the best to buy on the web. We also review the best Skypod Roof Lanterns Cost
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Why Buy Industrial DeskS For Your Company ? As you plan to upgrade your work area whether in your office or home, Industrial DeskS are an important …
Leisure, the Basis of Culture: An Obscure German Philosopher’s Timely 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Human Dignity in
Brain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova
“Leisure lives on affirmation. It is not the same as the absence of activity … or even as an inner quiet. It is rather like the stillness in the conversation of lovers, which is fed by their oneness.”

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A very simple rule

Marc Prensky: An Academic Education is No Longer Enough

10 inspiring examples of design-led brands

Design thinking, explained

The 8 Types of Company Culture

Why all classrooms need #DesignThinking

Why Higher Education Needs Design Thinking

6 Problems with our School System

How using Design Thinking will fix Design Thinking

Resources not courses: What does it really mean? 8 tips to create better resources

Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding

What is Design Thinking (2015)

The Invention of Empathy: Rilke, Rodin, and the Art of “Inseeing”

The Psychology of What Makes a Great Story

100 Blocks a Day

Just don’t lose the magic

Before You Blow Up Your Life, Do This.

Stop Crashing Planes: Charlie Munger’s Six-Element System

Twitter Video

Knowledge Makes Everything Simpler

A visual history of human knowledge

Picking The Right Visualization For Your Data

Focusing Illusions

The Two Types of Knowledge

Storytelling

We give reviews on Industrial DeskS and the best to buy on the web. We also review the best Skypod Roof Lanterns Cost

Leisure, the Basis of Culture: An Obscure German Philosopher’s Timely 1948 Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Human Dignity in