Archive for the ‘Politics & Government’ Category
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
There is quite a bandwagon rolling right now about Creativity.
5 years ago it seemed that Creativity was a bad word. You could never say it aloud at a corporation because what it meant wasn't new ideas, it was interpreted as "lack of control" or, even worse, those touchy-feely things that ...
Posted in Cartoons by Gregg Fraley, Creativity and Self-Expression, Humor, Innovation, Politics & Government, Trends, Futurism, and Research | 22 Comments »
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
If you are a creativity and innovation freak, you probably have already seen the excellent Newsweek article titled "The Creativity Crisis." It's rapidly becoming one of the most shared FaceBook links I've seen.
If you haven't read it, by all means do, it's the best piece I've seen in recent years ...
Posted in Creative Problem Solving (CPS), Creativity and Self-Expression, Entrepreneurial, Innovation, Politics & Government, Trends, Futurism, and Research | 5 Comments »
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Simple concept here. In my view this is how BP turns this oil spill situation around. First, stop the freakin leak. Second, become the world leader in environmental clean-up and prevention technology.
BP has done irreparable harm to the Gulf of Mexico. How irreparable remains to be seen, and, it depends ...
Posted in Brands, Creative Problem Solving (CPS), Innovation, Marketing, Politics & Government | No Comments »
Monday, April 26th, 2010
The UK Foreign Office is currently bending over backwards to apologize like mad to the Pope. It's an interesting turn of events given the long and twisted history of anti-Catholicism in the UK. The short version of the story: the Pope is coming to the UK soon for the first ...
Posted in Creativity and Self-Expression, Humor, Innovation, Politics & Government | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 19th, 2010
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I really hate to post about politics. I am not a pundit. I am a citizen. And the focus of this blog is creativity and innovation. Still, I've got something to ...
Posted in Innovation, Politics & Government, Trends, Futurism, and Research | 7 Comments »
Friday, January 15th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_561" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Volunteers at Meals from the Heartland packaging meals for starving people"][/caption]
Meals from the Heartland (@MftH) is a charity with a simple purpose: send meals to people who are starving.
Volunteers, mostly from Iowa where the charity is based, packaged up 4 million meals last year. Even before ...
Posted in Inspirational, Politics & Government | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
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I try not to watch Fox News. First of all it's not news, it's entertainment. And certainly not my kind of entertainment, so I avoid it. I tuned back in recently and I'm here to report three new innovation lows at ...
Posted in Innovation, Politics & Government | 4 Comments »
