Daniel Pink on the Science Behind Motivation
“There is a mismatch between what science knows and what business does.” Daniel Pink, author of Drive and To Sell Is Human, makes a strong case for what…
Brian Christian’s The Most Human Human
“Today’s person spends way more time in front of screens. In fluorescent-lit rooms, in cubicles, being on one end or the other of an electronic data…
2 Reality Checks: David Shields’ Genre-Blurring Books
“A book should be an axe to break the frozen sea within us.” Reality Check #1: Reality Hunger The quote from Kafka is just one of innumerable…
Jane McGonigal: Change the World’s Broken Reality One Gamer at a Time
“Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it…We need to design ways for epic wins.” Like many current ideas keeping up with dynamic opportunities and dramatic…
Memo to the Future: 3 Mind-Bending Publishing Books
So is print really dead? Is it going to die anytime soon? 1. Post-digital Print: The Mutation of Publishing Since 1894 In this post-digital age, digital technology…
At Least 3 Reasons Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home Remains a Rare Jewel
“A masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other.” It’s been a few years…
Alan Lightman: At the Intersection of Science and Religion
“I believe that it is bracing and vital to live in a world in which we do not know all the answers.” Alan Lightman holds a…
Tina Seelig: Leveraging What You Know to Innovate
It is important to remember that we’ve been born to be creative. Literally. The brain is a creativity machine and there’s increasing empirical data that demonstrates…
Bonobos Really Know How To Do It: Isabel Izquierdo on Play and Creativity
“Play is our adaptive wildcard. Play is essential. Play is the glue that binds us together.” Humans share a common ancestor with chimpanzees and bonobos from about…
3 of the Most Amazing Things Bill Bryson Knows: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson was “just trying to fill an empty mind with as much interesting information as it could hold.” Sometimes asking the right questions leads us…
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