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Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born

Solitary work, creativity and larval ideas

Design Thinking by IDEO: Human-Centered Innovation

Learn how IDEO uses design thinking to help teams solve complex problems through human-centered innovation, creativity, collaboration, and impact.

Watch and Link Disparate Ideas — Think Jar Collective

An important skill to develop to enhance thinking creatively is to be able to link disparate ideas. This article lays out some provocations to spark creative collisions for innovation

Reversing Assumptions Technique — Think Jar Collective

Think Jar Collective contributor and creativity expert Michael Michalko shares a technique to challenge our own assumptions and in the process spark new thinking.

Sustainable coordination in research labs via graph-enabled idea boards

Our 'graph-enabled idea board' serves as a hub for capturing excess research ideas, allocating microprojects, and properly attributing credit. We'd like to investigate its potential for enabling newcomers to quickly and effectively contribute to ongoing projects.

Socialized Proof of Work — Open Indie

There’s an increasing obsession with “humanness” these days: Humanness in the age of AI Worldcoin: a solution in search of its problem (...

Projects – discover our non-empty spaces

Fostering spaces for growth is an important part of our trajectory. We seek to harness the combined power of practice, critical inquiry and creativity to address some of the issues of our times - health, environmental awareness, social equality and multilingual, trans-cultural collaborations.

Opinion | The Age of Interdisciplinary Slop

The corporate jargon of change masks the decimation of intellectual life.

What Makes Us Smart?

Human creativity does not solely rely on our individual cognitive abilities, but instead emerges from the recombination of ideas, practices, and approaches that result from social interactions and id...

Weighted DVF: A Simple Model for Scoring and Prioritizing Ideas

Discover a powerful yet straightforward approach to evaluating new ideas by balancing desirability, viability, and feasibility. Learn how…

Abeba Birhane on Twitter / X

a classic case of “the human mind is afforded less complexity than is owed, and the computer is afforded more wisdom than is due.” Baria and Cross (2021)that "vibe" is at the core of what makes us human. it defies formalization and datafication https://t.co/AXELAqlYcq— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) February 17, 2024

"I've got an idea!" On pluralism and resisting deskilling

A ramble around plural knowledges, data and AI, inspired by the wisdom from friends and colleagues in Nairobi and watching The Pitt. Plus! a random picture of an elephant

Don’t change the subject

Many creatives know this phenomenon: They start a new project on a promising topic with excitement, but when they can’t come up with an original idea instantly — they lose interest. They come to th…

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