Blog Entries tagged 'Creativity'

Video: Solving Rubik's Cube - Blindfolded

rsambandam@trchome.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100

You remember Rubik's cube, don't you? You may even remember cracking it in a reasonable time.

Ever seen someone do it really fast? Without looking? Here it is.

Rubik's cube blindfolded.

Do you want to try?

Insighter: Teresa Amabile

rsambandam@trchome.com — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Do you procrastinate? Have you ever told yourself that you do your best work if you wait till the last minute? You may not be as creative as you think, according to Teresa Amabile the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. A leading authority in the field of organizational creativity, she has conducted intensive multi-year studies to understand the nature of creativity in organizations. One of the findings that surprised even her was that time [...]

Can Apple Really Make You "Think Different"?

rsambandam@trchome.com — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Researchers at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of Waterloo have conducted some experiments with very interesting results about the impact of brands on people. They started with prior research that has shown that people modify their behavior in response to environmental cues. For example, exposure to rude words leads to people behaving rudely; exposure to elderly people made others walk more slowly. Even exposure (or priming) with a parent made people achieve [...]