by mmartyn | Dec 21, 2010 | Brain, Continuous Improvement, Creativity, Cultural Enablers, Engagement, Problem Solving, Visual Management
Tom Wujec is a Fellow at Autodesk, the world’s leader in 2D & 3D design software. He has brought several software applications to market, including SketchBook Pro, PortfolioWall, and Maya which won an Academy Award for its contribution to the film industry. ...
by mmartyn | Dec 2, 2010 | Best Practices, Creativity, Culture, Enterprise Alignment, Innovation, Organizational Structure
A couple of years ago, the Harvard Business Review published an article on creativity and collaboration at Pixar. According to Ed Catmull (President of Pixar), the trick to fostering collective creativity is three fold: place creative authority for product...
by mmartyn | Nov 30, 2010 | Best Practices, Continuous Improvement, Creativity, Design, Development, Innovation, Leadership, Motivation, Results
A $2,000 car? The Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation said it was impossible…but, that didn’t deter Ratan Tata. Motivated by a passion for meeting the needs of India’s impoverished people, the Chairman of Tata Motors assembled a five person engineering team...
by mmartyn | Nov 11, 2010 | Best Practices, Creativity, Culture, Design, Development, Leadership
The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India is an amazing experiment in empowering children and creating future leaders. Founded in 2001, Kiram Bir Sethi and her team have created a unique learning environment where “common sense is common practice” and the overriding...
by mmartyn | Nov 2, 2010 | Brain, Creativity, Development, Innovation, Motivation, Problem Solving
In his work as an educational theorist, John Dewey believed that discovery-based education yielded the best learning. By allowing learners to connect with information through participation and experimentation they engaged more fully and identified new ideas and...
by mmartyn | Oct 9, 2010 | Continuous Improvement, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving
A Chinese man created these structures on a beach using nothing other than the natural balance of the objects. When asked how he did it, he responded “Well I guess with everything in life, there is a place of balance…” Amy Tan, once noted that the key to...
