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 21, 2010 | Best Practices, Continuous Improvement, Design, Innovation, Problem Solving
“The extent to which you have a design style is the extent to which you have not solved the problem.” – Charles Eames Design That Matters is a non-profit company who faced a problem with global implications. 1.8 million premature babies die each year from a...
by mmartyn | Oct 19, 2010 | Continuous Improvement, Cultural Enablers, Innovation, Problem Solving
Welcome to the Grand Cafe in Oxford, England. The Grand Cafe was one of the first coffee houses to open in England in 1650. With the replacement of alcohol as the daytime drink of choice, the English coffee house blossomed into a locus of learning and was crucial to...
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...
