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Game-Changer Technologies?
We do not post alot of geek news here on our blog as most of our clients already know where to find this kind of information and there is certainly no shortage of it around. For “Breaking [Geek] News” anyone … Continue reading
Bottom of the Pyramid US Opportunities
Just a little reminder to the energetic graduate students reading our blog that you do not need to travel to India or Africa to find a bottom of a pyramid and related opportunities to do meaningful work. The USA has … Continue reading
Making Sense of Copenhagen Summit
In a discussion underway on the Transforming Transformation Discussion Forum entitled “Copenhagen Summit Generates Hot Air?” this framework was posted December 8. Making Sense of Copenhagen Summit (and other large group work events) After numerous years of attending many conferences and other … Continue reading
Memory Research Project HM
Since individual, team and organizational memory often play significant roles in innovation enabling and organizational transformation we have long had an interest in memory related research. This from the New York Times: “The man who could not remember has left … Continue reading
The Rise of Visual SenseMaking
This diagram is utilized in several public workshops and keynote talks that extends ten years of Humantifc work. CoFounders Elizabeth Pastor and GK VanPatter connect the dots and share views into the relationship between rising complexity of human challenges and … Continue reading
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Carl Jung’s Inland Navigator
Being published this month, Carl Jung’s long secret Red Book is billed as the “most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.” “This is the greatest psychic explorer of the 20th century, and this book tells the story of … Continue reading
Is Happiness Contagious?
In the September issue of Wired: “Nicholas Christakis from Harvard and James Fowler at UC San Diego found that happy people have happy friends (and unhappy people, unhappy friends). Examining smiles in Facebook portraits, they found the same pattern: Even … Continue reading
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Air Traffic Made Visible
Yikes! Check out the energy use made visible here: Global Air Traffic in 24 Hours “A 24-hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the world, condensed down to about 2 minutes.”
Most-Ridiculous TV Gadgets
Not enough products in your life? Take a look at these all-time classics: 8 Of The Most Ridiculous “As Seen On TV” Gadgets” Includes the Tiddy Bear: “the most absurd product ever promoted on television.”
The Visible Brain
Humantific is interested in all aspects of brain related research, particularly that related to making brain functions visible and understandable. This from BrainScope Company Inc. in Washington DC: Brainscope recently announced the ZOOM-100DC described as “an advanced 8-channel, portable, handheld … Continue reading
Visualization the Next Design Frontier
Fast Company signals that it is catching on to a significant change wave with its recent post “Is Information Visualization the Next Frontier for Design?” however the realm of Visual SenseMaking has already become much broader than making sense of information. … Continue reading
The Power of Your Mind
In 1952, Alex Osborn wrote: “Exercise your imagination — the more creative you become, the more you will get out of life.” With so much hype around innovation and creativity today, we find it useful to be aware at a … Continue reading
Economix Dialogue
The Measure of America / American Human Development Report 2008-2009 continues to inspire dialogue regarding the many social innovation challenges facing the United States. An article written by Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps, co-directors of the American Human Development Project, … Continue reading
Innovation Lab / Ten Years After!
Ten years ago Humantific CoFounders Elizabeth Pastor and Garry VanPatter founded Scient’s Innovation Acceleration Lab. They designed and built labs in New York and San Francisco, created Scient’s inclusive innovation strategy, designed the learning programs, built a teaching team and … Continue reading
Tiny Virtual Book
We have had so many requests for the tiny book series that we decided to post it in virtual magazine view form here. Just for fun we recently created this tiny book on Visual SenseMaking as a small gift to … Continue reading
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