Think Counter Intuitive

Thinking Outside the Box by Lloyd Williams

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MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 22: Thomas Goetz of WIRED speaks during the Digital Life Design conference (DLD) at HVB Forum on January 22, 2012 in Munich, Germany. DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital, science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for […]

We all know how difficult it is to get predictions right.  And even when the forecaster is extremely knowledgeable about the topic—maybe even the world’s leading expert—the prediction is often wrong.  Why does that happen? In a great post about predictions, Phil Birnbaum notes, “The problem is that no matter how much you know about the […]

Donald S. Christiansen, University of Washington sports psychology consultant, lists characteristics of “peak performance,” sometimes called “the zone.” The athlete is: physically relaxed mentally calm focused alert confident in control positive feeling enjoyment feeling effortless on “automatic” focused on the present moment

In 1989, Wendell Berry delivered a Commencement Address at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine that included not Ten Commandments but ten hopes. Beware the justice of Nature. Understand that there can be no successful human economy apart from Nature or in defiance of Nature. Understand that no amount of education can […]

Click on the image above to see the last 200 Years That Changed the World. Source: GapMinder.org.

Personal income in China has risen significantly in the last thirty years. The sleeping giant stirs. Hopefully China will avoid many of the consequences of growth that plague the developed nations of the West. Source: GapMinder.org.

In the sidebar are links to my new business only Twitter and Facebook accounts. I will post updates, news items and articles of interest on my new Twitter account and it will forward to the new Facebook account. Twitter is a great way for me to broadcast articles and links of interest quickly. Follow me […]

Apple is a world leader in innovation, starting with the Macintosh, iPod, iTunes, iPhone, and now the iPad. The company manages and exceeds client expectations. Great businesses realize their future is innovation and remaining a leader is dependent upon exceeding expectation. For more information see SixthSense. What are you doing today to innovate and how […]