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Creative flow?

March 6th, 2009 · Comments

I recently watched an interesting TED presentation by Elizabeth Gilbert on ‘a new way to think about creativity’ (found via Lateral Action where there’s a good post about the content of the talk):

The presentation looks at how creativity was often assigned to divine assistance in historical times, and the benefits that approach had – and [...]

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Reading Gladwell’s Outliers and Cushman’s Networks

February 9th, 2009 · Comments

I’ve been working my way through a backlog of books, and finally moved onto Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success, which is a look at those people who stand out for their achievements, whether online or in the sporting world, for example.
He explores the possible reasons that contribute to such success – for example, [...]

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