"Imagine If...with Imagine as sung by Melbourne Sings Choir for the Launch of CI 2010"
"Tania de Jong AM talks about her grandmother’s invention of the first foldable umbrella at the Launch of CI 2010"
"Elok talks about the meaning of Melbourne Sings Choir followed by “Why We Sing” performed by the Choir at the Launch of CI 2010"
Visual Palindrome
This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old. The contest was titled "u @ 50" by AARP. This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. So simple and yet so brilliant.
Escalator vs Stairs
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Below is a selection of thought pieces, ideas, quotes and video clips we though you might find interesting... we did! This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award. In Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? 'How to begin the process of open innovation: A primer' - InnovationManagement.se 'Innovate Now' The Weekend Australian - Business - 18 September 2010 Exploring Characteristics of Australia's Innovation Leaders - Chandler MacLeod, September 29 2010 'Without passion, forget innovation!' - Charles B Kovess LL.B. (Hons), LL.M., CSP, MAICD Growth Solutions Group Thinking on CI 2010 – September 2010 Bobby McFerrin Plays the Audience as an Instrument Hear Malvina Reynolds sing "Little Boxes" – To conform to the "boxes" is the ideal of industrial society. A touch of creativity with a difference: The winner of "Ukraine's Got Talent," Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch. The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears, and she won the top prize of about £75,000. Click here to read poetry written by renowned Australian poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe, inspired by Creative Innovation 2010 Steve Jobs - New Priorities after close encounter with mortality: Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." Steve Jobs Creativity in the 21st Century:"Creativity has become the most universally endangered species in the Twenty First Century. Never has the need for creativity been so compelling and never has genuine creativity been in such short supply. From boy bands to barbeque sauces the problem is the same – instead of experiencing the refreshing spray of authentic originals we risk drowning in a sea of superficiality and imitations. We have built a broadband culture but not the creative content to supply it. Our ability to communicate the potentially creative far outstrips actual creative input. In the absence of creativity life becomes predictable, repetitious and boring. We live in a world of echoes and shadows like the inhabitants of Plato's cave." Watts Wacker and Ryan Matthews Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy The narration by Derek Sivers is spot on about leaders, first followers, popular movements and human nature. World Creativity and Innovation Week occurs 15-21 April each year. To get into the Innovation Mindset click on this link: Richard Watson of Now and Next talks about Trends for 2010 and beyond Here we are again. Another year and another set of forward-looking trends. And, just like last year, it has been very difficult to make any firm predictions because of the volatility and instability of the global economy. In short, anything could happen. But, then again, what's the point of looking into the future if you aren't prepared to stick your neck out a little. What follows is a list of 10 trends for the next 12-18 months. Readers should note that the list does not replace previous annual lists but represents additional trends that are – or are expected – to emerge. They are generally additions rather than replacements. Moreover, they are not the biggest trends either. They are simply things that are new that I find interesting. But before we get stuck into the 10 trends here's a list of things I expect to see in the not too distant future. 1. The global financial system will not collapse any time soon 100 Words for 2010 by Richard Watson Asia Abstain Accelerate Accountant Acquaintance Adjust Authenticity Apocalyptic Afghanistan Aggregation Aggression Acquisition Balance Brazil Biomechatronics Bio-plastic China Cloud Chaos Carbon Chapter-11 Debt Domestic Delusional Eco Emissions e-Books Electricity Food Flood Fatigue Fascism Green Genetics Home Healthcare Hybrid Inflation Iran Identity Infrastructure Jittery Jobs Kidult Local Malady Multi-local Merger Nationalism New Nanotubes Obama Old Oil Protectionism Pastism Pakistan Purpose Personalised Quality Receivership Recession Resources Recovery Realness Rage Robotics Right-wing Regulation Rogue Screenager Skittish Sustainability Shock Skills Saving Simplicity Storm Steam-punk Subdued Shortage Turnaround Trust Tribal Techo-Romance Transparency Two-speed U-turn Unemployed Unfriend Vancover Vinyl Value Virtual Water Wild X-Gen You Zen Zipcar Thoughts on the impact of the GFC:"One's got to live creatively - creativity means you lose what you expect to have, but you find something better and then you grow. If that's what's happening, I say let it happen and embrace it." Michael Leunig "I quilt" from Seth Godin's blog When you've had enough, can't tolerate your job any longer and are ready to quit, perhaps you could try one last thing. Quilt instead. You've got nothing to lose, right? I mean, you're going to quit anyway, so what's the worst that could happen to you? So quilt. Spend hours every day integrating the people you work with into a cohesive group. Weave in your customers as well. Take every scrap, even the people you don't like, and sew them together. Spend far less time than you should on the 'real' work and instead focus on creating genuine connections with the people you work with. Including your boss. After all, once you quit, you're never going to see them again anyway, right? Might as well give it a try. Careful... it might change everything. "Is creativity some obscure, esoteric art form? Not on your life. It's the most practical thing a business person can employ." Bill Bernbach Singing for social inclusion with Melbourne Sings and Creativity Australia's With One Voice program – Tania de Jong AM with Elook Nur and Nathalie Mbala on ABC's Life Matters with Richard Aedy http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2010/2924309.htm
WITH ONE VOICE: MELBOURNE SINGS Society for Knowledge Economics Opinion Piece Best Practices, BNET Channel Best Practices, BNET Channel Innovation as a core to Revival "At its core, innovation in the workplace is about examining the ways things are currently done with a view to finding new and better ways of doing them. Innovation may be as simple as doing something new to your workplace, even if it is already being implemented elsewhere. Creativity may be considered as "...an in-depth thought of a subject and an ability to come up with new and different viewpoints". T. Proctor, Creative Problem Solving for Managers, Routledge, 2005. The words 'innovation' and 'creativity' are sometimes used interchangeably, perhaps because 'creativity' may appear too flighty in the business world. However, it can be said that creativity is the more fundamental process, or that of creating, whereas innovation is more about building on, or implementation. An innovator may apply a creative idea within an organisation. The contention is that creativity is of less use if it cannot be applied to existing systems, or if the organisation is not able to manage the flow of new ideas and either outcome would appear to be a loss of opportunity and a failure of leadership." |
