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The Death of Creativity = The Death of Innovation

BY Kaihan Krippendorff
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Unplanned excursions can lead to innovative solutions. By fostering a culture that encourages creativity, businesses can create advantages that their more rigid peers cannot copy.READ»

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Rocket Science, Brain Surgery, and...Creativity?

BY Josh Linkner
Relevancy Score: 33

"You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do that!" the common phrase goes. "C'mon man, this isn't brain surgery after all."I started wondering why these two disciplines--rocket science and brain surgery--are so highly regarded. ...READ»

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Why Every Job Seeker Needs To Blog

BY Phil Rosenberg
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Blogging is one of the most powerful things a job seeker can do to advance a job search. Learn why job seekers need to blog, what blogging can do for job search, how to start, and time/resource commitments ... You don't even have to write READ»

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My brain made me do it: Neuroscience and the workplace

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 82

As scientists continue to explore how the brain works, it seems likely that new findings will radically alter the traditional understanding of human nature and that will have enormous implications for the legal system and the workplace. One aspect of human nature being questioned by brain science is the concept of free will. The essential question is: Is our feeling of self-control merely an illusion created by our brains? If the answer is yes, what happens to our understanding of free will and moral responsibility?READ»

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Boost Creativity - Avoid the Identity Crisis

BY Josh Linkner
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Creativity can come to a screeching halt due a common pitfall: an identity crisis. What happens is that during the creative process, you begin to wear more than one hat, which can immediately send your creativity to the ...READ»

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Napping may make you smarter

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 57

People who catch 40 winks or an even longer nap during the day are often viewed to be lazy, less productive, and possessing inadequate sleep. Not so, according to recent brain research, that may benefit leaders.READ»

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Rock, Paper, Scissors, We Know. But Magnets over Morality? Wow.

BY Tonic Staff
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Superman was powerless against Kryptonite, but he was a fictional comic book hero. Scientists believe morality can be influenced by magnets in real life. Weird, right?READ»

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Announcing Innovative Change Management Toolkit

BY Melissa Dutmers
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I am thrilled to announce the launch of a new product that has been a long time in the making: How to Lead the *** Out of Change: A Toolkit to Make Ideas Happen. READ»

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Why Old Habits Die Hard: What Every Manager Should Know

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 100

Managers have been known to tear their hair out in frustration of why employees can't change behaviors, and discard old habits. Recent brain research gives us more accurate reasons as to why and what managers need to do about it. The bottom line is that you can't force anyone to change. Any kind of pressure will produce more resistance and could end up being counterproductive.READ»

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How to motivate employees: What do we know?

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 61

Motivating people to do their best work, consistently, has been an enduring challenge for executives and managers. Even understanding what constitutes human motivation has been a centuries old puzzle, addressed as far back as Aristotle. Now brain science is giving us some new insights into motivation.READ»

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Why we need to use both sides of our brain

BY Ray Williams
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Previous brain research has shown that the brain is divided into the left and right hemispheres, each with different functions and perspectives on reality. Yet recent brain research has shown the functional division is not as we thought, and that language, imaging, and reasoning is served by both hemispheres. Yet, our society has favored left brain thinking and perspectives, at the expense of the right brain, with some negative consequences.READ»

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Steven J. Vanek, DDS

BY Green Mountain Dental Group
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Dr. Steve was born and raised in the Green Mountain area, attending Regis Jesuit High School. In 1997, he graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Biology and a Minor in Anatomy and Neurobiology. He ...READ»

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How do we really make decisions?

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 81

Most people, particularly those in scientific and professional fields, as well as a majority of the population, would like to believe that we make good decisions in our personal and professional lives based on deliberative, logical thinking. It appears that nothing can be further from the truth.READ»

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How your unconscious mind can impact reaching your goals

BY Ray Williams
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Whether you're a habitual list maker, make detailed written goals or keep your tasks and goals in your head, almost everyone pursues goals in an ever changing and sometimes chaotic environment. We are very aware of the conscious thinking that helps us achieve those goals (or not), but we rarely consider how the unconscious thinking in our mind contributes to the achievement of those same goals.READ»

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How to motivate employees: What do we know?

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 69

How many management articles, books, speeches and workshops have pleaded plaintively, "How do I get employees to do what I want Motivating people to do their best work, consistently, has been an enduring challenge for executives and managers. Even understanding what constitutes human motivation has been a centuries old puzzle, addressed as far back as Aristotle.READ»

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How do we really make decisions?

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 77

Most people, particularly those in scientific and professional fields, as well as a majority of the population, would like to believe that we make good decisions in our personal and professional lives based on deliberative, logical thinking. It appears that nothing can be further from the truth.READ»

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How Can Putting Feelings Into Words Help You Perform Better?

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 83

Why does putting our feelings into words--such as talking with a therapist, counselor or coach, or even writing in a journal--help you feel better? A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists, as reported in Psychological Science, may give us the answer. This research combines modern neuroscience with ancient Buddhist teachings, which focus on what is known as "mindfulness" or the ability to live in the present moment without distractionREAD»

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Science: Skilled Gamers Have Bigger Brains (but Smaller Necks, Bodies?)

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 45

For the first time, researchers have shown brains-size linked to a real-world skill.READ»

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Brain scientists make the case for "survival of the kindest."

BY Ray Williams
Relevancy Score: 96

Researchers are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are hard-wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, these scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate, empathetic and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.READ»

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Why New Year's Resolutions Don't Work

BY Ray Williams
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The start of the New Year is often the perfect time to turn a new page in your life, which is why so many people make New Year's resolutions. Researchers have looked at success rates of peoples' resolutions: the first two weeks usually go along beautifully, but by February, people are backsliding and by the following December, most people are back where they started, often even further behind. Why do so many people not keep their resolutions?READ»

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Flashback by Marco Brambilla for Six Scents Series Two

BY aramique krauthamer
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Flashback weaves together iconographic images sampled from films to create a kinetic video canvas - visualizing the spectrum of human emotion and recall using the principles of cognitive psychology.READ»

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Economics: Economists are Irrational!

BY Dr. Jim Taylor
Relevancy Score: 52

I would love to put these economists on the couch and explore what is going on in their heads that enables them to observe the objective reality of the recent economic devastation, yet still hold as sacred their most basic, yet obviously flawed, beliefs about a free-market-driven financial system.READ»

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A Brain on Water

BY Larry Wardell
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There is no question that everyone in the U.S. has water on the brain, or to be more precise, their brain is more than 75 percent water. READ»

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The Change Leader of Tomorrow

BY Melissa Dutmers
Relevancy Score: 55

The change leader of tomorrow will not be a left brained technologist, but they will understand the implications of technology. The change leader of tomorrow will not be a touchy-feely HR person, but they will understand the implications of human behavior.READ»

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Hard Work's Overrated, Maybe Detrimental.

BY Cliff Kuang
Relevancy Score: 40

A co-founder of Flickr argues that hard work often doesn't amount to much--and neuroscience offers some backing for the claim.READ»

Topic: Cognitive Science