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How to Break Stuck Patterns - The Lab

How to Break Stuck Patterns - The Lab

What is so freeing about an opportunity to brainstorm, improvise and create? Vast streams of research efforts have been dedicated to the study of creativity. However, no one is actually quite sure exactly what it is. Even the exemplary organisational Psychologist Professor Adrian Furnham describes it as a ‘deeply frustrating concept’ with books and literature on creativity often ‘accepted with little or no proof’. Despite the obviously significant difficulties in empirically testing it – after all, what is IT? A process, personality, thinking style? - people have valiantly tried. ‘Creative’ group activities have been linked with positive outcomes, including higher levels of interpersonal trust and communication....

#calling all originators: @Twitter's crossroads

#calling all originators: @Twitter's crossroads

Online social networking giant Twitter is facing serious problems following another unimpressive quarterly return and a significant slide in the stock market. With the share price tanking by more than 10% on Tuesday October 27th, and with competitors racing ahead in user growth, Twitter's problems are mounting. They are facing very low percentages of new users, fast growing competitors, disgruntled investors to name but a few. Serious issues in the now, but critical for the company's future. If only for a 140-character turnaround solution...