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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

An American Geophysicist, Cox and his colleagues were instrumental in developing a way to measure the changes in the Earth’s magnetic alignment and the geomagnetic polarity time scale. Laws and attitudes around the world towards LGBTQ+ people and their rights are changing.

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Cognitive Dissonance: Why it is so hard to accept two contradictory thoughts

Idea to Value

This may ultimately result in some change in their cognitions or actions to cause greater alignment between them so as to reduce this dissonance. For example, going to the gym if they believe they are getting unhealthy Changing their thoughts: Altering their thoughts to be more in line with what they are doing.

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IDEA 2009 - Day 1

Boxes and Arrows

Download Making Virtual Worlds: Games and the Human for a Digital Age (IDEA 2009 Presentation) View more documents from tmmalaby. But don’t get too comfortable, b/c the future is about to change…again! What has changed in the last year and what are next year’s trends? Co-founder of Razorfish, Inc.,

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Neuroplasticity, and how your brain is able to continue developing as you grow older

Idea to Value

This is the brain’s ability to continue changing its internal structure, the connections between neurons and neuronal networks, and sometimes even the size of various brain regions, all based on the activity of the brain. But most changes in the brain happen on a much smaller scale.

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2024: A Pivotal Year

Digital Tonto

In 2009, it felt like the world was ending. In 2009 I started my blog, Digital Tonto, which turned my life in a new direction. The incredible cynicism and incompetence of Yanukovych’s rule stoked a desire to change direction. I was still living in Ukraine then and the financial crisis hit there especially hard. We can too.

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The 4C model of Creativity

Idea to Value

Is it possible to be creative, even if you are not a genius changing the world? Eminent Creativity (Big-C) : People whose new ideas impact the world and who are seen as figureheads of creativity who changed their domain. Yes, of course. But how do you compare the creativity of a child, to someone who is a professional?

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Overcome the Customer’s Concern – Transfer the Risk

Destination Innovation

During the economic depression which followed the financial crash of 2009 car sales slumped across America. If you find that you cannot make your payment because of a covered life changing event, we’ll allow you to return your vehicle and walk away from your loan obligation”. The promotion was a success.

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