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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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Three reasons to change the global poverty fighting paradigm

Christensen Institute

Here are three reasons why the current poverty fighting model needs to change. This needs to change. This happened to me in 2009 when I co-founded the nonprofit organization, Poverty Stops Here (PSH). Our final project was providing microloans. But Ford’s affordable Model T car changed all that.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Thomas Malaby

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. Because this project centered on the makers of Second Life, Linden Lab in San Francisco, to a certain extent the familiar form of face-to-face ethnographic participant observation and interviewing was possible.

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Authority Bias: Why we submit to the ideas and orders of others

Idea to Value

This experiment has recently been replicated in a 2009 study , showing the authority bias is still strong in today’s society. They may therefore have a negative inclination towards change , and list out reasons why these new innovations will not work.

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IDEA 2009: An Interview with Leisa Reichelt

Boxes and Arrows

As IDEA 2009 draws closer, the IA Institute is conducting a series of interviews with the speakers for the conference. As a designer for a prominent open source community project, what have you found to be the keys to success in working with open source developers, specifically on the usability and experience fronts?

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Maker’s schedules, Manager’s schedules and why meetings can destroy productivity

Idea to Value

It doesn’t merely cause you to switch from one task to another; it changes the mode in which you work. And ambitious projects are by definition close to the limits of your capacity. How you prioritise your work is one of the major ways you determine what you get done. I find one meeting can sometimes affect a whole day.

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