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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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A Lateral Music Album

Destination Innovation

In 2014 Vulfpeck released an album called Sleepify. Vulfpeck earned around $20,000 in royalties from Spotify and sure enough, in September 2014 they put on the tour. They called the idea a ‘clever stunt’ and paid the royalties due but they pulled the album after seven weeks and then changed their terms of service.

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A Lateral Way to Expose War Crimes and Fight Disinformation

Destination Innovation

In 2014 he founded Bellingcat as a journalistic group which would investigate war crimes and major incidents using open source intelligence (OSINT). Bellingcat’s first major success was its investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) which was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over Ukraine.

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How having children makes fathers’ brains less imaginative

Idea to Value

Everyone knows that having a child changes your life. But did you know that it also physically changes a parents’ brain? The difference between the two scans could then be used to calculate changes in brain volume across different brain regions. And what they found was surprising.

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Evidence that children are more creative than adults (and the opposite)

Idea to Value

A 2014 review, 2014 book and 2016 book indicate that higher levels of imaginative pretend play in childhood helps enhance creativity in adulthood. A 2010 study showed that children see more value in creatively changing an object than other changes, and this effect is much more powerful than in adults.

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Nine Short Innovation Lessons from Lego

Destination Innovation

He created a sense of urgency to undertake the changes ahead. In 2014 the Lego Movie was awarded 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The father of four told his colleagues, “We are on a burning platform. We’re running out of cash… and likely won’t survive.” Lego focused on its core business first. Innovative use of Video.

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Top Posts of 2022

Digital Tonto

At the beginning of this year, I wrote that the theme for 2022 would be Surviving Change and I think that’s been borne out. Top Posts for 2014. We’ve had so many shocks to the system that all of the happy talk about disruption has become not only juvenile and naive, but downright irresponsible. Top Posts Of 2020.