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Comment on 50 more ways to improve your business by Dejan

Dejan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:20:52 +0000

Very interesting and true reading! Glad that I found this.

Comment on Design Thinking by jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:54:46 +0000

Jason, as the man who introduced me to GTD it is fitting that you reminded me of the Natural Planning Model, a modified version of which we use operationally every day.

Its great to see you poking around these parts. Please come by more often!

I like the Crystal Garden Creativity method too. Problem is that I tend to supersaturate, grow my crystal, but then mourn the loss of every lopped off weaker connection.

Comment on Design Thinking by Jason Bates

Jason Bates — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:47:18 +0000

Hey JD,

You might also want to add David Allen’s Natural Planning Model into the mix
Which is interesting in that it highlights ‘visioning’ as a step rather than some of the more emergent steps in the other methods…. maybe due to the fact that the framework isn’t just for solving discrete problems, but creating positive outcomes too.

1. Defining purpose and principles
2. Outcome visioning
3. Brainstorming
4. Organizing
5. Identifying next actions

And then there is always my ‘Crystal Garden Creativity’ model to throw in the mix for something very left field.

1. Create a supersaturated solution
2. Dip a single crystal in
3. Allow to crystallize for a period of time
4. Harvest the crystal / cut the weaker connections

Cheers,

Jasina

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mazhar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:03:45 +0000

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Comment on Getting your head around charts by Relja Dereta

Relja Dereta — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:27:31 +0000

Cool stuff! It reminded me of someone you probably know of since I think you’ve mentioned TED talks somewhere in your posts before, but to be on the safe side (and for anyone else reading this) I’ll mention him – Hans Rosling, and his Gapminder (http://www.gapminder.org/). Amazing stuff to make statistics not only make sense, but leave you with a desire to know more.

Here’s Rosling on TED:

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

follow-up (with possibly one of the best making-your-point-stick finish ever):
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html

Comment on Getting your head around charts by Amber Case

Amber Case — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 07:43:54 +0000

I’m really excited you found use-value in the Flickr Data Vis set. It’s one of the most fantastic ways to understand liquid interaction in a frictionless space.

Comment on Getting your head around charts by jonathan

jonathan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:41:15 +0000

Thanks Simon. You are absolutely right about Golden Ducks. Great concept, added to the post. I hope you stick around to comment again. Its a pleasure to have some high quality feedback.