And I’m proud because I baked that fricken cupcake from scratch.
Graphic facilitation of de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
A while ago, Alex White pointed me in the direction of the following sketch after I tweeted I was reading Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats. I think it provides a nice and concise summary (click to enlarge). What are your thoughts on the practicality of parallel thinking and the Six Thinking Hats?
No expectations, no disappointments
I’ve been reading a little on expectation management recently and came across the following analogy, which I thought I would share: “Think of it like this, when you were a kid you would get presents for your birthday. You never knew what was in the colorful shiny boxes but you knew you were getting a […]
Defiance
Still Face Experiment take outs
“Using the ‘Still Face’ Experiment, in which a mother denies her baby attention for a short period of time, Dr. Tronick describes how prolonged lack of attention can move an infant from good socialisation, to periods of bad but repairable socialisation.” I was fascinated by this video, and think it extends to broader adult-level communication […]
Value lies in usefulness
I’ve been thinking a lot about helpfulness lately (“the property of providing useful assistance“) and therefore usefulness. I’ve also been thinking about data, context and how to draw meaning – something that infographics literally do so well. Anyway, I decided to mesh everything together into the above flowchart. In essence, everything can be useful, but […]
Twitter noobiquette
I thought I would write a quick post dissecting simple Twitter etiquette for the newbies. I fear that many heavy users forget that not everyone speaks the ‘language’ and I find that I often get questions querying certain acronyms and so forth. (I also quickly discovered that I could go on for a while about […]
What I’m currently doing
Making stuff happen at Niche (it’s now been seven months since I was brought into the new role and yes, the main website needs to be done) Being involved with the Victorian Government’s App My State initiative Getting the @socialmelb site finally off the ground Researching and writing a thesis for my marketing masters at […]
Moment of truth
Does contentment equal complacent?
Other than well known spiritual leaders, can you think of any individual (living or non-living) that has truly shaped the world we live in today that is/was content? Politicians? Great thinkers? Artists? Writers? Actors? Entertainers? Scientists? Entrepreneurs? Innovators? I know contentment is a deeply internal and subjective state, that is almost impossible to measure, but […]
Time to enjoy the music
Balancing the head and heart
Link love/suggested reading: Personal Growth – Moving from head to heart Integrative Thinking Using the Head and the Heart Feeling vs. Thinking: The Head and Heart in Organisations
Kate Kendall 