Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
Into all problem-solving, a little dissent must fall
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Creativity and Disruption: Creativity is described as emerging from the disruption of these predictive models. When our expectations are challenged or disrupted, it can lead to new ways of thinking and innovative ideas.
Balance Between Order and Chaos: The balance between order (predictive models) and chaos (disruption) is crucial for fostering creativity. Too much order can stifle creativity, while too much chaos can lead to confusion and lack of direction.
The people who build collective power are typically individuals who have lacked traditional access to individualized power. What they know too is that collective power is, well, empowering.
Collective power is energizing.
Collective power is generative.
Collective power is engaging.
Collective power is joyful.
Collective power activates others.
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Collective power is energizing.
Collective power is generative.
Collective power is engaging.
Collective power is joyful.
Collective power activates others.
Colle... See more
Rachel Happe • The Transformative Spark of Collective Power
Power and Company Culture
Dots Out of Line: On Neuroatypical Curiosity
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Umwelt , as I learned from Ed Yong’s book, An Immense World , is the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. How does the organism that is my dad now , not my dad of 5 or 25 or 50 years ago, experience the world? What language assigns itself, or doesn’t, to the surfer and the wave, the son and the daughter? How cold and confused and in... See more
Courtney Martin • Forgetting and becoming
The community is the Orbit, a futuristic-sounding name for a new district on the edge of the town of Innisfil, Ontario, a commuter city about a half-hour drive north of Toronto.
Nate Berg • fastcompany.com
The benefits of play are immense across all ages, research shows
hechingerreport.orgAs designers, it is our responsibility to explore the discomfort zone, design holistically, and consider the full range of possibilities of what we create.
IDEO • To Design a Better Future, Embrace the Uncomfortable
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Company Culture and
Being nice is all about making the other person feel good. Being kind is about providing them with what they actually need. Nice is about feelings. Kindness is about concrete help. And if you want to do great work together, you should aim to be kind rather than nice.