• Stanford’s Most Popular Class Isn’t Computer Science–It’s Something Much More Important

  HT Dr. Nathan Vigil

  tags: stanford college designthinking gameplan #MustRead

• 5 Lessons On Innovation From Modern-Day Explorers And Adventurers

  “One of the highest return investments any company can make is in an exploration practice.”
  HT@MeghanCureton
  Innovators and explorers…you may want a formula but it’s about a menu http://t.co/s9zQsURFQW @boadams1

  tags: exploration innovation #MustRead

  • using exploration to fuel invention
  • In studying more than 2,000 companies, the World Database of Innovation Initiative (WDI) has discovered that many of the highest-growth companies share one peculiarity: They invest in someone or something exploring the edge of human ability
  • An explorer, on the other hand, envisions the endpoint, assumes it is possible, and then figures out how to get there.
  • making a simple but profound shift from a “Can we do this?” to “How will we do this?”
  • In fact, the only two things risky about investing in innovation are treating it like a pipeline–or not doing it at all.
  • One of the highest return investments any company can make is in an exploration practice. While you may want a formula, the five approaches here are simply a menu.

• Student Engagement: What Do Students Want? | Learn as You Go

  tags: studentengagement #MustRead

• Innovate By Learning To Fix First – Explore Create Repeat – by Format

  HT @MeghanCureton

  tags: innovation fix #MustRead synergyseminar

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