Learning – Page 25 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Workshop: Scientific Work — Topic Notebooks

2013-03-24

An introduction to topic notebooks -- a very useful way of keeping your information available for future work (e.g., writing). Contains lots of tips. Highly, highly recommended.
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Avoid becoming bitter

2013-03-24

It can take years to become successful. In the meantime, avoid that poison. Also: Weight and dating.
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Expert Colored Glasses

2013-03-24

Expertise should allow you to make a contribution to the world, not make the world about your area of expertise. Some thoughts on this issue.
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Perfect Memory and Polymaths in the 21st Century

2013-03-21

Some thoughts on why polymaths are no longer possible -- and what we need instead.
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Improving University Teaching

2013-02-04

Thoughts on good teaching, how to support it, and why it matters.
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New Courses at Coursera including Leading Strategic Innovation in Organizations

2012-09-19

Interesting course on Coursera, might be worth checking out.
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Learning from Video Lectures

2012-09-04

Given the hype about MOOCs, here are some suggestions to get more out of the video lectures.
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Coursera — Free Online Courses

2012-07-08

Coursera seems like a really great way to learn online, have a look for yourself.
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Thinking Differently About Lectures: Sandel’s Justice Lecture at Harvard

2012-03-08

In contrast to public opinion, lectures do not have to be boring or obsolete -- there are some great lecturers. Let's look at one lecturer and how this person manages to create interaction and interest with hundreds of students.
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Stack Exchange — A great place to get answers to questions

2012-02-10

Check it out if you need help with almost any problem. Really great site. Site? Sites.
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This is a private blog showing my opinions. If you have an issue with what I write here, either don’t read it or talk to me directly. Don’t waste your time — or mine — dragging my employer into matters where they hold no authority.

The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.