Community Aspects – Page 37 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

What is good PhD advisory?

2012-01-04

A question that is too rarely asked and even rarer answered satisfactorily. Here's my take on the answer -- with the best example I have seen so far.
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Poster: How to Organize Your Creativity?

2011-10-13

The poster looks complex, but have a look at it. It puts much about this site on a single page (a very large and very full single page, but a single page nonetheless).
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The Future of Your Research: How to organize (a) scientific work?

2011-10-12

Slides of a presentation I did about organizing creativity in science. Highly recommended, and with the slide notes actually understandable.
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Presentation: How to Organize a Scientific Work [German]

2011-10-04

Slides of a presentation I did about organizing creativity in science. Highly recommended, and with the slide notes actually understandable. German language version.
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Leadership in Academia

2011-07-25

Short summary on two articles about leadership in Academia. Should be required reading for all professors and grad students.
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Working in interdisciplinary teams: Some stumbling blocks and how to deal with them

2011-07-06

Interdisciplinary work can lead to impressive results -- if the communication works out. Possible problems like False Agreement and False Disagreement, or Not knowing what they don't know, and a few suggestions to deal with them.
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Peer-reviews in Psychology

2011-07-02

Excerpts from one of the best papers on peer-review I've read so far. It's about social sciences, but features Einstein, Newton, and even some ancient Greeks.
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What is good advisory of PhD students?

2011-06-23

Great example of a professor who actually cares about advising his students -- and what he does to do a good job.
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“Coordination is about making commitments”

2011-06-22

Great analysis why teamwork fails and what is needed instead.
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Book Tips: PresentationZen and The naked presenter

2011-02-25

Two of the best books on presentation I have ever read -- just take a look at the quotation.
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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.