creative_people – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Presentation about Technology as Tool or Trap (in German)

2021-10-11 | Reading time: 1 minute

I recently did a presentation on whether technology is a tool or a trap. It covers Attention Economy, Gamification, Persuasive Technology, Nudging, and Dark Patterns. Unfortunately it's in German, but perhaps it's interesting as well.
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We won’t reach Utopia, but we can make the journey to it worthwhile

2021-09-22 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Recent events got me thinking why I detest the idea of ends justifying the means.
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A fast-beating heart (dealing with psychophysiological reactions, incl. fear)

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A high heart rate in a psychologically taxing situation is just a psychophysiological reaction -- what it means is up to you.
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World building

2021-09-19 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Stumbled upon a nice meme regarding world building.

Image source see posting.
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Entrepreneurship during Crises vs Fairness

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

A short comment on the need for entrepreneurship in crises and how some politicians handle entrepreneurs during Covid.

Image: Walt Disney
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Giving children what they need

2021-09-19 | Reading time: Less than a minute

Just a short comment on providing not only what you did not have, but also what you did have.

Image: Defiance
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Seeing Creative Solutions

2021-09-19 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just a thought about seeing creative solutions, or any action, before doing it.
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Interesting Presentation on State Subsidies and the Difference between Political and Market Entrepreneurs

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

What can the government do to help (or harm?) innovation?
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Frequent Student Problem during the Creative Phase of a Project: Birch Solutions

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 1 minute

Just an observation that ... enough students to a pretty okay'ish analysis and then turn that fruitful playing field turns into one birch tree during the conception/conceptual design phase.
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Unread Books as Gifts to Authors

2021-08-03 | Reading time: 2 minutes

I stopped thinking about unread books as anything negative. I almost all cases, I like the author or story idea enough to buy them. So why not consider it a gift/donation/feedback to the author?
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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.