Monthly Archives: August 2007

Make Ideas Happen: Resources

Personal effectiveness. Time management. Productivity. We're on the lookout for tools and methods that may grease our personal productivity gears and help us get more done, more efficiently. In that spirit, the folks at the Idea Sandbox Institute have compiled this [...]

Make Ideas Happen: Resources

Cocktail Napkin 2.0

I find this ice breaker cocktail napkin to be a genius idea. It is pre-printed with the key information needed when trying to meet someone at a bar. They can be found at a site called npw.co.uk and are called Lifestyle [...]

Cocktail Napkin 2.0

Inbox Sand – August ’07 – Fail Intelligently

This month's installment of the Idea Sandbox eNewsletter "Sand for Your Inbox" was inspired by James Dale's book book: "The Obvious: Everything You Need to Know to Succeed". He has a chapter where he talks about "failing intelligently." My grandfather used [...]

Inbox Sand – August ’07 – Fail Intelligently

Disneyland-ified Idea Sandbox Logo

I love this logo. It is on a souvenir t-shirt purchased a few years ago at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The logo - cracked and worn from repeated washings - is based on the old Disneyland entrance marquee. For fun, I [...]

Disneyland-ified Idea Sandbox Logo

Fail Intelligently

Sand for Your Inbox August 2007 Sometimes things just don't work out the way you want them to. Instead of allowing these let-downs get you down, you can learn from them. Let me elaborate... It's happened to us before, and it'll [...]

Fail Intelligently

Three Faces of Innovation: Dreamer, Realist, Critic

Michael Michalko (author of "Thinkertoys" and "Cracking Creativity") was interviewed by Dan Keldsen from BizTechTalk. They discussed Michael's perspective on various techniques for creative thinking. During the discussion, Michael mentions a technique Walt Disney would use for drumming up ideas... Dreamer, [...]

Three Faces of Innovation: Dreamer, Realist, Critic

In the Eye of the Beholder: Know Your Audience

In South Africa in the early 1970s, most of the men who worked in the mines were illiterate. The miners, therefore, were given instructions and warnings in the form of symbols rather than words. In an effort to enlist the miners' [...]

In the Eye of the Beholder: Know Your Audience

International Signage: Clarity of Message

To be respectful when visiting the historic churches in Europe, visitors are advised that they need to be dressed properly. That means wearing long pants, not shorts, and having your shoulders covered - no sleeveless tops. At the Basilica of Saint [...]

International Signage: Clarity of Message
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