Guest Thinkers — February 22, 2011

May 24 innovation linkage

Dominic Basulto

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The three keys to creativity [Edward de Bono]

Thoughts to make work better and your life easier [Thoughtopsy]

Hugh Macleod introduces the Blue Monster cartoon for Microsoft [Gaping Void]

Weyerhaeuser launches a new tree-friendly innovation site [GrowingIdeas.com]

The death of the Hummer H2 [San Francisco Gate]

Whatever happened to innovation at Adobe? [Download Squad]

Behind-the-scenes with innovation guru Francis McInerney [Michael Urlocker]

[image: The Man Who Created the Internet]

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Guest Thinkers

The link between doodling and brand innovation

n n If you’re a fan of Hugh Macleod and his blog Gaping Void, you’ll want to check out this Business Week article on the use of doodling in Corporate […]

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The Present

From global to planetary: Is new governance needed in a post-Holocene world?

The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.

Portrait of a smiling man in front of a background featuring chemical structures and molecular models in green and blue hues.

The Present

Inside the battle for FDA approval of MDMA therapy

MAPS founder Rick Doblin speaks to Big Think about the FDA’s rejection of MDMA therapy and the future of psychedelic treatments.

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Business

Heidegger’s “mood theory” explains why you do anything at all

You’re a moody person. You have to be — because understanding moods philosophically can be crucial to your work-life.

A bear attempting to catch a jumping fish near a waterfall.

Nature’s “perfect balance” is a mystery scientists are trying to decode

“While society’s been humming along and enjoying all these advances in agriculture and medicine, in the last 50 or 60 years, ecologists have learned a lot about how nature works. I’ve codified these into a set of rules called the ‘Serengeti Rules.’”

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