January 2012
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December 2011
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“Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends...”
– Perfect story for this time of year… A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR
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Watchfastcompany:
The Vision Thing: Warby Parker’s David Gilboa Disrupted An Industry And Improved The World’s Sight
November 2011
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A letter from CLA's Chief Conductor of Ceremony,... →
Prophet’s Chief Curator and Provocateur was recently the Conductor of Ceremony at the Creative Leadership Academy. Below, an inspirational letter he wrote for them:
Few things in life are as elegant. Few things nurture the soul AND the bottom line. Few things can change people, industries, and the world. One of these is Creativity. I have devoted the last twenty five years to the topic and...
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When it comes to innovation, culture is key. But...
Booz & Company just released its annual Innovation 1000 Study, a survey of over 600 innovation leaders in every industry, that asks questions related to their innovation goals and strategies. The 18 page report, chock full of tables, charts, and infographics, begins by revealing the critical (yet not overly surprising) innovation success factors: alignment with the core business strategy and...
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The New Inquiry: What Is an Artist? →
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Andy Warhol Atomic Bomb, 1965 (via)
A Glossary
By Patrick Harrison
Classical musicians: Uptight, ambitious squares. Doctors.
New Music musicians: Having implicitly resigned from the institutional rat race, they are the cool, if slightly embarrassing, high-school teachers…
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Facts vs. Storytelling
*Each Monday, Prophet’s Chief Curator and Provocateur, Andy Stefanovich, or a member of our innovation team* shares a Monday on-ramp with Prophet employees across the globe. We’ll begin sharing them here, and encourage you to join the conversation by answering questions and providing your own comments below. Happy Monday!
Prophet recently finished a story-telling project for a national...
October 2011
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Monday On-Ramp: Confusion Tolerance
*Each Monday, Prophet’s Chief Curator and Provocateur, Andy Stefanovich, or a member of our innovation team shares a Monday on-ramp with Prophet employees across the globe. We’ll begin sharing them here, and encourage you to join the conversation by answering questions and providing your own comments below. Happy Monday!
The winner of this year’s 2011 Webby Artist of the Year Award is the...
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Boxcar Poetry →
Start your Wednesday morning off right with this incredible poem by Ross White
Sting
We did not emerge from a sea infused with sugar, which, though it cannot explain man’s want of a tail, elucidates somewhat on the propensity for cruelty. I think often of the day that my father raised his fist to me and I took a belt to him: how easy it was to wrestle back the arms...
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Tuesday Tune: Force A Smile — By: Sleeper...
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Design Thinking Barcelona: Licence to Slow Down:... →
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MIND-research group of Aalto University works together with the Finnish Service Foundation for People with an Intellectual Disability on a research project that looks into the every day needs of intellectually disabled youngsters. One early finding has been the contradictory…
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Monday On-Ramp: An Appetite for Change
*Each Monday, Prophet’s Chief Curator and Provocateur, Andy Stefanovich, shares a Monday on-ramp with Prophet employees across the globe. We’ll begin sharing them here, and encourage you to join the conversation by answering questions and providing your own comments below. Happy Monday!
Despite the hardships visited upon Detroit with the decline in the U.S. automotive industry, the city...
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September 2011
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Interactive Infographic: How Does Lack of Water... →
This is simply beautiful - and informative!
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Perfections is overrated. →