According to the scientists, the inability to focus helps ensure a richer mixture of thoughts in consciousness. Because these people struggled to filter the world, they ended up letting everything in. They couldn't help but be open-minded. Such lapses in attention turn...

To be effective in this new world, you will need to master the skills of empathy and teamwork, as well as leadership and driving change. You will need to know how to function in a world that is not a hierarchy but a kaleidoscopic global team of teams, with no boundaries...

This is the third installment from my capstone paper. The prior two entries were the Abstract and the Introduction. You are encouraged to read those first but feel free just to start right here. As always, your comments and feedback are greatly appreciated. This is a...

Here is the introduction from my capstone paper. I need to come up with a good title for the project. I am open to suggestions. As always, your feedback, criticism and critique are welcomed. You can read the Abstract, which is the first entry in this series, here.Introduction...

Even though the Fall semester is over, I continue to work on my Capstone project. I have learned that when I am writing stuff that is really "important" it takes me about five times longer to write. I have also started to appreciate the value of balancing reading with...

I just received The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger Martin. Martin is the Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He has been researching and introducing innovative new ways for business...

I continue to read through "Design Expertise" by Dorst and Lawson. We are still in the preliminary stages of defining design expertise. As is expected, it is necessary to define some of the fundamental terms so as to reduce confusion and find some common ground before...

I am currently reading "Design Expertise" by Kees Dorst and Bryan Lawson. The question in the title is posed in the introductory chapter. This leads to other related questions. We are all designers and we design things every single day, if only to pick out (design) the...