Tag Archives: imagination

Question are as important as answers

Posted on 23 December 2011 by Roy Jacobsen

“The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old questions from a new angle, requires creative imagination … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is innovation fuel

Posted on 22 June 2010 by Roy Jacobsen

In one of his recent Monday Morning Memos, Roy H. Williams offered some excellent advice for people who are seeking to “think outside the box:” Talk to someone who doesn’t even know what box you’re talking about.

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What color is creativity?

Posted on 9 June 2010 by Roy Jacobsen

Gregg Fraley asks “Why are we sometimes color restrained?” Walking down a street in North London last week, I spotted this chair in a store window. Ice cream for the eye!  It had me wondering why we “hold back” on … Continue reading →

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J.K. Rowling: The Benefits of Failure, the Importance of Imagination

Posted on 20 May 2010 by Roy Jacobsen

In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered this commencement address at Harvard, on the dual themes of the benefits of failure, and the importance of imagination.

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