Now if you know me then you’re probably thinking: How can I (the personal that will wear ‘crocs/flip-flops’ to well… anywhere) make the world a sexy place?
There are a great deal of ‘things’ out there that have been cast aside and ignored purely because they are not known to be all that appealing. It is this lack of sexiness I hope focus my attention.
These boring ‘Things’ take many shapes. Problems to professions, products, places and dare I say it people are susceptible to being boring.
I have seen lots of examples where people are re-engaging the boring to make them interesting from the X-Prize Foundation that I have posted on within my Blog through to my own experiences in making Wine literally more sexy (Kama Sutra Wines, which I must remember to post about one day).
The recently made sexy ‘thing’ that pushed me over the edge and to set this mission into stone was a simple video (now a series of videos) aimed at making Science sexy. See video below:
These videos would not have taken a considerable amount of time to produce. However, they have repackaged something known not to be all that sexy (Science Documentaries) into something that the millions can enjoy in their own time. This is an example of someone making the world a sexy place and in the process educating millions. It brings to light another interesting question. What else could benefit from being just a little sexier?
It is a pretty strong call!!! But it is NOT every day that you get to see a new computer interface device that could (possibly) one day replace the mouse.
This technology has all kinds of highly practical applications and I personally cannot wait to see where this will develop throughout the years.
Emotiv systems is selling the unit to developers now… in the USA only…
(hope Australia isn’t toooo far away)
Sheena Iyengar has invested years of study into how we feel about the choices we make from the trivial to the profound. On the lighter side her research challenges the accuracy of the saying a rose is a rose by any other name. Sometimes a rose by any other name probably does look different and maybe even smells different.
This is a little longer than the usual TED video but if you’re someone that is interested in not just the decision making process but also the cultural effects surrounding decisions you will not be able to look away.
The end of top down control of media is something that should be pretty common knowledge by now. The transformation process between traditional top down media to distributed / social media is still occurring on a daily basis.
Clay Shirky is a great evangelist of collaboration and believes that taking advantage of “spare” brainpower will change the way society works.
The audience is becoming more and more engaged. Engaged and empowered to contribute on anything from local news and politics to helping resolving issues big and small.
One thing I would like to focus on is that one person can easily be very, very wrong but the average of the majority is a path to greater accuracy. When these innovations empower the majority to contribute this sets the groundwork for a magnitude of improvement.
This talk should really be entertained by the Department of Education. Lots of important life lessons are learnt growing up with an entrepreneurial spirit and Cameron Herold has outlined some key lessons as part of his own experiences.
I did a few entrepreneurial activities as part of my formal schooling but unfortunately the experiences where branded as youth leadership and entrepreneurship only leading me to discover it was really “this is how to wear a tie and work for a living”.
If anyone is interested in developing an after-hours program or even class curriculum on how to teach entrepreneurs, I would be very interested in helping out.
An extreme space enthusiast from a young age Peter Diamandis has not limited himself by saying “It cannot be done” and because of this he has been the instigator for some crazy visionary ideas by fostering innovation through competition. The XPrize Foundation has now been responsible for inspiring new industries and revitalizing those currently stuck.
Simon Sinek has devised a simple to explain model for inspirational leadership. His model helps explain why some people and companies have the ability to hit and exceed the tipping point. Watch the video, buy the book. Consider this and you might just be starting with the “Why”. If you agree and want to apply this model, don’t forget to buy the book.
It’s a bit repetitive but I think it is justified: “People don’t buy what you do, they buy Why you do it.”
Brad Templeton is the Chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and this talk describes the future of online security, privacy and society. One highlight is his coverage of data privacy. More specifically: What happens when your data is in the hands of third party providers such as “the cloud”?
I couldn’t look past this quick, clear and cleaver guide using a viral video to demonstrate how to effectively create a movement. Take 3 minutes to watch this and another to see how its lessons could be incorporated into your plans.
. Consider this and you might just be starting with the “Why”. If you agree and want to apply this model, don’t forget to buy the book.
