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Crowdingfunding is great to encourage fan involvement, but ultimately decisions need to be made by an individual.

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“Technology is threatening to dominate our lives and make us less human. Under the illusion of allowing us to communicate better, it is actually isolating us from real human interactions in a cyber-reality that is a poor imitation of the real world.”

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In this video, Dave Gray shares some of the ideas and techniques of his latest book Gamestorming (combines games with brainstorming). Gray explains that most corporations are designed like factories with a focus on efficiency rather than creativity. He suggests that we need to move from “factories to collaboratories or environments for collaboration.”

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“People have trouble living creatively when they don’t know who they are or what they’re about. The best thing to do if you’re blocked is to make radical changes and get outside your comfort zone.”

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“Apple Computer started life as a business, not a company.” The differences between a business and company offer some intriguing insights and might be a worthwhile business planning exercise for entrepreneurs.

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The population of our planet will reach 7 billion people this year. National Geographic created this fantastic video outlining some key facts about what 7 billion people mean to the world.

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Despite the wide spread use of social media and collaboration tools like Google Docs, I still see many people working with email processes. Email works, but for most work, online collaboration is much more effective. Here is a very simple comparison of two ways to work together on the creation of a single document. Real collaborative efforts unleash creativity that is difficult to realize with linear processes like emailing back and forth.

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We no longer live in a world of scarce resources, this is a time of great abundance. Our economic constraints are being completely flipped around. It is not a dog eat dog world where everyone is fighting for their share of the pie. There is enough to go around and the more we collaborate and share, the more there is. Author Cory Doctorow writes about his struggles with abundance in self-publishing his books.

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12 videos from TED.com and 2 from The Economist’s Ideas Economy. The world’s leading thinkers talk about ideas, creativity and innovation.

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Episode 2 of the business animation – Business Billy. In this episode, Billy has finished yet another plan but his father is not so impressed.

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