Links

Videos

  1. Creativity, fulfillment and flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  2. A Vision of Students Today by Michael Wesch
  3. No Time to Think by David Levy
  4. On Neuroscience and Sociology by David Brooks
  5. On the Mind, Brain and Mindfulness training by Dan Siegel
  6. Change your mind, change your brain by Mattieu Ricard
  7. My Stroke of Insight by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor – A brain scientist’s account of her experience when she had a massive stroke in the left side of her brain.
  8. Schools kill creativity by Sir Ken Robinson – Ken Robinson makes a case for creating an education system that encourages and supports creativity.
  9. The Habits of Happiness by Matthieu Ricard – Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being.
  10. A New Marraige of Brain and Computer by Stuart Hameroff – Google Talk on brain activity, gamma synchrony and consciousness.
  11. Interview with Carl Jung in 1959 – part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.
  12. Techniques used by Derren Brown in his mind tricks.
  13. From Design to Design Thinking - Tim Brown, CEO of design consultancy IDEO talks about the shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.”
  14. The Quantum Apocalypse “an atom is only in one place when measure, when it is witnessed by someone.  Therefore the universe only exists because we are here to observe it, we create it”.  A video showing why Quantum scientists end up tripping out like hippies.
  15. Robert Anton Explains Quantum Physics -  “our perception of the universe is only that of the tools we use to perceive it”.

Books

  1. The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brain Greene – A description of how modern Physics challenges our traditional view of reality.
  2. The Inner Game of Tennis by W.Timothy Gallwey – How your mind affects your tennis game through nervousness, self-doubt and lapses of concentration.
  3. Tricks of the Mind by Derren Brown – On the psychology of magic.
  4. :59 seconds by Richard Wiseman – on a fresh and scientific approach to personal change
  5. The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy.
  6. A Road Less Travelled by Scott Peck on ways to face your difficulties in life.
  7. Modern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. Jung – An introduction to some of the main theories and concepts by Jung.
  8. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor – Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist who describes her account of her experience when she had a massive stroke in the left side of her brain.
  9. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards – Teaches a technique for improving your drawing skills.
  10. The Worry Trap by Chad Lejeune – Practical techniques on how to reduce worry and anxiety.
  11. Jump Start Your Business Brain by Doug Hall – Techniques for creativity and marketing.
  12. Eureka by Philippa Davies – Making Brilliant Ideas Happen
  13. Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono – Creativity techniques for reasoning and decision making.
  14. Six Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono – Creative thinking and evaluation techniques.
  15. The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki – Why the many are smarter than the few.
  16. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell – The Power of Thinking without Thinking
  17. The Art Of Innovation by Tom Kelley – A description of the innovation processes used by the design consultancy IDEO.
  18. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
  19. On Creativity by David Bohm
  20. Ethnography: Principles and Practice by Martin Hammersley – An practical explanation and case studies on the use of ethnography.
  21. Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough & Michael Braungart – Remaking the Way We Make Things.
  22. Serious Play by Michael D Schrage – How the World’s Best Companies Simulate to Innovate
  23. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen – When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
  24. Teach Yourself Jung by Ruth Snowden -A basic guide to Jung’s work on analytical psychology.
  25. Jung on the Active Imagination by J Chodorow – A selection of Jung’s writings on active imagination
  26. Inner Work by Roger Johnson – Techniques for using dreams and active imagination.
  27. Riding the Waves of Culture by Alfons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner – Understanding Cultural Diversity in Global Business

Articles

  1. Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice by Antoine Lutz et al.
  2. The Placebo Effect (Wikipedia site).
  3. Milton Erickson (Wikipedia site).
  4. The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brain by Nicholas Carr
  5. Design Mind Special Edition: The TEDGolbal 2009 conference seen through the eyes of frog design
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