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So, improvisation and humor really lubricate the skids for creativity as a group, and then, also, allow people to not censor their ideas too prematurely, which is obviously really important.

if you’re laughing, you’re more likely to have a more relaxed state of mind and you’re more likely to be in a creative state of mind. Humor removes some of the barriers and some of the self-consciousness.

make it so people are very comfortable working with ambiguity and fighting through setbacks and failure, in order to solve problems in more creative ways.

rames are just one way to nudge people by using sophisticated messages, mined from decision-science research, that resonate with particular audiences or that take advantage of our cognitive biases (like informing us that an urgent operation has an 80 percent survival rate).

Nudges, more broadly, structure choices so that our natural cognitive shortcomings don’t make us err. Ideally, nudges direct us, gently, toward actions that are in our long-term interest, like an automated retirement savings plan that circumvents our typical inertia.

Whatever you design as the most cost-effective or technologically feasible solution might not be palatable to the end users or might encounter political oppositions,”

What people find when they leave the system is a confusing, byzantine, and slightly scary world of health insurance, taxes, pensions, and regulations.

New ideas come to me all the time. I always have a Google Doc up on the screen so that I can write whenever I’m inspired. I intend to get at least 500 words in a day to stay connected to the process.

I think Twitter is where it’s at! If you enjoy writing, use Twitter as a tool for expressing yourself in fun 140-character messages. Twitter is also a great way to engage with a larger audience and get feedback about your writing. If people are retweeting your posts, you can trust that the content is good. Follow other writers and people whose work you respect, interact with them, and get in the mix. You can learn a lot from Twitter if you want to! In addition, having a strong Twitter following will greatly benefit your book launch, since you have a built-in network of supporters who can help spread the word fast.

Gen X and Y readers want clear messages. They are used to reading cut-to-the-chase tweets and concise, 400-word blogs. The key is to get to the point, fast!

“If you present people with a solution, they would come up with a thousand problems. If you present people with a problem, they would come up with a thousand solutions.”

I heard once (Clayton Christensen, maybe?) that a leader needs to say things 7 times before the message is heard, understood and internalized.  Never assume that the message you shared once, 3 months ago, was heard in the first place, or that it’s still a driving motivation for people now.  Ask questions.  Share success stories.  Be hyper focused and, when in doubt, communicate it again.  Other people don’t live in your head.

Your choice: intentionally build and nurture your assets, or ignore them in the pursuit of the next thing...

Now that everyone has the ability to own a slice of the attention paid to media, now that everyone can build and nurture a network, assets are no longer off limits to people who work for a living.

Your brand.

Here it is:

As Adeo Ressi of the Founder Institute notes in the article "Mad Libs for Pitches" on TechCrunch: When completing an exercise like this, too many people "add useless adjectives, define their audience too vaguely and have a weak value proposition."

Don't blindly accept advice -- question it. Trust your gut more, even if the people giving "advice" know more than you.

The big picture apocalyptic narrative packaged in the wrapper of human guilt is a negative framing that not only fails to resonate with most people but risks painting the problem as too large and intractable for individual action (such as buying a "green" brand) to have any meaningful impact.

Collaboration is key," Polman said, "The issues are simply too big to go it alone.

about collaboration at new scales.

The secret is to begin, to move forward despite the uncertainty and to become comfortable with much greater transparency and collaboration, so that we can bravely lead for a new order of things,"

“Universities live and die on their rankings,” he said. “If you’re a university, attracting the faculty and students you want may mean you need to be more green.” “If you’re an non-government organization (NGO), your donors are your drivers. If you have a green mission you need to demonstrate that in your own building.” Genzyme, a biotechnology company in Cambridge, Mass., built a LEED Platinum corporate headquarters and documented they had reduced staff turnover by 5 percent. “That value to them of not having to replace key staff on an annual basis was twice their energy cost,” said Yudelson. “In a place like Cambridge, you can change jobs easily if you’re a knowledge worker in certain industries.”