Articles in category 'Innovation'

By Donald Latumahina, March 7, 2008

Finding ideas is not easy, but finding good ideas is even more difficult. So how can we find good ideas? There is a lesson about it I learned from the book On Writing Well:
You should always collect more material than you will use. Every article is strong in proportion to the surplus of details from [...]

By Donald Latumahina, February 11, 2008

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Winston Churchill
Our thoughts can make or break our life. Use it well, and we will prosper. Use it badly, and we will suffer. Investing on your mind is perhaps the best investment you can make.
I believe we can learn a lot about it from the [...]

By Donald Latumahina, December 21, 2007

We always need new insights to move forward in life, and Think Week is a great way to get them. Let me share how I come to this conclusion.
This past week I barely had time to write since my family came to have vacation and I accompanied them. It was a lot of fun, but [...]

By Donald Latumahina, November 21, 2007

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
George Bernard Shaw
One of the greatest resources you have is the biocomputer between your ears: your mind. Consequently, one the best investments you can make is honing [...]

By Donald Latumahina, October 2, 2007

Have you ever experienced having no idea come to your mind when you need them? Such moments can be frustrating, especially if you have spent quite a lot of time to think and still get nothing. In such situations, getting external inputs to stimulate your mind is a good solution. They can break down your [...]

By Donald Latumahina, July 8, 2007

In an age where new ideas quickly becomes commodity, creativity is a must. It is creativity that continuously give us new ideas to keep us ahead in the competition. Regarding this, I recently found an interesting book: Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko. This book contains a lot of actionable ideas on how to become an idea [...]