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Jul 22
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039: Knowing What You Don’t Know with William Poundstone

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William Poundstone says: "You can Google any single fact, but what you can't Google is what you don't know, what you should be looking up, because... there's something that you don't know."

Author William Poundstone discusses the importance of knowledge in your head the modern era.

You’ll learn:
1. Why it’s important to still have general knowledge in the era of Google
2. Why those who listen to podcasts tend to be the most informed people of all 😉
3. It’s nearly impossible for humans to be unpredictable.

About William
William Poundstone is the author of 15 books, including Fortune’s Formula, which was named Amazon Editors’ pick for #1 Nonfiction Book of the year. He has written for The New York Times Book Review, Village Voice, Esquire, Harpers, The Believer, The Economist, and Harvard Business Review. Poundstone lives in Los Angeles.

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Jun 20
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026: Structures for Creativity and Problem-Solving with Tim Hurson

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Tim Hurson says: "Wherever you start, you can get better."

 

Master facilitator Tim Hurson shares some of his favorite insights and approaches for creativity and problem-solving.

You’ll learn:

1) The know-wonder and GPS tools for sparking additional creative ideas
2) The mighty benefits of the “third third” when coming up with creative ideas
3) A wonderfully obvious secret of productivity

Tim Hurson is a founding partner of thinkx intellectual capital (www.thinkxic.com), a firm that provides global corporations with training, facilitation, and consultation in productive thinking and innovation. He’s both a faculty member and Trustee of the Creative Education Foundation, and a founding director of Facilitators Without Borders.

Tim thinks the phrase “out of the box thinking” should be put back in the box and buried in a deep hole.

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