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Jorge Barba

Hello my name is Jorge Barba, I live in San Diego, CA.

I am the Director of Strategy and Innovation at Digital Marketing Firm Blu Maya.

Please take a moment to visit my blog, if you have any thoughts on innovation that you want to share follow me on Twitter @jorgebarba.

           

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Charlie Rose - What is #Creativity?

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A few weeks ago Newsweek published a story titled 'The Creativity Crisis' which created a lot of discussion. Here know is Charlie Rose interviewing one of the authors of the piece along with other experts of 'what creativity is'.

Link to Newsweek article: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

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Posted 14 hours ago

The need for a Chief Detail Officer (TED)

Big problems require expensive solutions right? Wrong.

Here's a great talk by Rory Sutherland on how the small details amount to have the biggest impact. The talk is well worth your time!

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Posted 7 days ago

VIDEO: How to Design for Behavior Change

via kk.org

Technologies that make something easier to do are more likely to get people to do that thing.

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Posted 10 days ago

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex (TED)

Fascinating talk by the author of the Rational Optimist.

Key takeaway:

"What's relevant to society is how well people are communicating their ideas and how well they're cooperating, not how clever the individuals are."

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Posted 15 days ago

Video: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption

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Posted 1 month ago

The Genius of Design: Episode 2

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Posted 1 month ago

BBC2’s “The Genius of Design”

How classic design is the catalyst for bigger and better things.

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Posted 1 month ago

Behind the Nike Zoom Hyperfuse (Video) from Nike's #Innovation Kitchen

Great video the design elements behind the Hyperfuse (which Celtics PG Rajon Rondo is wearing in the Finals right now).

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Posted 1 month ago

DICE 2010: "Design Outside the Box"

Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, dives into a world of game development which will emerge from the popular "Facebook Games" era.

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Posted 1 month ago

Why Change Is So Hard: Self Control Is Exhaustible

What looks like laziness is often exhaustion. Change wears people out—even well-intentioned people will simply run out of fuel.

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Posted 1 month ago
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