Whenever you think something bad about someone else, never say it. Whenever you think something great about someone else, always say it.
from Sean Johnson’s ‘Eight Life Hacks’
Unleashing Employee Creativity
Suggestion box not working? A novel way of getting employees involved in generating new product ideas…
Idea Paint
“When you’re confined to the space of a typical whiteboard, your ideas are destined to be small.”
I love this idea! My dream office would be wall-to-wall whiteboard!
(via Inc.com)
What is an Oil Rig Doing in the Penguin Habitat?
Vienna zoo art installation highlights the impacts of humans on the natural environment.
Turning garbage into gold
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghnZaeciAvw[/youtube]
It all started in 2001 when two Princeton University students set out to change the way people do business. Inspired by a box of worms, these students had a dream: a company could be financially successful while being ecologically and socially responsible.
TerraCycle is one of my favourite start-up stories. I first read about Tom Szaky and his innovative company in this Inc magazine article. I look forward to reading his new book ‘Revolution in a Bottle’.
Here lie remnants of throwaway lives
“Being responsible for your own rubbish, seeing it accumulate, storing it and organising a trip to the tip each month is sobering. Hurling your discards over the already split bags – exposing leftovers, celebrations of past weekends, packaging from new stuff and clothes that no longer fit – makes you want to use less.”
Dinner with a stranger
“If you got an email from a stranger, who said they’d donate $200 to a charity of your choice if you’d have them (and a friend) to a vegetarian dinner would you say yes?”
I love this idea. Wondering if/how it could be promoted more broadly?
(via kottke.org)