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Games Can Make the World a Better Place
Big Ideas: Game dynamics are invading real life and they have big influences on how we buy and behave. A key psychological catch is essential to making these new business models work. In games, we...
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The Gamification of Email
Big Ideas: Here is a great web application that turns email into a game. Game dynamics promise to transform many of our experiences into fun, challenging adventures. Email as a Game? Finally, one of...
View ArticleThe Rise of Social Entrepreneurship
Big Ideas: Businesses can earn a profit and help better society at the same time. Social entrepreneurship is a growing trend as we seek more meaning and fulfillment in our lives. I am finding that...
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Social Media and the Changing Face of Politics – Lessons from the Alberta PC...
Big Ideas: Social Media is transforming business, government and society in general. Success requires embracing the principles of Authenticity, Transparency and Collaboration. The Alberta PC Party...
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How Small of a House Could you Live in?
Big Ideas Downsizing the size of your home can save you money and time. It is likely that you could live in 1/4 of the space you currently do. Smaller designs can still be beautiful. Average home sizes...
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Occupy Wall Street – Grows to a World Wide Protest
Big Ideas Tens of thousands are now involved with the Occupy Wall Street Protests worldwide Web based platforms facilitate the coordination of mass gatherings and protests around the world With online...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Average Lifespans hit 100 years old, or 150?
Big Ideas Average lifespans have been increasing for more than a century. Science is on the verge of substantially increasing our longevity. Aging is a disease and it can be slowed. Increased lifespans...
View ArticleForget Collaboration – Individuals are More Creative than Groups
Big Ideas: Individuals perform better than groups in quantity and quality of ideas. The larger the group, the more they are susceptible to group think. Shared work environments and collaboration are...
View ArticleThe End of the Middle Class
Big Ideas: Technology is leading to more automation and outsourcing of work, increasing rates of unemployment are the inevitable result. The middle class is bearing the brunt of these job losses....
View ArticleWhat Money Can’t Buy by Michael Sandel
Big Ideas: The US is shifting from a market economy to a market society, where everything is for sale. Putting preferential access to public goods for a price only increases inequalities. This PBS.org...
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