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		<title>why didn&#8217;t I think of that</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[here&#8217;s one of those ideas that seems so obvious &#8211; Sony Ericsson&#8217;s set of headphones that turn on and off as they are put in and out of your ears. Of course!!]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently saw an article at Yanko Design on a designers &#8220;vision&#8221; for a Harley Davidson &#8211; circa 2020. Somebody pass me a helmet and a time travel ship because if this is what Harley bikes look like in 10 years, I’m so there. Designer Miguel Cotto pays homage to the big road hogs by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An honest look at the problem &#8211; Gateway to the Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short and delightful telephone automated response message &#8211; allegedly from an Australian High School. The reason for including it here (other than it being very amusing) is that it lists what might be perceived as problems &#8211; until the final option that summaries the actual problem. What it illustrates is that our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Creativity bites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently pick up the following bites (or bytes?) on the subject of creativity. Creativity does not exist in a vacuum. Creativity is free, work is where the value is. Creativity is better shared. Creativity can be fostered. Creativity is not Design via: YANKO DESIGN And from Nigel Collin from Sydney Australia &#8211; 6 ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Process to Manage your ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently listened to a Central University of New York (CUNY) podcast highlighting the work of Alan Furst. Furst, speaking and reading from his most recent New York Times Best-Seller, “The Spies of Warsaw,” at the Best-Selling Author Series at Kingsborough Community College. Listen to the Podcast The interview and reading was interesting and what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>there is no such thing as a short cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following on from my last two posts on an idea that didn&#8217;t quite work and an idea that really does; comes what must be one of the dumbest moves in branding since New Coke. Perhaps this quote from Cadbury&#8217;s corporate website says it all: Our Vision into Action (VIA) plan for 2008 to 2011 aligns [...]]]></description>
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		<title>and one idea that does it all</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I posted about a great idea that just fell short. In the interests of balance here&#8217;s what a really great well thought out and well delivered idea looks like. Again, this is a very simple idea. More than 510,000 tons of milk and juice cartons are generated every year in the United States, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>not quite finishing the journey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an example of thinking that&#8217;s gone 90% of the journey, and been undone in the final 10%. The picture shows a set of knives, spoons and forks made out of birch (wood). Nice style, nice idea, and they look nicely made. But they&#8217;re wrapped in plastic. Here&#8217;s a nice sustainable idea diluted at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>caught killing an idea</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thinkinghow.com/?p=276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about the idea killing phrase &#8220;Yes, But&#8221;. The following evening I joined some colleagues to discuss an ecommerce project they&#8217;re working on. And yes, you guessed it &#8211; I caught myself saying &#8220;Yes, but&#8230;&#8221; I was killing their ideas. The good news is that after the first occurrence I caught myself  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t know what to make of this</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Swann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Disruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This photograph is taken from a Vanity Fair article titled An American in Tehran by Carrie Carlisle dated 25 June 2009. The picture shows: Chicks for sale at a bird market in Esfahan. The brightly colored ones are from the United States; the undyed ones are Persian. I&#8217;ve spend half an hour looking at this [...]]]></description>
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