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In the Age of Information, Specializing to Survive
As the amount of human-created information spirals ever higher, our ability to sift through it has not kept pace. Increasingly condensed specialization is one result.Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:If the...
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8 Habits of Curious People
We are born curious, but when answers are valued more than questions, we forget how to ask. Here's how to relearn an old habit.See it on Scoop.it, via The Neo-Generalist
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Five Traits of the Digital Renaissance Leaders
IT needs more leaders who possess the necessary breadth of knowledge and experience to help organizations deal with the business challenges of today.Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:The Digital Renaissance...
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The full-stack employee
The conventional seams between disciplines are fraying, and the set of skills necessary to succeed are broader and more nebulous than they’ve been before. These days, you’ve gotta be a real polymath to...
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Pink's Six Senses
Daniel Pink's theory on how right brained people will thrive in the future.See it on Scoop.it, via The Neo-Generalist
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Why the Best Designers Don't Specialize in Any One Thing
The best designers for our current environment are those who can confidently navigate change by adapting; not those who cling to whatever specialty in which they were formally trained or have the most...
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The Illustrated Story of Persian Polymath Ibn Sina and How He Shaped the...
How a voraciously curious little boy became one of the world's greatest healers.Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:In stunning illustrations reminiscent of ancient Islamic manuscript paintings, this lyrical...
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Humanist Among Machines
We’re optimistic that scientific thinking can explain the world, certain that the solutions to most of our problems are a quick technological fix away. We’ve begun to treat vexing social and political...
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How to solve the world's biggest problems
Interdisciplinarity has become all the rage as scientists tackle climate change and other intractable issues. But there is still strong resistance to crossing borders.Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:The...
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The Book No One Read
Stanislaw Lem was a polymath, a voracious reader who devoured not only the classic literary canon, but also a plethora of research journals, scientific periodicals, and popular books by leading...
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The Future of the Professions
Talks at Google Event with Richard and Daniel Susskind.In the talk the authors present the ideas in their book, The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human...
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Radical Wisdom for a Company, a School, a Life
What if your job didn’t control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers report their vacation...
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Old Polymaths Never Die
A mix of worldliness and unworldliness — familiarity with affairs of state coupled with philosophical detachment — holds the key to the continued appeal of both men. They chose to address big subjects...
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Man of the world
With the immense challenge of grasping the global consequences of climate change, Humboldt’s interdisciplinary approach is more relevant than ever. was the last great polymath in a scientific world...
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Why Physics Needs Art to Help Picture the Universe
In this lovely piece, Nobel Prize winner Frank Wilczek writes about the fertile intersections of physics and art. Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:It is sometimes said that science and art are fundamentally...
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How Art Became Irrelevant
A basic familiarity with the ideas of the leading artists and architects is no longer part of the essential cultural equipment of an informed citizen. Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:Fifty years ago,...
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The Power of Creative Cross Training: How Experimentation Creates Possibility
Pick up another creative habit and see your main hustle in a whole new way. Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:If we only do things we get paid for, we’re missing out on a huge opportunity for creative...
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Why The 21st-Century Economy Needs More Polymaths
Many of the intellectual and creative greats of the past mastered many projects. Maybe this is a challenge we all need to take on. Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:Don’t be a jack of all trades. Become a...
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Don’t Turn Away From the Art of Life
Our data-driven culture bears much of the blame for the decline of the humanities in higher education.This humanistic model is sloppy. It has no bottom line. It is not geared for maximum productivity....
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Mapping Education’s Next Transformation
To meet society’s changing needs, our antique educational system has to change or it will get a failing grade. Kenneth Mikkelsen's insight:We are to prepare people for jobs that do not exist today....
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