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Celebrating Crisis: Towards a Culture of Cooperation

By Elisabet Sahtouris, World Business Academy Staff

Humanity, like all other species of Earth before and with us, is evolving—and evolution, for humans as for all species, is neither predictably linear nor solely Darwinian. Earth’s nearly four billion years of evolutionary experience reveals reliable patterns that give us hope, inspiration and valuable guidance for getting ourselves through the unprecedented confluence of enormous crises in which we humans quite suddenly find ourselves.

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The Sustainable Soul of Hip Hop

From songs referencing grandma’s backyard garden to lyrics ripping government for destroying the water supply, many hip hop artists seamlessly weave climate justice into their sounds. After all, being sustainably savvy is how their grandparents and great-grandparents survived.

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7 Great Artist Duos that Shaped Art History

“I believe that collaboration is the solution and may bring us the harmony which would liberate art from its boundless confusion” - Jean Arp

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Collaboration Works Best With Diverse Collaborators

Collaboration works best when it’s unexpected. Merriam-Webster defines collaboration as “to work jointly with others or together, especially in an intellectual endeavor.” That’s where we go wrong: Some of our collaborative efforts fail to stimulate us.

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Without Collaboration, Innovation Is Just an Idea that Never Comes to Fruition

I cannot think of an innovation that—without collaboration—had a major impact on the world.

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What Does it Mean to Be Creative at the End of the World?

A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.

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How to Innovate Like a Startup

To stay on top, you must reframe your company’s struggle and articulate your vision.

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The Power of Humor in Ideation and Creativity

Laughter can help people solve problems that demand creative solutions, by making it easier to think more broadly and associate ideas/relationships more freely.

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Albert Einstein’s Problem-Solving Formula, and Why It Still Works Like a Charm

When asked how he would spend his time if he was given an hour to solve a thorny problem, Einstein said he’d spend 55 minutes defining the problem and alternatives and 5 minutes solving it.

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Creative Problem Solving

Creative problem solving (CPS) is a way of solving problems or identifying opportunities when conventional thinking has failed. It encourages you to find fresh perspectives and come up with innovative solutions, so that you can formulate a plan to overcome obstacles and reach your goals.

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What Great Problem Solvers Do Differently

Most people assume that what it takes to be a great problem solver is simply raw intelligence. However, while intelligence helps, it’s not the only important element.

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