Cut
Recent findings from a number of large scale studies of consumers and their habits suggest that less choice equals more sales. Interestingly, secondary conclusions for this hypothesis suggest that less choice converted to quicker decision processing and therefore greater sale conversion. Could these findings be due to the time poor nature of consumer habits or [...]
Pinteresting Brands
Earlier this year I came across Pinterest – an online ‘scrap book’ that lets you organise and share images (and now videos) you find on the web. It instantly appealed to me as a ‘digital hoarder / collector / curator’ as a way to visually organise and display ideas for events, work presentations, home [...]
Must Watch: Eva Cox, TEDxBrisbane 2011 Talk
I know, I know another TED talk. However, this talk which was part of TEDxBrisbane 2011 really is one of those talks you must watch. It was a highlight of my day at TEDxBrisbane and certainly makes you think. Enjoy! You can read more about Eva Cox here. Yours in social activism, Justine. [...]
TEDxYouth Brisbane
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending TEDxYouthBrisbane at The Edge. The speakers were diverse and I loved the revised 10min talk format. It kept the pace of the day just right and you never felt like your attention was drifting. A firm favourite was Harrison Saragossi, a local photographer who was this year named [...]
Green School – Monday TED Talk
The story of John Hardy and tbe Green School in Bali is an inspriring one. Having recently come back from a business course in Bali where we had the opportunity to visit the Green School and be personally shown around by John. John started The Green School in Bali to give students a relevant, holistic and green [...]
Monday TED Talk: The rise of personal robots
The Brio team started the week with this TED Talk by Cynthia Breazeal on the rise of personal robots. The Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) founded the Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group. She says in her talk: “Robots touch something deeply human within us. And so [...]
TEDspiration: Clay Shirky
The Brio team started Monday with this talk by Clay Shirky on Cognitive Surplus.
Monday TED-spiration: Nurturing Creativity
I have a confession. I’ve never read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat,Pray, Love. I’ve never had any urge to read her story of finding herself following the breakdown of her marriage. I will confess, I begrudgingly sat through the movie adaptation of the book and it didn’t rate for me. While I can’t explain why I’m yet [...]
Five ways to listen better
In this concise TED talk, Julian Treasure addresses the concern that we are losing our hearing. He suggests that conscious listening creates understanding, and without understanding we can’t achieve complete communication and peaceful relationships. He provides us with 5 easy tricks for improving our listening skills. One of these is using the acronym RASA: Receive, Appreciate, [...]
TED talk: Try something new for 30 days
What’s that one thing that you’ve always wanted to do but for one reason or the other, never have? That’s the question Matt Cutts asks in this TED Talk I selected to share with the Brio Group team this week called “Try something new for 30 days“. Matt’s approach to this? Just try it for [...]
