Henry's principles of design have a relevance to business leadership, today more than ever before. In his words he describes his approach and creativity as one of "deep articulate thinking," a beautiful expression that conveys the "mindfulness" and the magic that brings a concept to life. One only needs to think of "Apple" to appreciate how deep articulate thinking can make already innovative products appear magical and transform an entire industry.

Forget passive entertainment and learning. Would you like to live a more adventuresome life where you: Stumble across new ideas that dovetail with the life you want to lead yet didn’t realize it until you experienced “scenes” you want to repeat? Attract serendipitous opportunities?  Have meaningful conversations with acquaintances that sometimes become friends? Create your own fun with others? Here are some lessons I’m slow in learning yet that have made life more fascinating.

Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are writing code we can't understand, with implications we can't control.

Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.

In a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtual choir of singers from around the world. He talks through the creative challenges of making music powered by YouTube, and unveils the first 2 minutes of his new work, "Sleep," with a video choir of 2,052.

Many people don't think of themselves as being creative at all, or see themselves as having no time to express their creative nature. Yet creativity is an expression of your very soul -- it's part of you who are at your very core. Creativity is your essence, which is why we all have an increasing yearning and need to reconnect, deepen, and express it in the world.

How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.

Using a principle he calls “convex lens leadership,” R.A. Mashelkar’s vision has catapulted india’s talent for science and innovation onto the international stage. He shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone.

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Who inspires your team? Who develops the ideas, promotes an environment that fosters creative camaraderie, nourishes esprit de corps -- and steers the organization toward greatness? In short, who is your Chief Innovation Officer? Every organization that grows by creating new products or services or aspires to out-class the competition needs a Chief Innovation Officer, or CIO.

What came first, the chicken or the egg? This paradox has perplexed philosophers for millennia. In the progressive workplace, a similar dilemma confounds executives. In the pursuit of open innovation, what comes first: Innovation created internally, or innovation developed beyond the organization?

In looking for improvements and innovations we tend to focus our attention on what went wrong. We try to fix problems. In addition to fixing what is wrong we should spend time examining what is right. Look for success stories, talk to delighted customers, ask them what makes us better than the others and then build on that.

Is your creative nature yearning for fuller expression? Do you feel that there's no time or place for cultivating your creativity? Do you find yourself saying 'I'm not creative...'? Many people don't think of themselves as being creative at all, or see themselves as having no time to express their creative nature. Yet creativity is an expression of your very soul -- it's part of you who are at your very core. Creativity is your essence, which is why we all have an increasing yearning and need to reconnect, deepen, and express it in the world.

The problem is the recession. It is hurting businesses large and small. The answer is innovation. Innovation can help you to cut costs, improve margins, retain customers, acquire new customers, gain market share and ultimately to survive. But when you are cutting costs and squeezing resources in all areas how can you find the people, time and money for innovation?

Lateral thinking is a phrase coined by Edward de Bono as a counterpoint to conventional or vertical thinking. In conventional thinking we go forward in a predictable, direct fashion. Lateral thinking involves coming at the problem from new directions – literally from the side. De Bono defines the four main aspects of lateral thinking as follows:

1. The recognition of dominant polarizing ideas.
2. The search for different ways of looking at things.
3. A relaxation of the rigid control of vertical thinking.
4. The use of chance.

If you have been following the news media’s coverage of the worldwide energy status, you have probably heard multiple times that we are in the midst of an energy crisis. The word “crisis” can be translated from an ancient Chinese sailing term meaning “an opportunity on a dangerous wind.” Rarely are there opportunities without a crisis, or a crisis without opportunities.

Have you ever been in a wood that just looked like a random assortment of trees and then when you take a few steps to the side you see that all the trees are laid out in neat rows? Sometimes we are standing in the wrong place to see an obvious answer. We have to deliberately take a different point of view and come at the problem from a new direction before we have a chance of creating a radical solution.

In today’s competitive world, creativity is in short supply and it is more important than ever for businesses to attract and keep highly talented people. Bill Bernbach remarked that “an idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.” In order to do that, a company must provide a work place environment that is challenging, creative, and fun. Since creativity is at the root of innovation and invention, it would benefit all companies - large or small - to help promote a creative atmosphere in which this talent may flourish. What better way to get a huge return on your investment? Champion those innovators.

Intrapreneurship is a strategy for stimulating innovation by making better use of entrepreneurial talent. When effectively promoted and channeled, intrapreneurship not only fosters innovation, it also helps employees with good ideas to better channel the resources of a corporation to develop more successful products.

When you combine two ideas to make a third then two plus two can equal five. In the ancient world one of the great discoveries was that by combining two soft metals - iron and tin - you could create a strong alloy - bronze. In a similar way combining two minor inventions - the coin punch and the wine press - gave birth to the mighty printing press. Try combining your main product or service with a range of foreign concepts and see what you get.