Innovation

Inattentional Blindness or Selective Attention   In this video, I will ask you to count how many times the players wearing white pass the basketball.  Scan the barcode or click the link  below and be very careful to count the  number of times the white shirt team passes the ball.   http://bit.ly/2hFeCnH   Go watch […]

Pattern Recognition – Elephant Now, quickly, turn your head.  Whit your head turned, did you think there was anything wrong with the elephant?  Most likely not. How many legs does the elephant have?  Two?  Too Many?   This gets back to your brain’s ability to recognize patterns.  We saw the elephant, our brains said OK,

Let’s try something different.  We’ll step away from the illusions and I’ll show you a really simple challenge.  First graders get this immediately.  So should you. This is a bus.  Which way will the bus pull away from the curb?  To the left or to the right?  That’s it!  Grad schoolers get this right away.

Look at the image above.  Just a standard, difficult maze design? Keep looking at it.  In a few seconds you will see the words “I Can’t Sleep”.  Once you see them, you can’t “not” see them any more. Isn’t it amazing how the brain can identify patterns in the most complex images and lock on

How Many Faces Do You See? Answer is below. Sometimes the answers are right in front of you.  Often, your brain is messing with your head and you just can see the answer.  It’s there! Also, there are times we see things that aren’t really there.  I’m not talking about seeing dead people, but in

King Gillette   In 1895 King Gillette (not royalty), went to shave and found his razor to dull.  As he went to the barber to have it sharpened.  He stood there looking at the very edge of his razor, the idea came to him.  What if I could create a “disposable blade”?  No one would

Can you count the black dots?  How many black dots are there?  Take your time.  You will be graded on this. You see white dots?  So, there aren’t any black dots?  Which is it, black dots or white dots?  This is a standard jpeg.  It is static and does not change. I guess you’re seeing

What’s Behind The Bars   Do you see anybody behind the bars?   Try shaking your head from left to right while looking at the image and Imagine.    “An Intellectual is someone who can discern patterns; A Genius is someone who can discern patterns where none are obvious.” -Lon Safko   Lon Safko Serial

Innovation – Leaf Bag Dilemma Let’s look at another trash bag issue this time with leaf and yard debris bags.  Let’s start by defining the problem. Problem You place the bag inside your trash can so the can will give it shape and hold it up and open.  So far, so good.As soon as you

Pattern Recognition – Three Parked  Cars   How about this image?  It’s obvious that the three cars are all different sizes, right?  Wrong!   How about now?  They are all the same size.  Damn lying brain! “Admitting your weaknesses is your strongest strength.” -Lon Safko   Lon Safko Serial Innovator, Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Innovative Thinking