The 17-year cicada has the longest known life cycle of any insect, spending 17 years underground before emerging to mate and lay eggs.
About Paul Sloane
The Accidental Invention That Built the Modern World
A young engineer’s fix for a humidity problem at a 1902 Brooklyn printing plant led to an invention that reshaped where humanity lives, works, and builds: air conditioning.
A young engineer’s fix for a humidity problem at a 1902 Brooklyn printing plant led to an invention that reshaped where humanity lives, works, and builds: air conditioning.
Banish Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy hinders organizational speed and innovation by creating bottlenecks and stifling creativity.
Bureaucracy hinders organizational speed and innovation by creating bottlenecks and stifling creativity.
Four Paradoxes for Leaders of Innovation
Balancing freedom for experimentation and challenging orthodoxies with the need for control and efficient business processes.
Balancing freedom for experimentation and challenging orthodoxies with the need for control and efficient business processes.
The Power of Serendipitous Collaborations
The invention of the ice cream cone was an accident born of serendipitous collaboration at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.
The invention of the ice cream cone was an accident born of serendipitous collaboration at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.
The Dangerous Myth of ‘Thinking Outside the Box’
Innovate within existing structures and constraints, rather than trying to escape them entirely.
Innovate within existing structures and constraints, rather than trying to escape them entirely.
The Vital Art of Elimination
In the modern corporate world, leaders are often focused on addition.
In the modern corporate world, leaders are often focused on addition.
The Benefits of Being Unpredictable
Unpredictability, when used deliberately rather than recklessly, is one of the most underrated sources of power in human behaviour, strategy, and creativity.
Unpredictability, when used deliberately rather than recklessly, is one of the most underrated sources of power in human behaviour, strategy, and creativity.
Unlock Ingenuity Through Play
Work and play are often treated like oil and water, separate realms with different purposes.
Work and play are often treated like oil and water, separate realms with different purposes.
The Curiosity Hour Can Lead to Business Breakthroughs
Curiosity drives creativity, discovery, and innovation, contrasting with the traditional focus on finding definitive answers.
Curiosity drives creativity, discovery, and innovation, contrasting with the traditional focus on finding definitive answers.
The World’s Worst Inventions
Fear of failure should not deter innovation, as failure is a natural part of the creative process.
Fear of failure should not deter innovation, as failure is a natural part of the creative process.
Inspiring Innovation: How People Stories Can Spark Lateral Thinking
Do you want to cultivate a more innovative and entrepreneurial culture in your team, one that embraces calculated risk taking and radical thinking?
Do you want to cultivate a more innovative and entrepreneurial culture in your team, one that embraces calculated risk taking and radical thinking?
What Is the Optimal Length of Tenure for a CEO?
Every CEO should try to think like a new CEO.
Every CEO should try to think like a new CEO.
Avoid the Iridium Moment
If you have to make a massive strategic decision, then check your assumptions right up to the last minute.
If you have to make a massive strategic decision, then check your assumptions right up to the last minute.
Suggestion Schemes Bounce Back
They remain one of the best sources for ideas for improvement, cost saving and innovation.
They remain one of the best sources for ideas for improvement, cost saving and innovation.
Accept Productive Boredom
Deliberately delaying work while allowing the mind to wander can lead to original ideas and serendipitous connections.
Deliberately delaying work while allowing the mind to wander can lead to original ideas and serendipitous connections.