Creativity. Structure. The two are normally thought to be at odds. But for a large organization to produce imaginative results again and again, it must have a structure that anticipates [...]
Maximize reinvention
Maximizing reinvention from Insight Labs on Vimeo. Most imaginative people have had satisfying experiences in small, tightly-knit creative groups. Many of them have also seen that creative spark die [...]
Beware the idea bubble
We made it through the Dot Com crash. We suffered through credit-default swaps. Many of us still feel the pain of the housing bubble-burst month after month. But could an [...]
Finding the transcendent interest
In theory, the Internet has vastly increased the potential for human beings to work together. But we think something is missing in the collaborative venues designed by technologists thus far. [...]
What if schools weren’t schools?
There are plenty of great ideas for reforming education in the United States, but why do so few of them stick? Insight Labs partnered with the CAA Foundation in February [...]
Make room for a view
Anyone who has worked in the non-profit world knows that foundations are important, if only because they have large amounts of money and influence. But when we take a step [...]
Change the world to what?
What is the highest and best use of the humanities? It’s not hard to find studies that will locate the value of reading in improved critical thinking or a better [...]
Open the floodgates
How do we expand entrepreneurship? Lots of people are talking about entrepreneurship – in business schools, at business conferences and in the pages of business magazines. But entrepreneurship is a [...]
The humanity of design
In August 2011, Insight Labs and Cannon Design initiated a project to tackle a monumental question: what could we add or take away from the concept of “design” to better [...]
Virtue, thy name is Digital
How do the original four virtues - temperance, wisdom, justice and courage – stack up in the Digital Age? The group hashes out some new candidates, including bridge-building, agility and the [...]