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Using The "Bad Idea Factory" To Help Build Creative Courage

Years ago I heard about the "Bad Idea Factory" like any buzzword I try to plumb the depths of Google to find the creator of these actives. The best I could do is find a 2012 article by Kevin Brookhouser tilted, 20% Project: Bad Idea Factory. In the article he shares that he learned about this activity from Ewen McIntosh at NoTosh but the link to his article is broken. I reached out to him on Twitter to get more information so hopefully he will respond and I can embed the tweet…

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21st-Century Competencies, Design, Design Thinking, Educated By Design, Education, Experimental21st century, brainstorm, collaboration, creativity, design, edtech, ideas, Ideation, Innovation, Michael Cohen, The tech rabbi Comment
Why Education Needs To Understand That Failure Is A Process Not A Destination

There is a movement in education that promotes, and even glorifies failure. Graphics proclaiming that we should fail forward, fail ofen, and of course view F.A.I.L as a First Attempt In Learning. I too am I proponent of failure, and believe that is has been a key ingredient not just in my own success, but for so many successful people I look to for inspiration and guidance. Recently Tim Ferris, a famous entreprenuer and author of "The 4 hour work week", reflected on 200 episodes of his podcast.

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21st-Century Competencies, Educated By Design, Educationbusiness, classroom, college, curiousity, fail, failure, ideas, Innovation, Learning, lightbulb, school, startup, Student, Teacher, technology, university, wonderComment