Great videos about innovation and creativity: Part 1

Here follows a selection of videos I found particularly interesting dealing with ideas, innovation, creativity and the learning process.

Google:

Creativity Loves Constraint

Google:
The Founding of Google

Google:
Google Culture: Encouraging Innovation


Google:
Give Ideas Credit, Not Credit for Ideas


Google:
Encouraging Creativity

Inspirational books that have changed the way I think...

My wife always gets annoyed with the amount of books I buy. When I started teaching about eight years ago my reading quickly diminished as guilt came upon me every time I picked up a good piece of fiction - 'I could be doing some work!'. Eventually I realised that reading non-fiction both stimulated my curiosity and creativity whilst easing the pang of guilt associated with 'wasting time'. However, this has led to me buying a lot of books...but hey, reading keeps you thinking!

I have read and re-read all of these books more than once (well not the last one as that's a blatant plug..)

• A Whole New Mind
• Presentation Zen
• Made to Stick
• Ten Faces of Innovation
• Innovate with ICT