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Is there a blueprint for financial success? This program provides insight into the minds and methods of two successful U.K. businesspeople - Richard Reed, cofounder of innocent, an all-natural smoothie company, and Michelle Mone, the founder of Ultimo lingerie. Entrepreneur Peter Jones questions the tycoons, discussing their childhoods, examining their personalities, studying their business models, and even asking what they are like to work for. As...
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[2014], c2013
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English
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This program features Australian Institute of Sport expert Dr. David Martin as he teaches host Todd Sampson the X-factor that turns ordinary folks into champions. Todd improves his mind-body connection, the ability to visualize, and his emotional intelligence. He then faces his greatest fear-being chained, handcuffed, and blindfolded underwater-with only his improved brain to help him do a death-defying escape.
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[2010]
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English
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Creativity can be the difference between success and failure. When you are not using your creative thinking skills to full advantage, you can miss opportunities and the success of your endeavors will suffer. When all solutions escape you, creative thinking can provide another perspective. In this program, learn how to become more creative and develop a questioning mindset- enhance your ability to generate, challenge, test and reinvent ideas. Critical...
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[2012], c2007
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English
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Harvard professor Larry Lessig has become a true hero to artists, authors, scientists, coders, and opiners everywhere as one of the founding authorities on copyright issues. As corporate interests have sought to rein in the forces of Napster and YouTube, Lessig has fought back, appearing recently before the U.S. Supreme Court to extend copyright protection from 50 to 70 years. The net's most celebrated lawyer, Lessig chairs Creative Commons, a nuanced,...
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[2016]
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English
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In this video, Cutting Edge team members explore brainstorming. Sam likes to keep his mind agile by consuming walnuts. Dion is a fan of protein smoothies and exercise. Casey uses giant post-it notes for wild ideas while Steve likes having a whiteboard in his bathroom. At a brainstorming meeting, Marcus has everyone try brain cages to stimulate their thinking. Sam and Dion favor mind mapping for creative work. Openness, honesty, and lack of judgment...
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Giving feedback on the management styles of your superior requires a great deal of tact; no one enjoys being criticized. This episode shows how the use of constructive criticism, while not pleasant, can be helpful to all involved in the process. One team member offers direct criticism of her bosses, who then allow the rest of the team to offer the same to her. Her assumption of being loved by her team is soon proven wrong. Not surprising is they are...
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[2009]
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English
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Organizations are becoming more interested in innovation and creativity, but how can these practices be fostered? Psychologist Peter Quarry interviews Yvonne Adele and investigates practical ways to help staff access creative thinking. Topics include: what is innovation, defining the business challenge, and creative brainstorming exercises.
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[2014], c2013
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English
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Enjoy your life, don't just endure it! Sir Ken Robinson, Ph.D, an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation and a New York Times best-selling author, brings his noted speaking skills to the TV screen in this special program. Sir Robinson talks about how to find your "element" and do the work you enjoy with a sense of purpose and contentment. The program offers practical advice, techniques and resources...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Becoming an independent adult is the ultimate goal of childhood. But children's horizons are shrinking. Today, children are thought to have less freedom than ever before. In an increasingly fear-driven world, are parents overprotecting children, robbing them of the vital practice they need to become independent later in life? This episode explores how the tricky interplay of parenting and a child's increasing push for independence evolves. So how...
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[2007], c2007
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English
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Nick van Bloss possesses astonishing musical talent. He is also afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome. As this program illustrates, the two are often linked, leading those born with the disorder to view it as both a curse and a gift. Nick's journey-taking him from the humiliating loss of his career as a concert pianist toward a more self-assured acceptance of his condition-is not only inspiring; it is also a highly informative look into the diagnosis,...
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