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Instant Innovation Through “The Synergy Effect”

Dr. Michelle Chappel

December 13, 2015

In today’s increasingly fast-paced world we are constantly searching for the next great innovative idea. This talk explores how “the synergy effect” can help us find it by combining concepts and insights across two or more domains to produce a creativity sweet spot that is greater than the sum of its parts. We will discuss how this fertile overlap of areas spawns fresh thinking, original products and services, and the creation of new fields. We will review why multidisciplinary teams solve problems and generate breakthrough ideas more often than homogeneous groups, and why individuals with skills in different fields are more creative than specialists. You will learn how to think across boundaries and find your own personal synergy effect. Dr. Michelle Chappel will discuss (see www.michellechappel.com).

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Humanist Community Forum (2015-12-13): Instant Innovation Through “The Synergy Effect” (Dr. Michelle Chappel) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

 

Slow Down

Susan Cabrera

December 6, 2015Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download

Whether or not you participate in the end of year holidays, they affect everyone–the hustle, bustle, and sometimes the overloaded frenzy of the season can be unsettling. In this talk, author and lecturer Susan Cabrera will teach ways to reduce stress during this period. She will include poetry recitations from her book Life in the Fast Lane and will be available to sign books. Susan has her masters degree in Counseling Psychology with emphasis in behavior modification from Stanford (where she has also been a counselor and clinical researcher). She is currently an executive management consultant for county governments.
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Represent.Us and The American Anti-Corruption Act

Cilla Raughley

November 15, 2015

In communities across America, Represent.Us members are working together— conservatives, progressives and everyone in between — to pass local Anti-Corruption Acts. Together, member-led Represent.Us chapters are leading the fight to protect our communities from the corruption that plagues Congress. Every town, city, state and county has a unique political makeup, so every Anti-Corruption Act is uniquely tailored to the needs of each community.  Cilla Raughley, an Organizer for the San Francisco Peninsula Chapter of Represent.Us, will present.

Humanist Community Forum (2015-11-15): Represent.Us and The American Anti-Corruption Act (Cilla Raughley) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.

 

Global Warming – What’s True and What Isn’t

Marc Perkel

November 8, 2015

Most of the information we hear about global warming from both sides just isn’t true. Longtime Humanist Community member Marc Perkel explores the claims made by both global warming deniers and alarmists and the influence of money on both sides of the question. It turns out that global warming is a problem, but it’s not as dire as some would have you think it is. And the good news is – we have time to fix it before it gets worse.

Humanist Community Forum (2015-11-08): Global Warming – What’s True and What Isn’t (Marc Perkel) from Humanist Community-SiliconValley on Vimeo.