Essays

In early 2008 we assembled a collection of friends, clients and colleagues for a series of discussions on insight. We distilled these conversations into a series of essays. We will be posting these essays as they becoemavailable so please check back regularly for the latest one. For ease of use, each essay will also be available as a downloadable MP3 file. Please feel free to share the link to these essays and e-mail us with any comments or questions.

. The Insight State of Mind (HTML, PDF or MP3)
Where do insights come from? How do you have more of them? Are there any techniques? This essay covers the basics of the state of mind with in which insights are most likely to occur. As with catching a bus, it's a lot easier when you know where the bus stop is.

. What is Insight? (HTML, PDF or MP3)
What exactly are insights? Are they simply good ideas or moments of brilliance? This essay discusses the morphology and some of the inherent characterics of an insight. Per the previous essay's metaphor, even if you know where the bus stop is, it's hard to catch a bus if you don't know what it looks like. For anyone wishing to deepen their capacity to have insights, this essay provides some pointers - useful directions to look.