A presentation I delivered at the Ignite Portugal event in Oporto in July 2010. I decided to record an English version of the original presentation in the form of a slidecast. Enjoy!

1. Do companies have lizard brains? (or how collective fear kills our companies!)

2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/motleypixel/2494132461/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/8185675@N07/2761196023/

3. Houston, we’ve had a problem! http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapolab/2403693037/

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinhoward/2936215386/in/photostream/

5. Photo: Ana Silva

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smcl/1074676952/

7. ?

8. I sense danger, maybe I should move... or not... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/447781569/

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlos_lorenzo/425876528/

10. Ok, quickly, I need a paints’ shop! http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/1852428153/

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lunadirimmel/2886049368/

12. You can fail, just don’t do it on office hours. Licence To Fail http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickslidepics/250352621/

13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pericomart/3598771943/

14. The procedure says to jump so we jump... ...but... http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualsense/3471771805/in/photostream/

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickrohit/2997298827/

16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyborgsuzy/152794993/in/set-72057594061492722/

17. “Art is never defect-free” in Linchpin “Failing your way to the top” Shift Conference, Lisbon, April 2010 http://twitter.com/monstro http://www.sethgodin.com/

18. IMPROVISATION, CREATIVITY, EXPERIMENTATION... http://www.flickr.com/photos/ptcentrum/3837694582/

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

20. Thank you! Your work may not be your life... ...but let your life ignite your work! http://artlifework.wordpress.com/