The Provisional
Margit Schild
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Just a few seconds — about being creative in a short time
“When everything changes from one second to the next” is a common phrase that expresses moments of important encounters or fateful events. It highlights the creative - even life-changing - potential…
Lighting a counter fire, or: how does creativity emerge in an emergency situation?
Sorry for the delay of this episode. I was dealing with an important family matter."Lighting a counter fire, or: What conditions are necessary for creativity to emerge in an emergency…
Wrong decisions, or: fire and the search for orientation.
"How is it that people would rather burn in a house than run out into the street without pants?" Harald Welzer (a social psychologist from Germany) once asked. The answer to this very interesting…
Building Time Bridges: Improvisation
“We have to improvise”—a phrase we often hear when something doesn’t go as planned, when a part is missing, when systems fail. It’s a word that surfaces often, especially in times of crisis.Now, even…
Creativity works like a marshalling yard, or: how to remove a spider from a wall
Creativity works like a marshalling yard, or: how do I remove a spider from a wall, which is a real emergency for some? By using a drinking glass as a spider transport device. All this is nothing…
Analogical thinking and its allies, or: who or what invented Wilson?
Analogical thinking and its allies, or: who or what invented Wilson?A strong connection between analogical thinking, aesthetic perception, emotion, and memory came into play, helping the stranded man…
How to deal with the "Arsenal of on-board Resources"
In both Cast Away and Apollo 13, the protagonists had to rely on the arsenal of on-board resources. This podcast explores that concept—a term that comes into play when facing sudden emergencies or…
Wilson, the volleyball: how to create a provisional companion
Wilson, the volleyball – a makeshift companion from the film Cast Away – demonstrates basic mechanisms of creative thinking. It is this similarity that not only allows one to build a provisional air…
The "succesful failure" of Apollo 13. How a sock saves lives in high technology
A sock, some cardboard - after the failed Apollo 13 moon mission from 1970, a number of improvisations and provisional solutions saved the lives of the three crew members and brought them back to…
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The Provisional has published 9 episodes since February 2025, covering topics in Arts, Design.
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