--- --- # Start Thinking Like a Kid to Get Things Done by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 17, 2016 4:00 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Oct 17, 2016 4:00 PM UTC **1\.** [**Want to get things done? Start thinking like a kid.**](http://time.com/4529444/how-thinking-like-a-kid-can-spur-creativity/) By Peter Himmelman in Time **2\.** [**To save Twitter, reboot it as a nonprofit.**](https://medium.com/swlh/twitter-could-be-the-next-mozilla-e788e3bfd841#.parbt2qem) By Pauli Olavi Ojala in the Startup **3\.** [**How data can help us end violence against girls.**](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/data-violence-against-girls%5Fus%5F57f682fbe4b00885f2c65d86) By Eleanor Goldberg in the Huffington Post **4\.** [**That exploding cell phone might be the tip of the iceberg.**](http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/14/wolverton-lithium-battery-dangers-mean-samsung-recall-wont-be-last/) By Troy Wolverton in the Mercury News **5\.** [**Don’t give up on Colombia’s peace.**](http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2016/1011/Why-peace-hopes-endure-in-Colombia) By the editorial board of the Christian Science Monitor  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ Start Thinking Like a Kid to Get Things Done ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4533146/start-thinking-like-a-kid-to-get-things-done/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4533146/start-thinking-like-a-kid-to-get-things-done/"},"headline":"Start Thinking Like a Kid to Get Things Done","datePublished":"2016-10-17T16:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:25.374Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4533146/start-thinking-like-a-kid-to-get-things-done/","keywords":["Innovation","Colombia","twitter","Data topic","productivity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4533146/start-thinking-like-a-kid-to-get-things-done/","name":"Start Thinking Like a Kid to Get Things Done"}}]}] ```