switched on leadership & innovation
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Workshop for change-agents in Singapore at Mendaki ClubTRANSCRIPT
SWITCHJULY 2012PREPARED FOR MENDAKI CLUB
ON
@NICKWECREATE
NICK JANKEL
“Open your mouth and you’re wrong.”
ZEN SAYING
Enlightening, enabling and empowering change-agents at every level to co-create a radically more thriving world.
RECENT CLIENTS & FUNDERS
Leadership Purpose
InnovationPurpose
BreakthroughProposition
Impact Model
Brand Strategy
Scale Strategy
BreakthroughLeadership
Collaborative Leadership
Impact Story
Impact Metrics
THE IMPACT ACCELERATOR
INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP ARE
THE DOUBLE HELIX OF ALL
BREAKTHROUGH
THE BIRDS MAKE GREAT SKY-CIRCLES OF THEIR FREEDOM. HOW DO THEY LEARN IT? THEY FALL, AND FALLING THEY ARE GIVEN
WINGS.
RUMI
PURPOSE
@NICKWECREATE
-DRIVEN INNOVATION & ENTERPRISE
HOW IS BEING HERE TODAY
ALIGNED WITH YOUR PURPOSE?
WHAT IDEAS ARE ENERGIZING YOU AT
THE MOMENT?
WHAT ONE THING WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE WITH THAT
WOULD NOURISH YOUR PURPOSE?
CRISES OF...
POVERTYCLIMATE CHANGE
CONFLICTUNEMPLOYMENT
CORRUPTIONRESOURCE WARS
DEPRESSION & SUICIDE
INNOVATIONVEHICLE FOR DELIVERING PURPOSE
INGENUITY & LIBERATION OF FREE ENTERPRISE
COLLECTIVE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL EMANCIPATION
RECALIBRATECAPITALISM TOWARDS THRIVEABILITY
WITHOUT POLITICS!
Collective spirit of socialism
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COLLECTIVE CAPITALISM
COMMUNAL CREATIVITY
ADAPTABILITY
SPEEDINGENUITY
SCALE
JUSTICEVISION
(COM)PASSION
INDEPENDENCECITIZENSHIP
PUBLIC SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
3RD SECTOR
ADAPTABILITY
SPEEDINGENUITY
SCALE
JUSTICEVISION
(COM)PASSION
INDEPENDENCECITIZENSHIP
PUBLIC SECTOR 3RD SECTOR
OPPRESSION
INERTIAWASTEFULNESS
SHORT-TERM
GREEDIRRESPONSIBILITY
RIGHTEOUS
INEFFECTUALVESTED INTERESTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
ADAPTABILITY
SPEEDINGENUITY
SCALE
JUSTICEVISION
(COM)PASSION
INDEPENDENCECITIZENSHIP
PUBLIC SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
3RD SECTOR
OPPRESSION
INERTIAWASTEFULNESS
SHORT-TERM
GREEDIRRESPONSIBILITY
RIGHTEOUS
INEFFECTUALVESTED INTERESTS
OPPRESSION
INERTIAWASTEFULNESS
SCALE
JUSTICEVISION
RIGHTEOUS
INEFFECTUALVESTED INTERESTS
(COM)PASSION
INDEPENDENCECITIZENSHIP
ADAPTABILITY
SPEEDINGENUITY
PROFIT MOTIVE
GREEDIRRESPONSIBILITY
PURPOSE-DRIVEN ORGANISATIONS
PURPOSEALCHEMISES WITH VISION TO FOCUS ENERGIES ON CHANGE
“I apply the tools of econometrics a few times a year, but I apply my knowledge of the purpose of my life every day. It’s the single most useful thing I’ve ever learned. I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they’ll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered at HBS. If they don’t figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life. Clarity about their purpose will trump knowledge of activity-based costing, balanced scorecards, core competence, disruptive innovation, the four Ps, and the five forces.”
CLAYTEN CHRISTENSENHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
RUMI
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?
RUMI
My PassionIn this context, what moves you, inspires you? What have you
learnt on your journey to give or teach others?
My Point
So what is the point of life? Why are we here?
My World
How do you see the reality? How does the
world work?
What were you born to do? What special sauce do you
bring to any situation? Where do you serve best?
My PurposeSPIRAL 0
Our Purpose
What is the reason the organisation exists?
How it can best serve? Who are you serving
and what is possible for them?
Skills & TalentsWith this purpose in
mind, what value do you offer the world - unique
skills, experiences, talents and capacities?
Where do you have virtuosity?
Vision & Values
Harnessing these, what is your vision for a better
world in 5-7 years time in the context of the world’s
problems? What 4 qualities do you value
most in this vision?
My Purpose
What is your reason for existing? What special sauce do you bring to
any situation? Where do you serve best?
SPIRAL 1
“Be patient toward everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves... the point is to live everything... live the questions now.”RAINER MARIA RILKE
Q&A
BREAKTHROUGH
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INNOVATION WITH A PURPOSE
BREAKTHROUGHSOCIAL INNOVATION
Definition: The impactful leverage of ideas for social good in a manner that permanently disappears or massively reduces a major social problem
SOCIAL (FOCUSED ON A MAJOR SOCIAL PROBLEM)SYSTEMIC (TACKLES ROOT CAUSES NOT JUST SYMPTOMS)SUSTAINABLE (DESIGNED FOR GROWTH INTO THE FUTURE)SCALEABLE (DESIGNED FOR MILLIONS VS. HUNDREDS)SELF-ORGANIZING (CITIZENS / USERS INVOLVED IN IMPACT)
HOWDO WE KNOW WHEN WE HAVE GOT ONE?
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BREAKTHROUGHTRANSFORMATIVE, SYSTEMIC INNOVATION IS OFTEN TALKED ABOUT YET SELDOM ACHIEVED
RISK-AVERSION, PERFORMANCE-FOCUS, ORG CULTURE & FUNDING CONSTRAINTS HAMPER BREAKTHROUGH
THE EXTENT OF THE BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVED IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE CAPACITY OF THE TEAM TO TOLERATE AMBIGUITY, EMBRACE THE UNCERTAINTY OF NEW MODELS, CULTIVATE THE EDGES OF THE NETWORK & CRACK THE DEEP CODE OF THE SYSTEM
HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGN AND CROWD-SOURCING ALONE TEND TOWARDS INCREMENTAL OUTCOMES UNLESS OTHER PROCESS / TOOLS ENGAGE THE TEAM IN BIG, BOLD THINKING
IN REALITY
Resilient
Possibility Oriented
Empathic
Networked
Open
Responsive
Coachable
BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION PROFILE
WARNINGNOTHING IN HERE IS ‘TRUE’
(BUT IT MIGHT SERIOUSLY SWITCH YOU ON)
WHATDO YOU SEE?
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”
JONATHAN SWIFT
© Wecreate 2012
BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
NBASUPER HERO
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BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
DOLLAR COMPANY
6 BILLION
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BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
ROOMS BOOKED
5 MILLION
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BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
70% GROWTH OVER 8 YEARS
CLOSE TO CHINA
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BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
(AND A POP UP SHOP)
4 PRISONS
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BREAKTHROUGH
SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
“If I had not been in prison I would not have been able to achieve the most difficult task in life, and that is changing yourself... Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.”
NELSON MANDELA
‘Switched on’ people are either delusional or visionary.
Either way, they see a breakthrough where no-one else can see one.
INNOVATIONSEEING PROBLEMSSWITCHING THEM INTO POSSIBILITIES
AND BRINGING THEM TO LIFE BRILLIANTLY, NO MATTER WHAT
INNOVATORSCREATE NEW MARKETSTHROUGH (THOUGHT) LEADERSHIP
INCREMENTALEVOLUTIONARY
BREAKTHROUGHDISRUPTIVE
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WHAT IS A BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION IN YOUR WORLD?
BREAKTHROUGHINNOVATIONS
DESTABILISESTATUS QUO
CREATE A GREATER SHARE OF THE FUTURE
CURRENT WORLD DRIVEN BY OLD RULES
CURRENT LEADERS SUCCEEDED WITH THE OLD RULES
WORLD WIRED TO RESIST CREATIVITY IN FAVOUR OF EFFICIENCY & CONTROL
“There is deep institutional and cultural resistance to real change. And, as the forces of disruption increase, often the resistance of organizations under threat does not abate but intensifies, until flailing against this unknown or misunderstood enemy they exhaust themselves - take your pick from the slew of industry and organizational failures.”
ALAN MOORE, HUFFINGTON POST
PEOPLEOFTEN CAN’T OR WON’T SEE THE FUTURE
UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE
$85 BILLION TO $0
WHY?ACCESS TO SAME IF NOT MORE TECHNOLOGY, RESOURCES, CAPITAL, STAR HIRES, RESEARCH ETC.
DOOMEDTO SOLUTION FAILURE
WHY?
MODELSALL ARE PREMISED ON ASSUMPTIONS
STATUS QUOMAINTAINED BY OUTDATED ASSUMPTIONS
CHOOSEASSUMPTIONS
SHAPE OUR SUCCESS AND DELINEATE OUR FAILURE
ASSUMPTION
ASSUMPTIONVIDEOS ARE SCARCEWE CONTROL ACCESS (TIME & RANGE)YOU MUST COME INTO A STORELATE FEES ARE PART OF LIFE (AND OUR BUSINESS MODEL)
SWITCH!
ASSUMPTIONVIDEOS ARE ABUNDANTWE ENABLE ACCESSYOU CAN INTERACT & TRANSACT ONLINENO LATE FEES ARE A RIGHT THE COMMUNITY IS BETTER TOGETHER
SOLUTIONA FLEXIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, ENJOYABLE PEER-POWERED ONLINE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN ALL SEE, RATE AND EXPLORE MOVIES TOGETHER
$0 BILLION TO $6
A PEER-ENABLED, SELF-ORGANISING BUSINESS MODEL
ASSUMPTIONPRISONERS ARE THERE TO BE PUNISHED AND CONTROLLEDMENIAL WORK IS ALL THEY ARE GOOD FORINVESTING IN THEIR TALENTS IS A WASTE OF TIME AS THEY ARE #$%^&
SWITCH!
ASSUMPTIONPRISONERS CAN BE THERE TO BE LEARN AND HEALTHEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO MEANINGFUL WORKINVESTING IN THEIR TALENTS IS A PRIMARY WAY TO STOP THEM REOFFENDING
SOLUTIONA PRISONERS-RUN FINE DINING RESTAURANT THAT PREPARES THEM FOR THE RIGOROUS DEMANDS OF REAL-WORLD CATERING INDUSTRY AND GETS THEM INTO JOBS THAT PREVENTS THEM RETURNING
IMPACT150 GRADUATES25% NEVER HAD A JOB70% TO 20% REOFFENDING12,000 VISITORS£64 MILLION SAVING
BREAKTHROUGHINNOVATIONS CHANGE THE RULES FOREVER
BY SWITCHING THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT DRIVE THE SPACE
PROBLEMS CANNOT BE SOLVED BY THE SAME LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT
CREATED THEM.
ALBERT EINSTEIN
SURFACEASSUMPTIONS, BIASES, BELIEFS
SHARE AN ASSUMPTION THAT NO LONGER SERVES
THE SYSTEM YOU WANT TO CHANGE
EASY...?IF IT WAS, EVERYONE WOULD BE DOING IT!
Breakthrough Opportunity
© wecreate 2012
Breakthrough Proposition
Problem
What is the problem, in human terms?
Proposition
What is the current proposition that results inthis probelm?
Assumptions
What do we have to believe to generateand validate this proposition?
Breakthrough Insight
What kind of headline ideas couldseize this opportunity?
What proposition emerges from thisinsight?
What is a more insightful, future-positivebelief?
BREAKTHROUGH
99THE BREAKTHROUGH SWITCH
What is the current proposition that results in this problem?
What is our / my purpose?
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A BILLION PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE CLEAN WATER -
CHOLERA EPIDEMICS KILL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
Breakthrough Opportunity
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Breakthrough Proposition
Problem
What is the problem, in human terms?
Proposition
What is the current proposition [product offer, business model, org process] that leads to this problem?
Assumptions
What do we have to believe to generate and validate this proposition?
Breakthrough Insight
What kind of headline ideas could seize this opportunity?
What proposition maximises accessibility, usability and enjoyability?
What is a more powerful, liberating and abundant view ofhuman nature /life?
BREAKTHROUGH
CHOLERA
Raise money to buy and deliver equipment (drill boreholes, pumps, lifestraws) to provide water. More
investment needed to maintain technology.
A billion people do not have clean water - cholera epidemics kill
hundreds of thousands.
New things / technology is the best way to solve problems.
Money solves problems.The people need help.
.
Focus investment on empowering and enabling people (with media tools, comms etc) to use it in
new ways to increase health - virally.
The Folded Sari
Existing equipment - the sari - can be re-purposed to solve problems.
The people need empowerment.
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99% OF MICROBES FILTERED50% REDUCTION IN CHOLERA
70% STILL FILTERING 5 YEARS LATER + VIRAL
SPREAD
IN 1983, ONLY THOSE WHO
COULD USE A COMMAND LINE
COULD USE A COMPUTER
Breakthrough Opportunity
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Breakthrough Proposition
Problem
What is the problem, in human terms?
Proposition
What is the current proposition [product offer, business model, org process] that leads to this problem?
Assumptions
What do we have to believe to generate and validate this proposition?
Breakthrough Insight
What kind of headline ideas could seize this opportunity?
What proposition maximises accessibility, usability and enjoyability?
What is a more powerful, liberating and abundant view ofhuman nature /life?
BREAKTHROUGH
We design and sell computers as productivity maximers - they help businesses win.
Everyday people are not buying or using computers as much as they could.
Productivity is the goal of life. Technology helps us be more productive cogs in the
business machine (growing profits, GDP etc.)
We design and sell ‘computers’ as creativity maximisers - they help people thrive.
Think different with a Mac... (and its ecosystem)
Creativity is the goal of life. Technology can help liberate us, empower us and inspire us.
PERSONAL COMPUTING
THE WORLD’S LARGEST
COMPANY 28 YEARS LATER
Breakthrough Opportunity
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Breakthrough Proposition
Problem
What is the problem, in human terms?
Proposition
What is the current proposition that results inthis probelm?
Assumptions
What do we have to believe to generateand validate this proposition?
Breakthrough Insight
What kind of headline ideas couldseize this opportunity?
What proposition emerges from thisinsight?
What is a more insightful, future-positivebelief?
BREAKTHROUGH
106THE BREAKTHROUGH SWITCH
What is the current proposition that results in this problem?
What is our / my purpose?
Q&A
THINK SYSTEMICALLY
INNOVATE DISRUPTIVELY
ACT COLLABORATIVELY
“Be patient toward everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves... the point is to live everything... live the questions now.”RAINER MARIA RILKE
BREAKTHROUGH
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LEADERSHIP (WITH A PURPOSE)
EVERYONE THINKS OF CHANGING THE WORLD, BUT NO ONE THINKS OF
CHANGING HIMSELF.
LEO TOLSTOY
SUBLIMETO THE RIDICULOUS...
CREATIVITY IS NOT A TALENT. IT IS A WAY OF OPERATING.
JOHN CLEESE
SHARE AN ASSUMPTION THAT NO LONGER SERVES
YOU
HUMANSIRRATIONAL CHOICESCHAOTIC SYSTEMSMESSY LIVESMULTIPLE LAYERS
“Many forms of decision-making, especially those that involve a high level of risk and uncertainty, involve biases and emotions that act at an implicit level.”
THE ROLE OF EMOTION IN DECISIONMAKING: A COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
117
vmPFC
SOURCE: DAMASIO, BACHARA, BABA ET AL.
HUMAN MOTIVATIONS
Coercion
Emotional
Practical & social
Rational
HANDBEHAVIOURS & ACTIONSTOOLS & TECHNIQUES
CREATIVITY
HEADCOGNITIVE FRAMES & LOGICAL REASONSCONNECTING IDEAS & CONTENTMENTAL MAPS & MEANING
TRUTH
HEARTFEELINGSEMOTIONAL EXPERIENCEINTUITIONS
LOVE
“In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is greater that love?”
STRAVINSKY
Coercion
Sensing
Story / Strategy
Purpose
Intention
Engagement
Results
Integrity / Alignment
SWITCHED ON LEADERS
Awareness / Connection
CAPABILITIESCHARACTERISTICS
Emotional techniques
Practical & social techniques
Rational techniques
BUT THERE IS A CATCH
WIREDTO SURVIVE
PATTERNSBRAIN SENSES THREATS BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCE AND ‘PROGRAMMING’
PROBLEMSPRIORITISED OVER POSSIBILITIES
FEAR RESPONSE
HANDFIGHT, FLIGHT, FREEZE
CLOSED HAND / FIST
HEADI KNOW THE ANSWERIT’S A PROBLEM / BADTHIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING
CLOSED MIND
HEARTFEAR & ANXIETYLACKSUFFERING
CLOSED HEART / SHUT DOWN
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OFF
OFF
OFF
=REACTRETREATREPEAT
“Nothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the fear of making a mistake.”
JOHN CLEESE
ASSUMPTIONS
HELPWITH SURVIVING
PREVENTUS THRIVING
BREAKTHROUGH
BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIERSHANDHEADHEART
OPEN HANDHEADHEART
OPENNESS MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE
REWIREOURSELVES TO THRIVE
ON
ON
ON
= CREATECOLLABORATE
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Proactivity
© Wecreate 2012
Possibility
Purpose
Problems
Patterns
Pain
Passion
Peace
What can I do right now to serve those most needing supportand ensure this problem does not happen again?
With this purpose, what kind of ideas and opportunities cometo me to solve this problem positively?
With this passion, what is my focused purpose in this situation?
What is the problem I perceive right now? Am I prepared Switch On -and stop reacting, start observing and follow it to its origins?
What pattern is being triggered now that causes this to be a problemfor me? Is it familiar to me? How does my mind and body react?
What (painful) beliefs and assumptions do I have about myself andthe world that underpin this pattern?What causes me to believe in these assumptions? What scares memost in these moments?What memories do I associate with these beliefs?
With this peace, what am I passionate about inspiring orenabling more of in the world around me?
How can I reconnect with who I truly am and heal the painright now?From this sense of peace and openness what do I truly believeabout myself and the world?
BREAKTHROUGH
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PROBLEMSOUR OWN LIMITS TO LOVE (HEART), TRUTH (HEAD), CREATIVITY (HAND)
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Proactivity
© Wecreate 2012
Possibility
Purpose
Problems
Patterns
Pain
Passion
Peace
What can I do right now to serve those most needing supportand ensure this problem does not happen again?
With this purpose, what kind of ideas and opportunities cometo me to solve this problem positively?
With this passion, what is my focused purpose in this situation?
What is the problem I perceive right now? Am I prepared Switch On -and stop reacting, start observing and follow it to its origins?
What pattern is being triggered now that causes this to be a problemfor me? Is it familiar to me? How does my mind and body react?
What (painful) beliefs and assumptions do I have about myself andthe world that underpin this pattern?What causes me to believe in these assumptions? What scares memost in these moments?What memories do I associate with these beliefs?
With this peace, what am I passionate about inspiring orenabling more of in the world around me?
How can I reconnect with who I truly am and heal the painright now?From this sense of peace and openness what do I truly believeabout myself and the world?
BREAKTHROUGH
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SWITCHED ON LEADERSHIP
Proactivity
© Wecreate 2012
Possibility
Purpose
Problems
Patterns
Pain
Passion
Peace
What can I do right now to serve those most needing supportand ensure this problem does not happen again?
With this purpose, what kind of ideas and opportunities cometo me to solve this problem positively?
With this passion, what is my focused purpose in this situation?
What is the problem I perceive right now? Am I prepared Switch On -and stop reacting, start observing and follow it to its origins?
What pattern is being triggered now that causes this to be a problemfor me? Is it familiar to me? How does my mind and body react?
What (painful) beliefs and assumptions do I have about myself andthe world that underpin this pattern?What causes me to believe in these assumptions? What scares memost in these moments?What memories do I associate with these beliefs?
With this peace, what am I passionate about inspiring orenabling more of in the world around me?
How can I reconnect with who I truly am and heal the painright now?From this sense of peace and openness what do I truly believeabout myself and the world?
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CHAOS
ORDER
HIGHER ORDER
THE EXTENT OF THE BREAKTHROUGH
DEPENDS ON HOW DEEP WE ARE WILLING TO GO TO MAKE THE SWITCH
PREPARE TO ENTER
YOU TAKE THE BLUE PILL, THE STORY ENDS, YOU WAKE UP IN YOUR BED AND BELIEVE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE. YOU
TAKE THE RED PILL, YOU STAY IN WONDERLAND, AND I SHOW YOU HOW
DEEP THE RABBIT HOLE GOES.
MORPHEUS
EPIPHANY EUREKA!
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of the void, but out of chaos; the materials must, in the first place, be afforded.”
MARY SHELLEY
“If I had to answer one song it would have to be ‘Yesterday’ because it came to me in a dream and because 3000 people are supposed to have recorded it.
“That was entirely magical – I have no idea how I wrote that. I just woke up one morning and it was in my head. I didn’t believe it for about two weeks.”
PAUL MCARTNEY
“In short, it is a question of processes that, even if they do not originate in the heavens, certainly go beyond our intention and our control, acquiring - with respect to the individual - a kind of transcendence.”ITALO CALVINO
SOURCE OF CREATIVITY
“Much of the source, like an iceberg, is deep underwater, unseen.”
DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER
SHUNRYU SUZUKI
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.”
“At the onset of every work, you must recreate your primal innocence.”
RAINER MARIA RILKE
“Experts can only give you incremental evolution... if you’ve never heard about a problem, [you mind has to] work with a higher level of neocortex.”
NAVEEN JAIN, BILLIONAIRE ENTREPRENEUR
“I have the feeling that I don’t write my books, that the story is somewhere floating. My job is to be quiet, to be silent and alone, ready to tune into thoise voices and write the story... The story does not belong to me”ISABEL ALLENDE
INSIGHT IS THE SUBSTRATE OF ALL CREATIVITY
CONVENTION IN, CONVENTION OUT
LOVE THE LIMBO
EMBRACE THE CHAOS
“One must have chaos in order to give birth to a dancing star.”
NIETZSCHE
Proactivity
© Wecreate 2012
Possibility
Purpose
Problems
Patterns
Pain
Passion
Peace
What can I do right now to serve those most needing supportand ensure this problem does not happen again?
With this purpose, what kind of ideas and opportunities cometo me to solve this problem positively?
With this passion, what is my focused purpose in this situation?
What is the problem I perceive right now? Am I prepared Switch On -and stop reacting, start observing and follow it to its origins?
What pattern is being triggered now that causes this to be a problemfor me? Is it familiar to me? How does my mind and body react?
What (painful) beliefs and assumptions do I have about myself andthe world that underpin this pattern?What causes me to believe in these assumptions? What scares memost in these moments?What memories do I associate with these beliefs?
With this peace, what am I passionate about inspiring orenabling more of in the world around me?
How can I reconnect with who I truly am and heal the painright now?From this sense of peace and openness what do I truly believeabout myself and the world?
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CREATIVITY
RIGOUR RIGOUR
“We need to be in the open mode when pondering a problem – but! – once we come up with a solution, we must then switch to the closed mode to implement it.”
JOHN CLEESE
OPEN AND CLOSE
(DIVERGENT & CONVERGENT)
RIGOUR IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF CREATIVITY
ARCHETYPEOF CHANGE & TRANSFORMATION
JOURNEYCREATES RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, THRIVING
“Your body and mind are the field. Suffering is the seed, wisdom the sprout and Buddhahood the grain.”
BODDHIDARMA
PURPOSEFOUND ON OUR JOURNEY INTO PAIN
“Whenever we set out with the intent to generate a breakthrough, we must necessarily venture forth where few have ventured before.” NICK JANKEL, WECREATE
PURPOSETRANSCENDS PAIN
PLEASURE CANNOT
PURPOSECONNECTS HEAD, HAND, HEART IN SERVICE TO PEOPLE & PLANET
EMANATION & EMERGENCE
PURPOSE
WEI WU WEIDOING NOT DOING
The sage does not accumulate for himself.The more he uses for others, the more he has himself.The more he gives to others, the more he possesses of his own.The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
TAO TE CHING, 81
PROBLEMSCONTAIN WITHIN THEM THE ESSENCE OF THEIR CREATIVE SOLUTION
REALITYBITES
“‘I could have let hatred for this act consume me. I could have curled up in a ball and cried, asking, “Why me?” But I didn’t. From the moment I was given the option of choosing life, I made a pact that if I did survive I would live a full life, a good and rich life.”
GILL HICKS
“We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
VIKTOR FRANKL
LEADERSCREATE NEW CONTEXT FOR OURSELVES & OTHERS TO CO-CREATE A RADICALLY BETTER WORLD
ONENESSIS GREATEST RESOURCE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE & ENVIRONMENTAL THRIVING
BRAHMAN, BROTHERHOOD OR BUDDHAHOOD
“LOVE”ONLY THING THAT CAN CHANGE ANYTHING PERMANENTLY
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE / INNOVATION IS LOVE IN ACTION
LET ME SAY THAT THE TRUE REVOLUTIONARY IS GUIDED BY A GREAT FEELING OF LOVE.
CHE GUEVARA
SWITCH ONPURPOSEFULLY REWIRE OUR MINDS AND THE SYSTEM TO SEE POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL WITHIN PROBLEMS OF SO MANY
SWITCH ANYTHING INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THE FUTURE
PROBLEMSARE THE KEYS WHICH UNLOCK THE DOORS OF PEACE, PURPOSE & POSSIBILITY
IF (AND IT’S A BIG IF)
LET GO TECHNIQUES, BOUNDARIESIDEAS, BELIEFS, REASONS, RULESFEARS, WORRIES
IF (AND IT’S ANOTHER BIG IF)
EMBRACE THE CHAOS
AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY
COURAGE CURIOSITY & CREATIVITY TO FIND NEW ASSUMPTIONS & INSIGHTS
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
MICHELANGELO
‘Switched on’ people carve away everything - their own patterns and assumptions most of all - to set themselves free.
RISKY?TO MAKE THE SWITCH
SURE!CREATIVITY IN LIFE AND WORK IS RISK INCARNATE
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”
JONATHAN SWIFT
HOLDINGONTO OLD IDEAS
FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN RISKING NEW ONES
THOUGH IT DOES NOT STOP PEOPLE
TRYING
WORLDSTARTS TO CHANGE, ASSUMPTIONS HAVE TO CHANGE WITH IT
FAILEDORGANISATIONS HAVE ACCESS TO SAME (AND USUALLY MORE!) TECHNOLOGY, CONSUMERS, CONSULTANTS, RESOURCES AS THE DISRUPTORS...
SWITCHED ONPEOPLE & BUSINESSES THRIVE IN THE GLOBALISED, NETWORKED, PARTICIPATORY WORLD
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