Switched On Leadership & Innovation

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Workshop for change-agents in Singapore at Mendaki Club

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SWITCHJULY 2012PREPARED FOR MENDAKI CLUB

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@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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BREAKTHROUGH

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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

© wecreate 2012

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

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

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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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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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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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