22 january '14
Why it's important to not know
Perspective on lateral thinking
Deliberate generation of different/alternative ways to look at things and/or situations
The challenge of assumptions. Ask 'why'.
The purpose of thinking
Thinking is about being effective, not about being right. Being right is about being right all the time. Being effective is about being right at the end.
Lateral thinking brings up ideas which may seem wrong in the proces, but are necessary for the upcoming restructuring and 'being right' in the end.
A small story about proces of change not the proces of proof.
'Education is soundly based on the need to be right all the time. Throughout education one is taught the correct facts, the correct deductions to be made from them and the correct way of making these deductions. One learns to be correct by being made very sensitive to what is incorrect. One learns to apply judgement at every stage and to follow up this judgement with the ‘no’ label. One learns how to say, ‘no’, ‘this is not so’, ‘this cannot be so’, ‘this does not lead to that’, ‘you are wrong here’, ‘this would never work’, ‘there is no reason for that’ and so on. This sort of thing is the very essence of vertical thinking and accounts for its great usefulness. The danger lies in the arrogance of the attitude that assumes that vertical thinking is sufficient. It is not. Exclusive emphasis on the need to be right all the time completely shuts out creativity and progress.'
Edward de Bono, Lateral thinking | creativity step by step
The importance of being right all the time creates a situation where one is afraid of failing and/or making mistakes.
I promote failing! Fail as often as you can! When you fail, you learn.
Doubt it. Doubt, if you gonna make it or if you going to fail it. Enjoy it, be curious. This is what we call a learning process. If you know you will pass a test. If you know you will make it to the other side. If you know, what will you learn?
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 18 | All about creativity
21 january '14
I have dyslexity
I think dyslexia opens up doors you won't open up on a regular basis, if you don't need to. When you are confronted with a dis-ability. Something everybody else experiences as normal but you can't do it! This dis-ability creates, opens up doors. It opens up doors, because otherwise you can't get in. And to keep on going you need to open doors!!
This open door, in my opinion is the way to a form of lateral thinking. A way to manage with a 'regular' and/or 'normal' situation in a different way because you need to! Not because you want it.
It's a necessity! Dyslexia forces you into a new perspective. And when you're positive about this perspective you can create new abilities and opportunities. When you're more negative, you get stuck.
You go in to an 'I can't' modus. A very dangerous modus. Dangerous, because it shuts down your system. I can't, implies 'you won't'.
Dyslexia is definitely not the end of the world. When handled properly you can develop other abilities and learn abilities others, yet, don't have.
Embrace dyslexia, don't hate it. See it as an opportunity to learn new stuff. Stuff you otherwise would not see, feel or mention in this world.
Dyslexia is seen as a hidden disability but is also a hidden source of great abilities
Develop compensating skills as a reaction to their difficulties.
I have dyslexity
I can draw a dog spot on
and decorate a cake with fondant
Dyslexia makes reading and spelling both hard
but lets my art be on the cover of a card.
by Liza Pilsbury from website: +http://dyslexia.yale.edu/DYS_creativeworks_spellthewordspell.html
I think dyslexia opens up doors you won't open up on a regular basis, if you don't need to. When you are confronted with a dis-ability. Something everybody else experiences as normal but you can't do it! This dis-ability creates, opens up doors. It opens up doors, because otherwise you can't get in. And to keep on going you need to open doors!!
This open door, in my opinion is the way to a form of lateral thinking. A way to manage with a 'regular' and/or 'normal' situation in a different way because you need to! Not because you want it.
It's a necessity! Dyslexia forces you into a new perspective. And when you're positive about this perspective you can create new abilities and opportunities. When you're more negative, you get stuck.
You go in to an 'I can't' modus. A very dangerous modus. Dangerous, because it shuts down your system. I can't, implies 'you won't'.
Dyslexia is definitely not the end of the world. When handled properly you can develop other abilities and learn abilities others, yet, don't have.
Embrace dyslexia, don't hate it. See it as an opportunity to learn new stuff. Stuff you otherwise would not see, feel or mention in this world.
Dyslexia is seen as a hidden disability but is also a hidden source of great abilities
Develop compensating skills as a reaction to their difficulties.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
ONE TIME CHALLENGE | Tango workshop
16 january '14
Charlie, Tango, Bravo
My first impulsive action of the year! I went fully out of my comfort zone today. On tuesday I went on a dinner with a colleague and friend. We had a great 'authentic' thai meal and spent the time with some great conversation topics. One of the topics was 'the Tango'. He told me a story about the beauty of this dance. Besides the beauty he described all the feelings and interactions, between human beings, while dancing this extraordinary dance!
So I was stoked and that same night I went for a research and found +www.tangogroningen.nl where they teach you all about the Argentinian Tango. The funny part is that the have lessens to try for free until thursday 16th, today! Without hesitation I mailed and today I had a workshop/lesson!
What a difficult but interesting way of dancing. Especially the feeling and interaction between the male and female. Learning to lead, learning to feel and learning all about your own posture and movement. A very uncomfortable situation for me. I had to touch strange women. I had to move in a way that I've never done before. I had to be social.
Patience, relaxation, feeling, listening, body language, focus, trying, failing, learning. So many words come to mind and all just after 1,5 hour of trying something I never tried before!
Charlie, Tango, Bravo
My first impulsive action of the year! I went fully out of my comfort zone today. On tuesday I went on a dinner with a colleague and friend. We had a great 'authentic' thai meal and spent the time with some great conversation topics. One of the topics was 'the Tango'. He told me a story about the beauty of this dance. Besides the beauty he described all the feelings and interactions, between human beings, while dancing this extraordinary dance!
So I was stoked and that same night I went for a research and found +www.tangogroningen.nl where they teach you all about the Argentinian Tango. The funny part is that the have lessens to try for free until thursday 16th, today! Without hesitation I mailed and today I had a workshop/lesson!
What a difficult but interesting way of dancing. Especially the feeling and interaction between the male and female. Learning to lead, learning to feel and learning all about your own posture and movement. A very uncomfortable situation for me. I had to touch strange women. I had to move in a way that I've never done before. I had to be social.
Patience, relaxation, feeling, listening, body language, focus, trying, failing, learning. So many words come to mind and all just after 1,5 hour of trying something I never tried before!
Friday, January 10, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 9 | All about creativity
10 januari '14
Creativity, it's a skill for life!
First video 4 lessons in creativity by +Julie Burstein
Creativity is about shifting between control and letting go (sounds to me as a nice metaphor for convergent and divergent thinking)
If you want to be creative, please pay attention to the world around you!
1. Experience
2. Challenge
3. Limitations
4. Loss
Reading these 4 lessons, I more and more think that doing these challenges everyday experiencing new stuff and discovering my own limitations and try to push the boundaries of those limitations is a valuable thing!
Fail and come out of it, more beautiful. Scars and cracks are not by definition ugly.
Creativity, it's a skill for life!
First video 4 lessons in creativity by +Julie Burstein
Creativity is about shifting between control and letting go (sounds to me as a nice metaphor for convergent and divergent thinking)
If you want to be creative, please pay attention to the world around you!
1. Experience
2. Challenge
3. Limitations
4. Loss
Reading these 4 lessons, I more and more think that doing these challenges everyday experiencing new stuff and discovering my own limitations and try to push the boundaries of those limitations is a valuable thing!
Fail and come out of it, more beautiful. Scars and cracks are not by definition ugly.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 8 | All about creativity
9 january '14
Tēnā Koe - Welcome (aka 'there you are' in Maori)
Fun to start with a new challenge! On the list can be written the language culture of the Maori. I'm really looking forward reading en learning about this culture.
But for now we go back to the subject of the Challenge. Its all about creativity.
Today I went on the Youtube and watch some of my favorite channels: +www.ted.com. I ran in to a lot of speeches about creativity. They all are unique but they also got a lot in common. The notes I took during the videos, is what I'm sharing and I will also give you the link to the video.
The first video | You're more creative than you think you are by +John Paul Caponigro
We hear and we forget, we see and we remember, we do and we know.
Free association
1 Don't judge
2 Don't censor
3 Set a high quota
4 Move on when you reach saturation
5 Analyze after
Draw/Sketch the scenario or pattern which you see in your mind, so you can alert your brain and mind to keep an eye out in reality during the day.
- Break the rules
- Learn to fail
Fail often! The only real failure is not learning from failure!
Play!
A nice book to read: Brainrules
The second video | The art of creativity by +Taika Waititi
Look through the lense of a child
It's about perspective
It's about obsession
It's about failure
What you see in this video is a lot of what I already recognize now from other videos, books or text. It's about free associative, connect and combine, quantity, perspective, fail as much as you can.
The third video | Creativity as a life skill by +Gerard Puccio
"To live is to have problems and to solve problems is to grow creatively" +J.P. Guilford
Evolution teaches us conformity
Conformity --> Comfort --> Don't think, just follow --> No growth
Creativity --> Uncomfort --> Think, and lead --> Grow, learn and adapt
But evolution also teaches us creativity!
We are born to be creative
Divergent thinking --> The creation of variation
Convergent thinking --> The selective retention of those novel creations which enhance the ability to survive
Contextual focus is deliberate manage your thinking.
And again of course, why not.
- suspend your judgement
- go for quantity
To get the best idea, have and learn to create many ideas!
For how we know it, education is about finding the one right answer. Conformation. The interesting part is, life itself is everything BUT one right answer.
The fourth movie | Creativity requires time by +simplybest007
In the movie below there's a short explanation about the factor 'time' in the context of creativity. Watch it, enjoy it and learn ;)
Tēnā Koe - Welcome (aka 'there you are' in Maori)
Fun to start with a new challenge! On the list can be written the language culture of the Maori. I'm really looking forward reading en learning about this culture.
But for now we go back to the subject of the Challenge. Its all about creativity.
Today I went on the Youtube and watch some of my favorite channels: +www.ted.com. I ran in to a lot of speeches about creativity. They all are unique but they also got a lot in common. The notes I took during the videos, is what I'm sharing and I will also give you the link to the video.
The first video | You're more creative than you think you are by +John Paul Caponigro
We hear and we forget, we see and we remember, we do and we know.
Free association
1 Don't judge
2 Don't censor
3 Set a high quota
4 Move on when you reach saturation
5 Analyze after
Draw/Sketch the scenario or pattern which you see in your mind, so you can alert your brain and mind to keep an eye out in reality during the day.
- Break the rules
- Learn to fail
Fail often! The only real failure is not learning from failure!
Play!
A nice book to read: Brainrules
The second video | The art of creativity by +Taika Waititi
Look through the lense of a child
It's about perspective
It's about obsession
It's about failure
What you see in this video is a lot of what I already recognize now from other videos, books or text. It's about free associative, connect and combine, quantity, perspective, fail as much as you can.
The third video | Creativity as a life skill by +Gerard Puccio
"To live is to have problems and to solve problems is to grow creatively" +J.P. Guilford
Evolution teaches us conformity
Conformity --> Comfort --> Don't think, just follow --> No growth
Creativity --> Uncomfort --> Think, and lead --> Grow, learn and adapt
But evolution also teaches us creativity!
We are born to be creative
Divergent thinking --> The creation of variation
Convergent thinking --> The selective retention of those novel creations which enhance the ability to survive
Contextual focus is deliberate manage your thinking.
And again of course, why not.
- suspend your judgement
- go for quantity
To get the best idea, have and learn to create many ideas!
For how we know it, education is about finding the one right answer. Conformation. The interesting part is, life itself is everything BUT one right answer.
The fourth movie | Creativity requires time by +simplybest007
In the movie below there's a short explanation about the factor 'time' in the context of creativity. Watch it, enjoy it and learn ;)
CHALLENGE 1 | DAY 8 | 30 day challenges and learn to blog
9 january '14
Why?
This subject is on the list because I was a little bit afraid that I wouldn't start. Or that it would be difficult. But I really enjoy writing about my experience. It is still difficult, but that is because i'm a perfectionist. Especially creativity is not hard at all. But I find it really hard to write about learning to blog or shaping my 30 day challenges.
Shaping my challenges is not a difficult task I already have until september. Maybe some subjects will switch, but there are only a few that need serious planning.
Yesterday I decided that Singing is going to be a new challenge to put on the list. Another one which I want to do is create an E-book instead of just writing à book.
And this sounds a bit crazy but I always wanted to learn some basic Ballet.
Extra:
- Ballet
- Singing
- Write an E-book
- Adsense
I just made a Facebook page. I don't know if that's a good thing, but since I'm still a newby in business I listen to most people around. Everybody tells you, face book is a thing you need to do, especially when you're in business.
Why?
This subject is on the list because I was a little bit afraid that I wouldn't start. Or that it would be difficult. But I really enjoy writing about my experience. It is still difficult, but that is because i'm a perfectionist. Especially creativity is not hard at all. But I find it really hard to write about learning to blog or shaping my 30 day challenges.
Shaping my challenges is not a difficult task I already have until september. Maybe some subjects will switch, but there are only a few that need serious planning.
Yesterday I decided that Singing is going to be a new challenge to put on the list. Another one which I want to do is create an E-book instead of just writing à book.
And this sounds a bit crazy but I always wanted to learn some basic Ballet.
Extra:
- Ballet
- Singing
- Write an E-book
- Adsense
I just made a Facebook page. I don't know if that's a good thing, but since I'm still a newby in business I listen to most people around. Everybody tells you, face book is a thing you need to do, especially when you're in business.
Monday, January 6, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 5 | All about creativity
6 januari '14
All about mind tools!
The concept fan
Steesd een stap terug zetten en je blikveld verbreden. Daar komt het simpelweg op neer. Je hebt een groot probleem. Uit welke onderdelen bestaat dit probleem?
Elke onderdeel kan weer uit verschillende onderdelen bestaan. Zo ga je door en kun je uiteindelijk tot hapklare brokken komen om aan te pakken!
De zes denkhoeden
Bekijk en bespreek problemen letterlijk of figuurlijk, met een gekleurde hoed op. Deze methode creëert een gedwongen verandering van perspectief. Elke hoed geeft een voorzet in denkrichting.
Bronnen:
+www.mindtools.com
+www.toolkitforthinking.com
All about mind tools!
The concept fan
Steesd een stap terug zetten en je blikveld verbreden. Daar komt het simpelweg op neer. Je hebt een groot probleem. Uit welke onderdelen bestaat dit probleem?
Elke onderdeel kan weer uit verschillende onderdelen bestaan. Zo ga je door en kun je uiteindelijk tot hapklare brokken komen om aan te pakken!
De zes denkhoeden
Witte hoed
|
kale feiten en cijfers
|
Je gaat uit van objectieve informatie.
|
Rode hoed
|
gevoel en intuïtie
|
Je reageert emotioneel (zonder een reden te hoeven geven).
|
Zwarte hoed
|
negatief / pessimistisch
|
Je bent advocaat van de duivel.
|
Gele hoed
|
positief / optimistisch
|
Je bekijkt het van de zonnige kant en zoekt naar de voordelen.
|
Groene hoed
|
creatief
|
Je mag freewheelen in je manier van denken (vrij associëren, alternatieven bedenken).
|
Blauwe hoed
|
beschouwend, controlerend
|
Je houdt het proces in de gaten.
|
De zes denkhoeden van E. de Bono.
Bronnen:
+www.mindtools.com
+www.toolkitforthinking.com
Sunday, January 5, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 4 | All about creativity
5 januari '14
Elke dag ga ik het internet op en lees, leer en exploreer de wondere wereld van creativiteit. Voor 30 dagen is dat mijn onderwerp en challenge. Mijn verhalen zijn daarom ook niet altijd even samenhangend omdat het om informatie gaat die ik heb gevonden en interessant vindt. Deels probeer ik wel door te borduren op eerdere opgedane kennis.
Creatieve Adaptie
Het is lastig om vanuit niets, iets te maken.
Met behulp van creatieve adaptie probeer je van een bestaand iets, iets nieuws
te vormen. Zoals veel dingen in onze wereld, is bijna alles wel ergens op
gebaseerd. Volledig uniek en vanuit een nulpunt ontwikkeld is lastig.
Verschillende vormen van creatieve aanpassing
Directe adaptie – Een boek verfilmen
bijvoorbeeld
Losse flodder adaptie – Een onderdeel zorgt
voor inspiratie voor een nieuw geheel zonder hierbij de oude vorm echt te
herkennen.
Patroon adaptie – Patronen gebruiken en
toepassen in verschillende situaties.
Constructieve adaptie – Doorbouwen of verder
borduren op de reeds ontwikkelde basis van een ander.
Wanneer het om adaptie gaat is het erg van
belang dat je het nieuwe idee of product ‘van jezelf maakt’. Authentiek.
Wanneer je veel lijkt op het origineel, wordt
het gezien als plagiaat. Wanneer je afdwaalt, wordt het een nieuw product en
heeft het geen zin meer te spreken van aanpassing.
Iedereen is op zoek naar ideeën. Iedereen
heeft wel eens ideeën, maar wat zorgt er nu voor dat je een idee krijgt?
1.
Je moet er voor open staan. Wees
je volledig bewust van alles in je omgeving.
2.
Probeer zaken van uit een ander
perspectief te bekijken.
3.
Combineer en creëer.
4.
Omgeef je met mensen die jouw
inspireren.
5.
Slaap voldoende. De nachtrust is
voor informatieverwerking
6.
Neem altijd een klein notitieblok
mee. Schrijf op wat in je op komt.
7.
Stel je probleem ter discussie.
8.
Ga wandelen.
9.
Geen tv
10. Geen drugs
11. Lees zoveel je kunt over de meest uiteenlopende onderwerpen
12. Train je hersenen. Lees, praat met ‘slimme’ mensen’, voer discussie
Anti Conventioneel Denken (ACT-anti
conventional thinking)
Passend in het straat je van CPS en
brainstorming. Anders omdat het gericht is op met name vanuit een ander perspectief
kijken.
Bij CPS en Brainstorming is er meer sprake van
kwantiteit. Veel ideeën, vaak vanuit een klein aantal perspectieven.
ACT werkt als volgt:
1.
Ontleed het creatieve doel middels
een flinke hoeveelheid vragen. Kom niet gelijk met ideeën en oplossingen
2.
Formuleer een ‘sexy’ doel.
Provocatief, interessant, en wenselijk
3.
Construeer een groot, creatief
idee. Een sexy idee om het sexy doel te behalen.
4.
Actie plan. Het idee in stukken
knippen zodat het behapbaar blijft.
Vandaag heb ik mijn eerste echte 'Doodle' gemaakt. Een doodle is een lijnenspel, vaak betekenisloos, op een witte achtergrond. Met een andere kleur probeer je een eigen creatie te maken binnen vijf minuten, met behulp van de lijnen die je ziet. De foto hierboven is het resultaat. De zwarte lijn is de 'doodle' en blauw is bijgetekend.
Bronnen:
Succes from the nest
Jeffrey Paul Baumgartner
Saturday, January 4, 2014
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 2 | All about creativity
3
januari ’14
Wie zijn de groten op aarde als het om 'creativiteit' gaat? Hiermee bedoel ik niet de grappenmakers, maar wie hebben gezocht? Wie zijn geraakt door dit bijzonder fenomeen? Een kleine, maar interessante zoektocht naar de mannen en vrouwen die
iets hebben betekent op het gebied van creativiteit.
Johan Huizinga (Homo Ludens)
Peter Gray (Free to learn)
Robert F. Eberle (Scamper)
Donald Mackinnon (In search of human effectiveness: Identifying and developing creativity)
George Land (Grow or die)
E. Paul Torrence (Ook bekend als 'the father of creativity)
Rene Berneche (Creative Problem Solving)
Interessante websites:
Creative Education Foundation
Over de KJ methode vanuit Japan
De Nederlandse site leren.nl
Vervolgens kom ik uit op www.mindcamp.org. Een conferentie in canada gericht op creativiteit. Er zijn hier ook
nederlandse sprekers aanwezig geweest afgelopen jaar. Eens kijken of ik deze
mensen te pakken kan krijgen voor extra informatie op het gebied van
creativiteit.
Koen Zonneveld www.breinvoorkeuren.nl
Morgen gaan we verder kijken. Het is weer
tijd. Helaas en gelukkig want het is ook door de drukte wederom een prettige nachtzit.
CHALLENGE 2 | DAY 1 | All about creativity
2
januari ’14
Wauw, dit is leuk zeg ! Net een uur bezig geweest met alleen het
onderwerp creativiteit. Wat kun je veel leren in een uur? Ik heb veel ontdekt en graag
vertel ik je dit.
Voor creativeit zijn 5 ingredienten cruciaal
(volgens John Cleese)
1. Ruimte Ongestoord, eigen ruimte, Oase van stilte
2. Tijd Afgebakend, duidelijk start&stop, 1,5 uur |
break | 1,5 uur
3. Tijd Benut de bedenktijd maximaal. Voor optimale
originaliteit
4. Zelfvertrouwen Openheid tot alles
wat kan gebeuren
5. Humor Een essentieel onderdeel voor spontaniteit en “play”
Wees vooral nieuwsgierig! Wanneer je in
groepen aan het werk gaat, zorg er altijd voor dat je dit doet met mensen die
je leuk vindt maar vooral vertrouwt!
Closed mind vs. Open mind
Wanneer we in een werk modus zitten, met
focus, doelgericht, vaak spanning, stress misschien zelfs. Iedereen kent het
wel. Een modus van moeten die we kunnen bestempelen als de closed mindset. In
deze mindset is geen ruimte voor creativiteit. Het is geen knopje wat je kan
aanzetten.
Creativiteit onstaat in de open mindset en
deze creeer je door mideel van de 5 gegeven factoren eerder.
- Creativiteit heeft niks met IQ te maken.
- Creativiteit is niet een talent maar een manier van werken.
- Creativiteit is niet mogelijk in de gesloten modus.
“Play is distinct from ordinary life, both as
to locality and duration. This is it’s main characteristic, it’s secludedness,
it’s limitlesness. Play begins, and at a certain moment it is over. Otherwise
it’s not play.”
“ You can’t be spontaneous within reason”
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