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Ignorance is liberating
Freedom of thought to explore, to embrace uncertainty, to take risks – to reframe questions or problems
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Start where you can: never say can’t
Make a mark on the white paper; forge connections, look for gaps in understanding and practise; spend time understanding the context
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Imagine first; reason later
Visualise ‘what could be’; don’t start your analysis from the boundaries of ‘what currently is’
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Be reflective: waste time
Having time to meander, reflect and be inspired is really useful in generating new ideas
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Embrace the fortune of making discoveries by accident: get muddled
Sometimes there is no logical route; confusion can bring forth new thinking, big leaps in thinking and tangential journeys that often produce great ends
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Play games, serious games
Have fun, be light of heart, allow yourself to truly imagine otherness (let others ‘play’, too)
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Challenge consensus
Be flexible and resilient enough to respond to change and to make change
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Look for ways to increase your ideas
Work out what works and what doesn’t and why. Look for ways to scale up, to increase opportunities for positive activity and feedback
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Work backwards: move forwards
Try to apply different thinking styles through a design activity.
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Feel good
Be accountable for, and celebrate your individual and group ideas. Does this output make the world a better place for me, for my friends, for society?
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