PRINCIPLES

EXPLANATION

Determine to change your mind set

Avoid approaching challenges with your own beliefs, values and assumptions to the fore

Challenge implicit & explicit assumptions

Surface the assumptions you are making and probe their boundaries

Consider the global view and local detail

Use different techniques to view the big and detailed pictures

Value play

Allow yourself and others to be childlike and play with ideas

Build up, don’t demolish

Say “Yes and” NOT “Yes but”

Live with ambiguity

Accept that confusion, ambiguity, uncertainty exist

Nurture fledgling ideas

A fledgling idea is fragile, allow it to bloom

Involve other people

Network, talk with others, ask questions

Connect and be receptive

Be open to new influences, tune your mental antennae to pick up faint signals of new ideas

Know what you really want to achieve

Commit energy and resources

Articulate clear goals

Cycle often, close late

Allow time to iterate over that problem and avoid premature closure

Manage the process

Use structure to achieve your aims without being too rigid