Deviant Thinkers Are Priceless
What happens when a Deviant Thinker joins the group? For many people, the thought of a Deviant Thinker joining their committee, is the equivalent of someone scraping their nails across a chalk board. Deviant Thinking creates disharmony within a group. But the question is: "Is disharmony bad?" According to Charlan J. Nemeth & Jack Goncalo there is great value in…
What color is collaboration?
by Jennifer Thompson, Ambassador for Deviant Thinking When people hear me talk about Deviant Thinking, they often feel that I am not a supporter of collaboration. This is far from the truth. I would like to share my metaphor for how I see the difference between true collaboration and what people often mistake for collaboration; consensus. When one looks at a…
“What would have to be true to make this possible?”
“What would have to be true to make this possible?” I find myself asking this question often as of late. It is my way of positively seeing the world and trying to reduce the number of limitations that either I place on myself or allow others too. I am working on changing my focus from seeing the obstacles in life to…
8 Habits of Improv to make you feel confident in your creativity
I am taking an improv class. I have learned how much it can influence my creativity. My awesome instructor Chris chants mantras to us weekly and tries to instill habits that will help us be better on stage. This week I realized that these are lessons that everyone needs to learn to exercise and be comfortable with to be creative.…
Expand Your Possibilities
As I explore more about innovation I realize that I need to expand my brain. Innovation is very dependent on the amount of "stuff" that you know or are exposed to. When you have lots of exposure to new information your brain can start to put things together. Often it is this combination of seemingly very different things that creates…
We once believed we couldn’t fly! What do you believe that is keeping you grounded?
Everything you know is wrong, Are you OK with that? This is a statement that I have been toying with for some time. Am I okay with the fact that everything I know is wrong? I think this is something we all have to be OK with. And big letters OK. If we believe that we are right, we limit…
5 Ways to Stop Killing Innovation
by Jennifer Thompson, ambassador for Deviant Thinking Corporations are killing innovation. The ironic thing about this is that the very systems that they have set up to capture and encourage innovation is what is killing it. Companies have set up innovation teams, as if only those folks can have innovative ideas. They have created brain storming sessions, as if you can…
Finding the time to be Deviant
by Jennifer Thompson, ambassador for Deviant Thinking How often do we say we wish we had the time to be more creative? I know for my team this is something that we say everyday. We are often so busy with the doing of design that we can't get to the being of design. This video shows the power of time to…