They are a product of “liquid networks”. New ideas are truly born out of chaos, actually, chaotic environments, like those of London’s original coffee houses. They also have notoriously long incubation periods, like Darwin’s theory, for example, which Steven Johnson calls his “slow hunch”. Learn here how innovation happens. You will find out, “Chance favours [...]

By Alain Prud’homme The word paradigm in the scientific or design professions is used to indicate a pattern, model, outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype. These paradigms are the conceptual frameworks that provide a unified perspective over a range of experiences. Since students mainly learn from and are mentored by others who learned the [...]

When Edward DeBono conceived his “Six Thinking Hats,” he envisioned a framework that functions well for individuals, for teams, for groups, for communities, and for organizations. However, people, even today, have little experience with thinking. They have even less training. They can memorize. They can understand what they are told. They can disassemble what others [...]

Inside each of us lies a sleeping giant, the part of us that is wild and crazy. We need only to re-position the giant’s energy toward thinking, especially playful thinking, silly thinking. Many of us keep the giant hidden from view because of the unpredictability. With “new-ideas” thinking, the unpredictability is exactly what is needed. [...]