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bull

duck

car

goat


CUT THE CAKE FOUR TIMES: HOW MANY

PIECES WOULD YOU GET?



0 or 1?

2?

5?

8?

8?

36?

11?

12?

3?

4?

9?


obviousobvious


obviousobvious

obscureobscure

weirdweird

downright nutsdownright nuts

brilliantbrilliant

bizarre yet insightful

you’re kiddingyou’re kidding

hmmm…hmmm…you’re you’re

scaring me scaring me now…now…

wowwow

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literalliteral


MIDEARLY LATE


MIDEARLY LATE

innovation this way

innovation this way


george bernard shaw

dorothy parker

joseph conrad

paul gauguin

aaron copland

george eastman

ernest hemingway

rudyard kipling

florence nightingale

charlie chaplin

jane austen

noel coward

charles dickens

thomas edison

monet

mark twain

picasso

george gershwin

henry ford

d.w.griffiths

agatha christie

modigliani

orville wright

wilbur wright

dylan thomas

virginia woolf

charles darwin

giacomo puccini

edgar allen poe

shelleysalvador

dali


“i get paid for doing the things that used to get me into trouble at school”


a) passionateb) obsessivec) creatived) cunninge) all of the above

dropped out of school aged 16

took school magazine with him

set up own student press

called it Virgin Press


a) passionateb) obsessivec) creatived) cunninge) all of the above

owns over 200 companies including:

an airlinea music publishing company

a softdrink companya motorbike company

a credit card firma mobile phone company

a cinema chainseveral radio stations

currently worth $3.5 billion


kemmons wilson

carl fisher

john jacob astor

anne beiler

andrew carnegie

felix dennis

charles culpeper

soichiro honda

del webb

w t grant

vidal sassoon

henry kaiser

marcus loew

dhirubhai ambani

bill bartram

richard branson

richard desmond

thomas haffa

carl lindler

robert maxwell

ray croc

edmund saffra

h l hunt


‘class clown’

‘trouble maker’

‘chatterbox’

‘doodler’


oscar winning filmmakerbestselling authormillionaire

highest paid woman in TV history

makes $1M per week

HOW MUCH???? creator of

The Simpsons


weak

strong

BELIEF IN SELF

BELI

EF

IN

SYSTEM

weak

strong

confidence

faithhopebelief


weak

strong

“A graders

”

BELIEF IN SELF

BELI

EF

IN

SYSTEM

weak

strong

“The system works because, well, here I am!”


weak

strong

BELIEF IN SELF

BELI

EF

IN

SYSTEM

“low hopers”

weak

strong

“I guess I do ok, for someone with my grades”


weak

strong

BELIEF IN SELF

BELI

EF

IN

SYSTEM

“rejects”

weak

strong

“It’s all stupid… including me.”


weak

strong

BELIEF IN SELF

BELI

EF

IN

SYSTEM

“rebels”

weak

strong

“The system is stuffed… fortunately I don’t need it!”


the certified paththe certified path

someone’s pathwaysomeone’s pathway

another pathwayanother pathway

doin’ his own thingdoin’ his own thing

brilliantbrilliant

individual pathway

my waymy way

hmmm…hmmm…

her wayher way


WE WILL LIVE ON THE MOONWE WILL ENJOY A CONSTANT STATE OF LEISURETECHNOLOGY WILL FREE US FROM WORK

SCIENCE WILL ERADICATE HUNGER AND FAMINEGLOBAL ECONOMICS WILL ABOLISH POVERTY

AND WAR

2000AD as seen

from 1970AD


PRESENTWE WORK HARDER THAN EVEROUR LIVES ARE WHAT’S LEFT OVER AFTER

OUR JOBSTECHNOLOGY ISN’T THE SERVANT… IT’S

THE MASTER

THE OLD PLAGUES ARE COMING BACKWORLD POVERTY IS GREATER THAN EVERWAR IS THE BIGGEST BUSINESS ON EARTH

2000AD as seen from 2000AD


KNOWLEDGE

WIDTH

DEPTH

WISDOM

DATA


BROAD SHALLOW KNOWLEDGE

DEEP NARROW KNOWLEDGE


NARROW SHALLOW

KNOWLEDGE


STAGE ONE: MICROSWITCH


STAGE TWO: MICROCREEP


STAGE THREE: MICROSTALL


STAGE FOUR: MICROFUSE


“I enjoy working with people”

- HAL9000


answer the question

find the right answer

question the answers

there’s always a better answer


stop dreaming start dreaming


fit in

be serious

stand out

you can’t be serious


school ruleswork rules life rules


school ruleslife ruleswork rules


rigid fluid


school life

the mind barrier

i am… i might be…


school life

?


What would you pack for YOUR kid?


substitute?substitute?combine?combine?

rearrange?rearrange? reverse?reverse?

adapt?adapt?

modify?modify?

magnify?magnify? minify?minify?

eliminate?eliminate? repurpose?repurpose?

"It is easier to tone down a wild idea than

to think up a new one."

Alex Osborn


Can we blend it with something

else?

Mix?


SubstituteWhat could you use instead of it?What else could you use it for?


Repurpose?Forget what it was for,

what could it do?

What else could you do with it?


CombineWhat else would you use at the same time?

Can we crossbreed itwith other ideas?


Can we pinch from another idea?

What else is like this?

Adopt?


Magnify?

What would it be like if it was huge?What if we just enlarged one bit?


Simplify?

Have we made it too damn hard?Can we strip it down to a cleaner idea?


Modify?

Update the technology?Any old assumptions we could lose?


How would it work somewhere else?Can it become part of another thing?

Adapt?


Rearrange?

How many ways could we reconfigure it?What isn’t doing it’s best where it is?


Minify?What if it was tiny?

Could we shrink one bit?


Reverse?What if we did the

exact opposite?Would it work

backwards?Inside out,

upside down?


Eliminate?

What’s weighing this idea down?

What would we do without it?


substitute?substitute?combine?combine?

rearrange?rearrange? reverse?reverse?

adapt?adapt?

modify?modify?

magnify?magnify? minify?minify?

eliminate?eliminate? repurpose?repurpose?

"It is easier to tone down a wild idea than

to think up a new one."

Alex Osborn


time

craziness


time

craziness

first lull

second lull

wave

wave

wave


time

craziness

1

30

been done

INTERESTING!

what are you, NUTS?


MAKE IT WONDER

FUL

MAKE IT HAPPEN


MAKE IT WONDER

FUL

MAKE IT HAPPEN


realideal


DREAM DESIGN DECIDE DO

Just Think.


imagine

develop

evaluate act

I

D

EA

Just Think.

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the dreamer

OpenCreative

Risk takerPassionateInnovative

CourageousUnstructured

Self motivatedUnaccountable

Big picture thinkerA track record in ideas

Thinks beyond self interest


Brings realism to the processUnderstands the dreamCreates the foundations

A bridge builderCreative flairCommercial

TranslatorStructuredOrganised

PracticalLogicalPatient “the time is

always ripe to do great

things”The Designer

the designer


ForesightedA visualiserAnalyticalA judge

FairObjectiveBalanced

A mediatorA packagerDiplomatic

AuthoritativeRubberstamp

Point of no returnApolitical but with political savvy

the decider


CriticalEvaluative

RealisticPracticalExecutor

TenaciousA communicator

DisciplinedDetailed

FocussedA proven completer

A reducer

the doer


Why not?

What would it be like?

Which works best?

Just do it!

Imagine

Design

EvaluateAct

Just Think.


Sacred

sacredsacred


Sacred

sacredsacred

ForbiddenForbidden

MandatoryMandatory

ValuedValued


Sacred

sacredsacred

Which rules can I bend?Which rules can I break?Which rules can I fake?


Sacred

sacredsacred

EVERY OTHER DAMN THING!


Sacred

sacredsacred

negotiable


dolove

believe


do love


do love(get a job) (get a life)

(get a footy team)

believe


do love

believe

i gotta job

i’ve got a

passion

carn the dockers


do love

believe

i belie

ve what I do

i belie

ve what I love

i love what I do


do love

believe

my magic

life


the rainbow bridge

i am… i might be…

school life

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