If you pay attention, you’ll notice that clichés are everywhere. Often, the more established and obvious the cliché, the greater the impact when it’s challenged. In this presentation, community manager, Ben van 't Ende explores ways to challenge our thinking and create a new mindset.

1. Thinking the Unthinkable
Challenge our thinking and create a new mindset
ben van 't ende
community manager
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2. “Great is the human who
has not lost his childlike
heart.”
Meng-Tse, 4th century BC
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4. Sinking the Unsinkable
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5. QUESTIONS
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6. Thinking the Unthinkable
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8. TYPO3
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14. Creativity is a key ingredient to innovation.
Focus on Change
Reframe the Problem
Make Creative Thinking a Game
Getting Different Perspectives
Begin with the Outlandish
Channel Someone Else
See and Feel
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15. Don't be afraid to fail.
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16. Study another industry
Learn about another religion
Take a class
Read a novel in an unfamiliar genre
Write a poem
Draw a picture
Turn it upside down
Work backwards
Ask a child for advice
Invite randomness
Take a shower
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