Considered by many leading thinkers to be the most diversely talented person ever to have lived, Leonardo da Vinci reflects the unlimited creative potential that resides inside all of us. The da Vinci Mindset Think-A-Torium® is designed to inspire and engage participants to think and act different, offering a powerful opportunity to align their passions with their purpose in life. This highly interactive program is for anyone interested in increasing their creative thinking, improving problem solving, thinking visually, generating creative endeavors, and tapping their limitless creativity. Get ready for a journey that leads participants to become Renaissance men and women.

1. Th e D a
V in c i
M in d s e t
Think-A-Torium®
“Knowing How to See”
by
Sean Griffin
@seankgriffin

2. A long time ago in a world far,
far away. . .

3. A Child
Was Born
1452
Leonardo
Da Vinci

4. Who Would Foresee
Helicopter, Tank, Parachute, Solar Power,
Cardiovascular Disease, Airplanes, Modern Bridges

5. A Self-Willed Man
• Apprenticed Artist
• Self-Taught
Engineer, Scientist,
Architect
• Unscholarly “Lack of
Book Learning”

6. Generating 13,000 Pages of Notes
Changing Our Perceptions of Life

7. But, I get ahead of myself.
To understand Da Vinci we have to
understand the build up to the
Renaissance.

8. Let’s Go Back to the Seat of
Knowledge, 600 BC Ancient Greece

9. School of Athens

10. Politics
Ethics
Metaphysics
Ontology
Logic
Biology
Aesthetics
Astronomy

11. The Roman Empire

13. Re-Packaging of Original Thinking

15. Rise of Christianity
&
Advent of Islam

17. The Dark Ages
200 AD – 1200 AD
No Original Thoughts
Suppression of Thought

18. Building up to the Renaissance

19. The Growth of
Entrepreneurialism

20. Increased Wealth
Thirst for Knowledge

21. The Gutenberg Printing Press
Ushering in the Period of Modernity

22. This is Leonardo’s Cultural Setting
Setting the Stage for Genius

23. Painter
Sculptor
Architect
Scientist
Engineer
Entertainer

24. Very few minds in history were so
completely receptive, so
observant, so curious and
interested in all things going on
around him.

25. Yet he lived a life of little positive
success in the day-to-day meaning
of the term.

26. He Was
Known for
Not Being
Able to
Complete a
Job

27. He Worked in Relative Isolation

28. His Sketchbooks Were Almost Lost

29. We Almost Never Knew of the One of
the Worlds Greatest Personalities

30. You Can Learn and Apply
The DaVinci Mindset in Your Life

31. Visual Thinking
• Utilize the Mind
Mapping Style
• Journal Based Upon
Inspiration
• Visualize Daily
Observations
• Connect to Brain’s
Natural Way of Thinking
• Boosting the Creative IQ

32. Experiential Learning
• Never Satisfied with
Accepted or Acceptable
• Repetitive
Experimentation
• Learn from Mistakes
and Adapt
• Testing Assumptions
• Advancing Lessons
Learned

33. Observing Nature
• Focus on the Process of
Nature
• Inspired by the Beauty
and Movement
• Looking for the
Interconnectedness of all
Things
• Nature as the Great
Inspiration
• Listening to and Seeing
the Unseen

34. Pre-Imagining
• Imagining Things in the
Future
• A Willingness to Think
the Impossible
• Allowing Your Mind to
Free Flow
• Embracing the
Unknown
• Never Settling for What
is (Original Thinking)

35. Dreaming Big Dreams
• Believing Anything is
Possible
• Never Settling for
What is
• Pushing Limits
• Opening Doors of
Perception
• Showcasing What is
Possible

36. Let’s Dream Big Together!

38. So what does it mean?

39. Unlimited Potential

42. Look Inward
Look Forward

44. Nurture your

45. Leverage

46. You know more
than you know
you know

47. The more you know
the less you know

48. Embrace
Ambiguit
y

49. Exercise Your

50. Life is what YOU make it

51. Now more than ever

52. Get MAD
Make a Difference!

53. The only ‘s that exist are
the ones
you create yourself

54. Thank You
sean@bizXe.com
Twitter: seankgriffin
LinkedIn: Sean Griffin