The generative Capacity of Dreams

THE GENERATIVE CAPACITY OF DREAMS Connecting Strenghts in creating connecting Dreams Workshop – 26th April, WAIC 2012 Lou Van Beirendonck Ann Bayart

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Inspiring, generative and creative Dreams


Topic

© Quintessence Consulting •  How can we truly be facil itators of generative, creative and connecting dreams?

•  What can we do, as facilitators, to increase the willingness to think and dream outside current limits?

•  How to increase attunement?


Key questions


•  The topic choice: relevant and challenging

•  Creating a feeling of meaningfulness and trust

•  The groups represented in the room

•  Highly qualitative questions

•  The length and the quality of the discovery

phase: Focus on ‘What’s working here?’ and the

experience of a constructive collaboration, …

•  Expert input

•  Brainstorm guidelines

•  … © Quintessence Consulting

What do we already know?

Discovery

Mining for the gold.



Discovery : What works?

Look back and remember one or more dream

phases you’ve had, either as a participant or as a

Facilitator.

Think about an intervention, a moment, a tool that

stands out as a high point of craftsmanship: what

was used, said or done to create creative dreams

and ideas outside the box? • What happened?

• What did the facilitator do?

• What makes this a highpoint experience?


Dream



Guide Lines for Brainstorming

•  Encourage “Wild Ideas” •  Building on the Ideas of Others •  Combine and improve •  Be visual •  No “but’s”, only “ ands” •  Go for quantity – aim for as many new

ideas as possible •  Stay focused on the topic – keep the

discussion on the target •  One conversation at the time – no

interrupting – no rudeness •  No criticism •  Have fun!



Roles in the Dream Phase

•  Brainstorm facilitator : upholding the brainstorm rules

•  Recorder

•  Timekeeper

•  …


Dream

© Quintessence Consulting Some imaginary questions: •  how to light a house with a single light bulb? •  how to improve your travel from home to work ? •  inventing a new game for the Olympics ? •  how to improve institutional food without

increasing its cost ?


A warming up excercise


Imagine being cast ashore on a desert island, nude and with nothing but a belt.

What can be done with the belt?

A warming up excercise



Dream

Imagine that we’ve developed our craftsmanship

in order to help people to increase connectivity

and creativity in the dream phase. What do we, as

facilitators do to make sure that

• dreams and aspirations are created,

• people are willing to think outside the box

• people feel connected in dreaming about the

future?

What language, tools and interventions do we

use?

The generative Capacity of Dreams

Education

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