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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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oscar winning filmmakerbestselling authormillionaire
highest paid woman in TV history
makes $1M per week
HOW MUCH???? creator of
The Simpsons
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weak
strong
BELIEF IN SELF
BELI
EF
IN
SYSTEM
weak
strong
confidence
faithhopebelief
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weak
strong
“A graders
”
BELIEF IN SELF
BELI
EF
IN
SYSTEM
weak
strong
“The system works because, well, here I am!”
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strong
BELIEF IN SELF
BELI
EF
IN
SYSTEM
“low hopers”
weak
strong
“I guess I do ok, for someone with my grades”
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strong
BELIEF IN SELF
BELI
EF
IN
SYSTEM
“rejects”
weak
strong
“It’s all stupid… including me.”
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weak
strong
BELIEF IN SELF
BELI
EF
IN
SYSTEM
“rebels”
weak
strong
“The system is stuffed… fortunately I don’t need it!”
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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
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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
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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
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answer the question
find the right answer
question the answers
there’s always a better answer
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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
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Repurpose?Forget what it was for,
what could it do?
What else could you do with it?
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CombineWhat else would you use at the same time?
Can we crossbreed itwith other ideas?
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Magnify?
What would it be like if it was huge?What if we just enlarged one bit?
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Simplify?
Have we made it too damn hard?Can we strip it down to a cleaner idea?
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Rearrange?
How many ways could we reconfigure it?What isn’t doing it’s best where it is?
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Reverse?What if we did the
exact opposite?Would it work
backwards?Inside out,
upside down?
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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
www.mindsatwork.com.au Minds atWork
the dreamer
OpenCreative
Risk takerPassionateInnovative
CourageousUnstructured
Self motivatedUnaccountable
Big picture thinkerA track record in ideas
Thinks beyond self interest
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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
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ForesightedA visualiserAnalyticalA judge
FairObjectiveBalanced
A mediatorA packagerDiplomatic
AuthoritativeRubberstamp
Point of no returnApolitical but with political savvy
the decider
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CriticalEvaluative
RealisticPracticalExecutor
TenaciousA communicator
DisciplinedDetailed
FocussedA proven completer
A reducer
the doer
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Why not?
What would it be like?
Which works best?
Just do it!
Imagine
Design
EvaluateAct
Just Think.
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Sacred
sacredsacred
Which rules can I bend?Which rules can I break?Which rules can I fake?