#TEDTalkTuesday: Wicked problem: share ideas; don’t be afraid

Tom Wujec: Got a wicked problem? First, tell me how you make toast
First, drawing helps us understand the situations as systems with nodes and their relationships. Movable cards produce better systems models, because we iterate much more fluidly. And then the group notes produce the most comprehensive models because we synthesize several points of view. So that’s interesting. When people work together under the right circumstances, group models are much better than individual models.

Tim Brown: Tales of creativity and play

We’re embarrassed about showing our ideas to people we think of as our peers, to those around us. And this fear is what causes us to be conservative in our thinking. So we might have a wild idea, but we’re afraid to share it with anybody else.

Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

And what I have to, sort of keep telling myself when I get really psyched out about that,is, don’t be afraid. Don’t be daunted. Just do your job. Continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be. 

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