The Cool Curve

@ London SMC

The problem

"The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

"A problem cannot be solved by the same thinking that created it." - Albert Einstein

Shift Happens!

• Karl Fisch, Arapahoe High School, Littleton, Colorado

• In the next 8 seconds 34 babies will be born• 5 in India, 4 in China, 1 in US, not even 1 here• College graduates in 2006 - 3.1m in India, 3.3m

in China, 1.3m in US, less here• Which country is richest, largest military, centre

of world business, strongest education system, best standard of living

The Perfect Storm

1.The World is flat

2.Information Age part 1 - The Internet

3.Information Age part 2 – Web 2.0, user generated content, group forming networks

4.Climate Change

5.Education is all wrong, the system is broken

About creativity

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

- Pablo Picasso

Van Gogh vs Picasso

The Cool Curve

So What Works?

Size

Flex

Agility

Movement

SleepyDogThinking Tools

SleepyDog Tools

• Size

• Flex

• Agility

• Movement

• Provocation Techniques

• Personae or Cast of Characters

• Prospecting Model

• Thinking Styles

Practice MakesPermanent

Proper PracticeMakes Perfect

Prospecting

Prospecting

Prospecting

Prospecting

Ideas 2.0

Designed for hackability

Small ideas, loosely joined

Innovation in Assembly

Creativity as a Service (CraaS)

Footprints in the Snow