Imagination First: The Practices
The Practices
Ready, get still, go
Practice 2: Leave the Campfire (excerpt)
Know your enemy: it is you, scared
Practice 3: Flip What’s Foolish
Make it wise to be foolish, and every fool will generate wisdom
Practice 4: Make Way for Awe (excerpt)
Nurture humility and the wonder that comes with it
Practice 5: Reinvent the Wheel (excerpt)
Be willing to give back the givens
Practice 6: Think Inside the Box
Make greedy, grateful use of limits
Practice 7: Hoard Bits
Collect obsessively; sift; trust that the right bits will emerge
Practice 8: Mix Your Metaphors
Change the metaphors that frame your reality
Practice 9: Renew Your Narrative
>Ask whether your story still serves you
Practice 10: Untie Your Tongue (excerpt)
Talk about your work with someone who doesn’t understand it
Practice 11: Swap Bodies (excerpt)
Lose yourself in a role
Practice 12: Make a Gap
Obscure part of the picture
Practice 12.5: Finish the Story
Make the ending open-ended
Practice 13: Chunk It
Show how small it all starts
Practice 14: Don’t Blink
Snap in slow motion; see how you get primed for decision
Practice 15: Cloud Appreciation (excerpt)
Search out ambiguity and sit with it
Practice 16: Spotlight Off, Lantern On
Trade sharp focus for full-field awareness
Practice 17: Play Telephone
Engage in meaning-laundering
Practice 18: Help Out a Boobonian
Make every task a quest
Practice 19: Teach Nonzero Math
Expand the pie before dividing it
Practice 20: Microexperiment
Test your hunches playfully
Practice 21: Rewrite History
Turn ‘‘what would’ve been’’ into ‘‘what could be’’
Practice 22: Design for the Hallway
Let informal spaces thrive
Practice 23: Routinize Randomness
Regularly rinse out expectations
Practice 24: Ride the z-axis
Find elemental forms, then play with scale
Practice 25: Challenge Your Challenges
Find better problems
Practice 26: Break the Hand (excerpt)
Unschool yourself periodically
Practice 27: Yes and...
Never say no to an idea
Practice 28: Fail Well
Treat failure like a skill
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