Jumpstart Innovation with Adventurous Thinking

The rise of design thinking has revolutionized the way we solve problems—helping us open our minds, embrace our imaginations and be more innovative. But what if we could take the design thinking process to an even higher level? What if we could be less reactive and more proactive in our thinking?

Award-winning inventor, journalist, educator and speaker Sally Dominguez created the adventurous thinking methodology to promote an agile mindset, which is necessary for consistently innovative practices. Even the best of us can get stuck in our default “expert” neural pathways. Adventurous thinking helps us get out of those ruts, reignite our curiosity and tap into the underutilized parts of our brains.

This two-day course introduces the Five Lenses—negative space, parkour, thinking sideways, thinking backwards and rethinking—which Sally has used to help some of the biggest corporations, organizations and government agencies throughout the world integrate innovation into their work. By the end, you’ll have the tools you need to transform your thought processes and explore true innovation.

In this class, you’ll learn how to:

• Harness your curiosity to think outside the probable and explore the possible.
• Use multiple perspectives to achieve a deeper understanding.
• Experience “bearable discomfort” to force your neural pathways to open up.
• Disregard small daily failures at home and at work.
• Get your radical ideas accepted by others.
• Know what you don’t want and why that’s important.

• Class Introduction
• The Adventurous Thinking Mindset
• Are You Curious?
• Adventurous Thinking vs Design Thinking
• Embracing Failure
• Scaffolding for Innovation
• Cultivating a Multifarious Perspective
• The Innovation Quadrants
• What is the Negative Space Lens?
• Practice Negative Space
• Why Share Ideas?
• The Feedback Tool
• What is the Parkour Lens?
• Practicing and Pitching Parkour
• Dan Klitsner MAESTRO OF PLAY
• Dan Klitsner & RITE
• Sideways Lens Part 1
• Dorie Clark: Personal Branding
• Practicing Sideways: The DeTest Tool
• Let's Talk About Failure
• When to Use a Lens
• Thinking Backwards Lens
• How to Backcast
• When to Backcast
• Sideways Lens Part 2
• Meyer Briggs Inversion
• Age Tool
• Questioning for Clarity
• ReThinking Lens
• Finding Core Value
• Manipulating Core Values: Maximizing
• Manipulating Core Values: Minimizing
• Manipulating Core Values: Repurposing
• Creativity before Capital
• Frugal Innovation & The Zeitgeist
• The Willing Crowd
• Activated!