New ideas are fragile – they need protection from stormy weather. The authors of Sticky Wisdom* suggest we can react in one of two ways to a new idea: shine warmth on it, or rain down criticism.
Download this worksheet and see how you could react to a new idea that’s in front of you:
- Suspend your judgement
- Understand what’s in front of you
- Nurture the idea
Or you can do this:
- React straight away
- Assume you know everything about the idea
- INsist you are right
Which method – Sun or Rain – do you think will encourage an idea to develop? Here’s an example showing you how Sun and Rain thinking could work.
Credit: *Sticky Wisdom: How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work by Allen, Kingdon, Murrin and Rudkin.
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