Once we’ve learned how to do something, we become “unconsciously competent” at it. In order to break with the predictable path and move forward, what my good friend and colleague, Greg Galle, suggests is that we need to “think wrong.” That means opening our minds to new possibilities. In a recent session he led for Columbia Executive Education for Genentech, he elaborates.
As Greg pointed out to the class, there are synaptic connections that are forged when we learn something. I creates a neural pathway th quite functional. It allows ou brains to conserve energy a thinking power once somet has become a routine.
There are six core practices in the ThinkWrong system, which are also described in a book of the same name, that goes into a lot of depth on them.
A big theme for Greg’s session is that you need two systems, working together. Your performance system delivers results in the here and now. The innovation system delivers results, but for the future.
Greg is part of our network at Valize, and we can design terrific workshops and interactions that can help you spark more creative thinking and create options. Reach out to connect with us here and we’ll set something up.
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