Inside Out

• Writing an experiential recruitment event for a charity. Aiming for it to be worth attending even if attendees don't get a place in the end #

• RT: @nick4salisbury: We always talk about our "civil-rights denying Government", but I never REALLY believed it until #Trafigura. #
• Off to investigate an outdoor centre, possibly a venue for our next course. #
• Off to the hills for the weekend, leading a lightweight expedition and hoping to help some teeagers gain life skills from it. #

When we have to create something new, we need to be creative, we need to innovate. Our thought processes can work in one or two ways, either they can be divergent, generating new ideas out of the ones we already have or convergent, refining the ideas we have into a conclusion.

Divergent Thinking

This is the production of new ideas, building on existing ideas or going in new directions. It should quickly develop a list, many of which will be useless but amongst them should be some gems.
Also known as: brain-storming, imagining, bouncing ideas around.

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“I’m learning things. I hope I find out what they are soon.”

Mau, in Terry Pratchett’s Nation

• Awesome adventure photos from Patagonia http://bit.ly/qAmWz #
• RT @Quicklearn Feedback can be easier if you avoid confusion http://bit.ly/2A27lp | Charlotte has isolated a pet hate of mine #
• Yuck Yuck Yuck! 1500 calories of not-looking-after-yourself http://bit.ly/13VZjs #

• Returning to N Wales to work with old friends on a course. Should be fun. Hope the mountains haven't changed too much http://bit.ly/3YhXNi #
• Every time to make a recommendation, you give away some of your credibility. Make sure it's worth it #
• How prepared are you if/when things go wrong? What if Armstong/Aldrin got stuck on the moon? http://bit.ly/1WJzuF #
• And what about the possibility of the failure of the D-day landings? Eisenhower was prepared http://bit.ly/SRv25 #