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Can laughing at our problems actually help us solve them?
@PaulKGoddard, Agile Coach (GBR)
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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How creaKve are you feeling right now?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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CreaKvity @ 9:00am
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Runaway Train • Train is carrying 250 tonnes of
highly toxic gaseous chemicals • Train throQle is jammed at
120 mph • Train cannot turn corners
safely • Track runs out in 2 hours at a
major city staKon • It will take engineers 3 hours
to fix the throQle • Find a way to miKgate disaster
and minimise casualKes
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them”
"If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."
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Reframing = Humour = CreaKvity
Steve Andreas, NLP Author & Trainer
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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What would Wile E Coyote do?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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What would Dr. Evil do?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
InformaKon EmoKons
Planning Discernment CreaKvity
OpKmisKc
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Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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“How is this exercise useful to a coach?”
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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CollaboraKon + Humour = CreaKvity
Paul Goddard
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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“imagine that you are imaginaKve”
Paul Z Jackson
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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“offers are the basic unit of currency for improv”
Neil Mullarkey
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Delight
An Improv Game
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Delight
WHAT?
SO WHAT?
NOW WHAT?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Delight
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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One Word Story
An Improv Game
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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One Word Story
WHAT?
SO WHAT?
NOW WHAT?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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QuesKons only ?
An Improv Game
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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QuesKons Only ?
WHAT?
SO WHAT?
NOW WHAT?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Three Headed Expert
An Improv Game
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Three Headed Expert
WHAT?
SO WHAT?
NOW WHAT?
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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“The secret is not to quite know what to do, then it’s always
exciKng.” Keith Johnstone
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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“A day without laughter is a day wasted”
Charlie Chaplin
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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CreaKvity @ 10:30am
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard
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Thank you for playing…
…and please remember your feedback forms!
16/08/2012 12:16 PM @PaulKGoddard