Cyril Bouquet | Why Thinking Like An Alien is the Unconventional Path to Breakthrough Ideas
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Cyril Bouquet joins us to show us how we can use our 5 patterns of thinking to see the world through fresh eyes. This new intelligent model for innovative thinking allows you to see the bigger picture, develop world-changing ideas and notice previously unobservable patterns.
Cyril Bouquet is a Professor at IMD and Co-Author of ALIEN Thinking: The Unconventional Path to Breakthrough Ideas
Find out more by visiting the Alien Thinking website | https://alienthinking.org
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| 0:00.0 | If we want to be creative, we have to think like an alien. |
| 0:03.3 | We have to imagine that we are coming from a different planet |
| 0:06.7 | and we are seeing the world fresh as if we have never seen it before. |
| 0:11.5 | And that's very much the conditions that are required |
| 0:15.2 | if you're trying to be creative. |
| 0:16.8 | Well, we have come with a set of assumptions, |
| 0:19.2 | a set of principles that we've often evolved from what we've done in the past |
| 0:24.4 | and that very much colors the way we think about the problems that need to be solved, |
| 0:28.3 | the solutions that make sense the way we look at the future. |
| 0:35.1 | I'm Sreeni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast |
| 0:38.5 | where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most |
| 0:41.3 | innovative and creative minds who've started movements, |
| 0:44.0 | built driving businesses, written best selling books, |
| 0:46.6 | and created an insanely interesting art. |
| 0:48.5 | For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakablecreative.com. |
| 0:52.7 | Doing creative work can be kind of lonely |
| 0:59.1 | and that's why we built the unmistakable listener tribe. |
| 1:01.7 | The tribe is a community for professionals to connect and support each other. |
| 1:05.2 | Everything is designed to help you grow your business |
| 1:07.2 | and share what's working and what isn't. |
| 1:09.7 | And that's true whether you're a business owner or an artist. |
| 1:12.3 | You'll get access to feedback, live conversations with guests, |
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