Assumptions challenged. In the most boldest of ways. I found the boldness and sheer artistry of the Paris Olympic Opening Games…breathtaking. Creative Director Thomas Jolly, an award winning French theatre artist (who was bullied as a child and found solace in drama and theatre) directed the event which has been noted as the most complex and ambitious opening ceremony of all time. I was struck by how many assumptions were challenged. The ceremony must be in a stadium? Think again. The athletes parade the stadium on foot? Think again. I learned the transfer of how artists think - to the business world from Tina Seelig. Seelig proposes that challenging assumptions helps you move past the first and second wave ideas to move towards breakthrough thinking. Just like an artist an innovative thinker asks “Does it have to be this way?” “What if?” And of course - “Why?” By challenging assumptions, it’s possible to break free from how things have always been done and re-imagine a different way but having purpose and meaning as the driving forces. Of course for many it’s “not the same” having the ceremony housed outside a stadium. But that was the point after all. #challengeassumptions #breakthroughthinking
Love this post, Barbara, especially knowing that this is the approach you take towards the learning journey! 💖
Director, Leadership & Graduate Development, APS Academy, Australian Public Service Commission
3moMagnifique 👏👏👏 Secretly hoping that the masked torch bearer would be Céline 🤣