Observation
The Detail You Notice First Changes the Whole Picture
See how the detail you notice first shapes an ordinary object, and use a short observation exercise to uncover what…
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Explore pieces on noticing details, asking better questions and trying a different frame on familiar ideas.
Questions
Open Question or Leading Question?
Open question or leading question: learn how each steers an idea, spot assumptions in your wording, and choose a…
Reflection
When a Map Became More Than a Picture of Place
A map is more than a picture of place: learn to read its omissions and purpose, so you can see what its neat lines…
Reframing
The Fresh-Start Fallacy in Creative Work
The fresh-start fallacy in creative work makes a stalled idea look disposable. Change one constraint to reveal a…
Creative Methods
A Five-Minute Looking Walk
A five-minute looking walk turns an ordinary neighborhood route into a source of fresh ideas by using shifts in…
Our starting point
A fresh view begins with attention.
A new perspective is not a trick for making every idea seem original. It is a way to notice what is already there, then ask what else it might mean.