Montreal

Question your assumptions

Perception is narrative Narrative is action Without narrative you cannot act

What new sort of thing can I do with this that I can’t already do?

My values

Promise and expectation

What can I do with this that I can’t already do?

We perceive the world as a story

The story you tell yourself is important Since that is the world you live in

Constraint equals creativity

Atarimae

1. As a story
2. Promise and expectation
3. Action and reality
4. Error and chaos
5. Death and rebirth
6. A new status quo

Big Five aspect scale

To see the world as human vs. mechanical

You only feel your own feelings vs. you fully feel other group member’s feelings To express your own perspective vs. the group’s perspective

To value now vs. the future

You take advantage of the moment vs. you work for the future You take things as they come vs. you plan and predict how the future will unfold

To value payoffs

Don’t feel much positive emotion vs. feel lots of positive emotion You think things through before you act vs. you have a hair-trigger to take action

To value risk

You don’t get anxious before an event vs. you feel anxious before an event You are unfazed to events vs. you get irritated while doing something

To value abstraction

You are very practical and grounded vs. you love abstract ideas and philosophical conversation You don’t see the value in creativity or beauty vs. you must create new things, approaches and beauty

Do I value myself or my tribe?

Do I value the present or the future?

Do I see the value in taking action?

Do I see risk?

Do I value abstraction and creativity?

Am I interested in perception and creating new paradigms?

To try to change strategy vs. keep things the same