Literacy Learn by doing
Take away a sound understanding of new concepts learned at the end of each activity
Transform knowledge into intuition
Share your learnings
Experiment to avoid/overcome procrastination
Go further, Carpe noctem
Become literate in systems thinking
Create services, and products as artefacts of services
Always consider the surrounding context and environment of your output
Understand, utilize & harness economics of scale, network effects
Often the population (of ideas, opportunities & solutions, your network) is more important than the individual
Again, adopt creation processes which support this approach
Process Use the right tool for the right job - make those tools!
Recognize too that each tool has limitations
Benefit from these boundaries set
Encourage creative flow in your process
Utilize iterative, agile practices
Constant refinement & refactoring
Be part of networks
However peers are not main source of inspiration
Apply recursion to your process, but don’t (give in to) repeat yourself: creatively & practically
Allow for recombination of ideas by adopting modular development
This applies personally & globally
Acknowledge you’re standing on the shoulders of giants
Become your own giant
Embrace Open Source thinking and practice
Be open to new influences
Encourage serendipity in your process
Evaluate new processes, techniques & technologies, adopt them immediately where beneficial
Benefit from and accept that you’re working towards moving targets (caused by your own doing and that of others)
Replace fixed, crystallized, pre-defined specifications with a shared vision as starting point
Be prepared and allow the vision to change
Define inputs as ranges, not constants, thus allowing your creation to be agile
Accept failure as part of your process
However, risk of major failure is drastically reduced in a continuous mode for issues can be recognized and addressed earlier on
Use clear language without hype & buzzwords
Outputs Be self-critical to promote quality & positiveness
Ask the important, uneasy questions if you’re in doubt
Don’t be afraid to change your opinion if new learnings require so
Your output & process is more important than your brand, let these things BE your brand
Attempt to move away from isolated projects towards a continuous flow of activity
Small steps, more often
Work iteratively and think modular
Don’t dilute the essence of a thing by giving in to feature creep
Attempt constant feedback loops