This document discusses how ideas can be generated through unconventional thinking and embracing aspects of "stupidity". It suggests that ideas should not be confined to small spaces and can emerge from rearranging perspectives in unexpected ways. Stupid questions are said to relax the mind and allow creative ideas to flow. Examples are given of innovations that were initially seen as stupid but later proved impactful. The document promotes thinking like children to access creativity and considering perspectives that may seem foolish but could generate new insights. Comments from Cindy Breden further develop these themes, stating creativity flows through embracing one's inner child and creating safe spaces for unconventional ideas.

1. Ali Anani

2. Ideas are like lenses
Put them next to each
other and you have eye
glasses of ideas, but
Ideas
eyeGlasses

3. Put one lens on top of the
other then you have a
microscope

4. It took almost 300 years for someone
to think of this simple move.
Dare we think along similar stupid
lines?

5. The Stupidity Quadrant
The
Example of
High
Impact
High
Level
Low
Level
Low
Impact
Today
Tomorrow

6. The 7 Worst Tech Predictions of All Time
"I think there is a world market
for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, president of IBM,
1943

7. The
Example of
High
Impact
High
Level
Low
Level
The 7 Worst Tech
Predictions of All Time
Low
Impact
Today
Tomorrow

8. We N e e d t o R e a r r a n g e
Ou r Th i n k i n g
Li k e w e a r r a n g e m o l e c u l e s
a n d st ra n g e a t t ra ct o rs
So , o u r i d e a s a b o u t t h i n k i n g
o u t o f t h e b o x . We n e e d t o
t hink in t he box

9. So are ideas confined to
a small space. Stupidity
confines the space, but
this may lead to
emerging behaviors

10. http://nexusilluminati.blogspot.com/2006/05/fir
e-from-water-part-4.html

11. Ideas are like dough and
may stretch and fold in a
confined space and
generate unpredictable
ideas
The positive side of
creativity

12. The Other Side of Stupidity
Stupid questions make you
laugh. They relax your mind and
senses. The juicy creative ideas
flow out

13. Chaotic
Stupidity

14. The idea may not be stupid; we make it
look so

15. The discussions of this presentation on
LinkedIn Group
http://linkd.in/NkZZVE
Produced two great comments from
Cindy Breden
It is with great honor that I add her
comments to this presentation for their
extreme value in enriching this
presentation.

16. Cindy Breden
Life Coach
Top Contributor
Yes Ali I agree that going beyond the familiar and being
in touch with the inner child can be a terrific way to
achieve that. I just did that this morning ... the quiet,
reserved, serious me accepted an invitation to be a
clown and perform for others (way out of my comfort
zone) ... the result is that I can feel the energy bubbling
and it was FUN :-) I literally felt like a child again. Too
often we can take this life far to seriously including our
creativity and that seriousness (need to produce ... and
not only produce, but produce perfectly) can interfere
with the natural flow of creative energy :-)

17. My response
Cindy, your experience this morning and literally feeling like
a child prompts me to go the extra mile. I say even I act and
do few things that would make me a fool. I even dared to
write a short presentation on : Stupidity Spawns Creativity
http://www.slideshare.net/hudali15/stupidity-spawnscreativity
Yes, sometimes we need to go the full swing from
seriousness to hilariousness

18. Cindy Breden
Life Coach
Top Contributor
Thank YOU Ali for sharing. We are all in this together ... life ... creativity
... all of it ... and who knows where creativity, life in general, is going to
lead us? What I love about this conversation about the inner child is
that we ARE the child and the Adult ... the creativity flows from/through
the child and by creating a safe space for us to allow the inner child to
be free we create a space for creativity beyond the confines of our
"adult" conditioning. What appears crazy or stupid or foolish to one
person may be just what another person needs in their lives. As creative
spirits we can simply be the vessel that allows the creativity to flow
through ... free to be in the world around. Thank you Ali for having the
courage to allow your expression to speak to all of us here. Many of the
inventions we take for granted in our lives today were brought forth by
people thought to be crazy :-)