Collide + Align
Collide and align is about surfacing diversity. How can we take ideas from different places and mend and tend to blend something new?
When you are bored or stuck or feel disconnected, this principle is a brilliant way to get things moving.
Explore: Collide + Align
In this module we will practice mending and tending through the principle of ‘Collide and Align’ which is all about blending ideas from different places to create something new.
It’s also about (neuro)diversity, cognitive difference, cultural considerations and recognising and valuing different people and experiences.
Design your own: Stretchy Thinking Practice
If we are going to create innovation we need diversify thinking and become idea magpies! Use this worksheet to help you practice stretchy thinking!
Colliding can create energy, sometimes dissent and challenge. We can learn from our own reactions to conflict. Conflict shows us where things need mending, I encourage you to create space, listen deeply to yourself and others and think about how to repair. Dissent and repair is a normal part of group work and often is the birthplace of innovation. Colliding creates collective intelligence and expansive understanding.
Aligning is about collaboration, it brings in ideas of tolerance that we explored in last months ‘filter’ principle. Aligning means actively seeking out where the Venn diagrams of our beliefs overlap. Aligning creates harmony, enabling difference to exist together.
We need to both actively bring in colliding ideas, people, differences and work AND align and blend if we want to create new things. Idea generation, based on diverse thinking is a solid skill you can develop to collide, align and create excitement and innovation!
