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Scenius: building a culture with permission to innovate
The stories our culture tells about creativity almost always concern individuals: think Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Kanye West. These stories are tempting because they are simple, because they appeal to our veneration for individualism, because we love our heroes. We have very few models for storytelling that concern small groups of people, or ent... See more
Finding your scenius is not finding how to be a star, famous or rich. It’s about finding your people, the one that help you emulate, create and go beyond your pre-supposed limits.
Nathalie Sejean • How come they all know each other?!
When looking back at History there are dozens and dozens of stories about specific time periods where an uncanny number of creative spirits gathered within the same school, street, building, found each other and imagined on a much larger scale that they could have alone.
There is no one leader but rather mutual influences, respect, and possibly appr
... See moreNathalie Sejean • How come they all know each other?!
Conditions required for scenius:
- Mutual respect and appreciation. The first and possibly most important condition of collaboration. When departments even appear to be in opposition, the conditions for scenius collapse quickly.
- Rapid exchange of tools and techniques. At the heart of the open-source software movement is Github, where cod