For those of you who know me, I have had a rather zig zag career. And found my (current) calling in learning and development, innovation and game design. There is a single thread that ties it all together - which is the creativity process and problem solving - which if you narrow down what I really like to do. Creatively solve problems.
In this process I have learnt several other things - game design principles, leadership development, training, coaching and then some. I remain a fan of business and ideas. And I am often a brainstormer for hire - people and companies talk to me when they want ideas.
And yet, I also feel that most of my ideas are not necessarily original. I just join the dots differently - and most of those dots are already out there.
And thats when in a conversation with a designer, I came across this word - Multipotentiality. Now I dont know if that is indeed me or not, but it made me think enough to write this out. And that led me to this talk on the topic by Emilie Wapnick. Where she says - Idea Synthesis, Rapid learning and Adapatability are three core skills of a multipotentialite.
My take - most people are multipotential - but rarely see beyond one thing and then slowly forget about their intersts and thereby slowly stop learning.
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