Oblique Strategies
January 21, 2025 • #A collection of 100 oblique strategies for creative problem solving.
A collection of 100 oblique strategies for creative problem solving.
Gordon Brander:
There is something powerful about this notion of possibility spaces, both from a theory standpoint, and as a way of seeing. It causes you to approach challenges in a different way. You don’t need to be creative. The creative breakthrough already exists out there in the space of possibility. It’s just waiting to be discovered.
Kevin Kelly’s “walk and talk” is something I’ve gotta try. At least more often.
Validating ideas is hard. Some thoughts on trusting your instincts and reducing abstraction for better feedback.
A card deck to help spark creativity.
From an interview with Steve Jobs, on the importance of execution over ideas.
My process of forming a daily journaling habit.
On atomic notes and how they encourage generating new ideas.
Embracing, reusing, and remixing existing technologies to build new ones.
David Perell on intellectual phase transitions.
Finding the heresy might mean finding a key idea.
Stripe is publishing their own editions of classic books about human progress.