Expedition Log.10 "Tenacious Creativity"

This chapter is a perfect complement to chapter 3. Chapter 3 showed the importance of having optimism in (with) reality "Optimism at The Edge means believing that somehow, someway, the team will succeed".

But it is one-half of the true strategy. The other half of the true strategy is expecting things will go wrong. You may think it is somewhat paradoxical, but in fact, it is quite true. So this chapter shows the way to expect bad things and daunt it. It is mobilizing the collective, tenacious creativity of the team to find a solution. The followings are key phrases.
"Tenacious creativity demands flexibility, and it requires recognizing what works and what doesn't".
"Do not dismiss any idea, no matter how farfetched, without thoroughly considering it".
"Think the unthinkable, and encourage others to do so as well".

Answers for Questions

1. I have somewhat tenacious creativity about problems and obstacles. I expect some bad things will happen in a certain way, so I am not surprised at their comings.

2. I devise a better method when things go wrong as McNealy. Sometime It requires me lots of time, but it is worth of doing it. I don't know the exact tolerance level for potentially frustrating events, but I think it is high.

3. I'm not sure I have such a process, but I don't cast aside "troublemakers".

4. I sometimes tell my organization that there are lots of ways to do something. If you face a big wall, you can change your way to approach it. I think this strategy is "Catalyst" in terms of chemistry.