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To be a social innovator... not a very hard question about what it is: a person that brings new things from what's there that improve the life of people, in any way. A person that makes an innovation, but in something directly and physically affecting others. Though, how to do it is quite harder... and the exhibit given as example does give some hints.
I've read these sentences more than once, and they're all great advices to enter the mindset of the social innovator, but from the first reading the one that jumped to my eyes was:
Paul Polak "5. Think like a child - children have no limit to their thinking"
This is a trait I think is very useful in life, and really crucial in the innovation field. The difference is simple... the child doesn't know, and wants to learn; the adult has learnt a lot (comparing to the child), but often doesn't care about learning more.
Thus, when you say something to a person, he hears it and then takes it as granted, putting him on top of his knowledges, but considering the previous ones unbreakable... basically his social basis are there and won't be moved anymore. So if the concept heard (or thought) goes against the previous mindset, it will likely be discarded and labeled as "impossible" or "senseless".
Say something to a child instead. He does hear what you say, and tries to do the same as the adult. He tries to put the new knowledge on top of the old ones... the difference is that the foundations of the child's mind are much smaller and more frail, so if strong enough evidence (and this does not have to be really strong) is shown, they'll likely consider to take the new one as a new founding knowledge, discarding the old one.
So, basically, the children are extremely flexible minded comparing to adults. And when you have to think something that others have not thought of, the social innovator job, this is more than crucial.
How to be more child-like
I myself think that I'm quite a child, and I think it's a good quality. Though, I don't think it's easy to act as one if you don't think as one... so, how can I think like a child? It's not so hard at words.
The key factors here are two: the child know little, and the child is curious. So, when you say something to a child, he probably doesn't know it. He will try to remember it, but to fit it in his head he has to give some sense to it, so he asks questions about what it is, how it works, why it's there, and many others. The adult, instead, has stopped asking questions.
So the real deal is this: whenever you hear/think something, think about it. Is (not) it possible? Why? Do some recursive thinking from there (start asking yourself questions on the answers of the previous ones) until you reach a point you can not go further, and you'll likely have a clearer mind about it. :)
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