Not everyone makes sense of the world in the same way.
Uncommon Sense comes from a particular mode of thinking: outwardly curious, generalist and integrative, and comfortable with change and complexity.
Think
Inspired by Oblique Strategies (a deck of cards that assists creative thinking, devised by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt), Uncommon Strategies is designed to assist connective thinking.
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Uncommon Strategies
Are you a generalist?
Some people excel within clearly defined boundaries. They optimise known systems and deepen existing expertise.
Others instinctively step back and ask how the parts fit together.
If you tend toward the second pattern, you may be a generalist.
Are you an otrovert?
Some people build understanding inwardly, through consolidation and depth within a defined field.
Others build it outwardly, through exploration, contrast and encounter.
If you tend toward the second pattern, you may be an otrovert.
How they work together
Otrovert describes how a person moves through the world.
Generalist describes how a person processes what they encounter.
Many readers might recognise themselves in one, if not both, of these.
Uncommon Sense comes from that overlap, where outward curiosity combines with integrative thinking.