Working With New Ideas In this program from Lessons from the Wild Series, a lioness is used as the metaphor to explore the concept of innovation, allowing for new ideas and developing implementation techniques.
The video tells the story a young 2-day-old lioness cub that was found by the Varty's and reared to adulthood. The manner in which they did this challenged the conventions of human/animal interaction as well as the traditional wisdom of lion pride behaviour.
The story includes spectacular footage of the interaction between Gil Varty and the young, adolescent and then fully-grown lioness name Shingalana. As they prepare for Shingalana's release, the drama unfolds when they introduce Shingalana into a local pride of lions. While the males appear to be friendly, the females adopt a very different set of behaviours with disastrous consequences. The video demonstrates the metaphor of resistance to change; of how new ideas and new ways of doing things are often rejected simply because they are new.
Key Learning Points:
- Not every new idea works, but often new ideas are "killed" early on - often with disastrous results
- Every "new mistake" is a learning experience - allow for a culture of mistakes and time to learn from them
- Not everyone is capable of thinking up new ideas, few people are creative thinkers
- Everyone should give a new idea a chance
- New ideas seldom happen where expected
- It takes time to nurture new ideas and let them grow
Features and Benefits
DVD includes Facilator Guide, Workbook, OHP
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