The rational mind sees itself as our safety referee. Stray too far away from known familiarity and it cries foul and reins us back in so we can stay within the comfort zone. However, as the complexity of global and organizational problems increases so must our comfort with a different kind of safety: the kind where you can explore possibilities, experiment with radically different approaches and work with others as part of a collaborative and diverse team. That takes innovative learning.

Jack Barnard, author, musician, speaking coach, performer, radio show broadcaster and founder of SourceWorks, which merges improvisation and theater techniques with personal growth and development speaks to us about how innovative learning can help us change our thinking so that we can get out of the perplexing conundrums that limit performance.

After all, the thinking that got us into the situation we are in is definitely not the kind of thinking that will get us out.