With great interest I recently read in Technology Review online:  About one of Isaac Asimov’s intersections with ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) in the late 1950’s

An MIT research group was asked to “Think outside the box.” Asimov was recruited to assist the process.  The essay he left in his wake is remarkably fresh, especially now.

“It seems to me then that the purpose of cerebration sessions is not to think up new ideas but to educate the participants in facts and fact-combinations, in theories and vagrant thoughts.” Isaac Asimov. 1959

His coinage of the word “Cerbration” was a bit of an eye-opener.  A willingness to invest with diligent determination in the creative process will benefit the inventor, insists Asimov. The essay is full of very practical advice and pragmatic observation. His keen eye into these matters applies as much now as it did then.

Another way this has been discussed is within the context of a Jo-Hari diagram… Wherein one examines knowns and unknowns — and spends time in the abstract space of unknown-unknowns.  Unk-unks, as we call them.

Anyway our version of it includes a word in each quadrant that we use to “shape” the conversation. Enjoy our “Back of the Napkin” visual…

What is it about your Web Presence that you’d like to more deeply understand?  Where is your business going with it’s on-line effort in the digital revolution?

InterWestIT’s specialty is to hash out the facts and fact-combinations, the theory and peripheral thinking relative to your tech. Take advantage of a free hour with us a “High-tech reality check.”

Anyway, that’s a favorite photo of a favorite author.  Catch the resemblance?  LOL.