Come original

​Come Original. 311​

Coming full range.

A call to arms to putting the best of you into what you create, but also to the exploration of the overseen / unseen.

To come full range: to use a high level of knowledge with a high level of imagination.

That’s how Marty Neumeier defines (in my words) what’s New To The World in his Originality Matrix in Metaskills: 5 talents for the robotic age.

​Neumeier’s Originality Matrix​

Originality is a function of knowledge and imagination.

K x I = O

It takes different levels of novelty and impact.

• Adapted from the same domain: little knowledge with little imagination.
  ​“Borrow an idea from a competitor and adapt it for your own purposes.”
• Adapted from another domain: you have more knowledge and apply a bit of imagination.
  ​“Adapt an idea from a different domain—another industry, discipline, or culture. Less like plagiarism and more like appropriation.”
  
• New to yourself: little knowledge, but highly imaginative.
  ​“Invent an idea you’ve never encountered before.”
  ​But that maybe others also have already invented. This is the first step to become an original thinker.
  
• New to the world: more knowledge and highly imaginative.
  You come up with things new to you, but also knowing what’s been done and what not.
  ​“At this point you’ve seen enough to know what has and hasn’t been done, and inventive enough to fill the gap with a surprising idea.”
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In full range,