Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is

the wellness

in your work?

We are the focal point from which three directions of wellbeing way-finding emerge.

#self #understanding #health #direction #wellbeing #path #emergence #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what are

the assumptions

you are currently working with?

90% of our mistakes come from mistakes in our perception, 10% from our thinking,

Perception Management is a key skill.

#mistakes #thinking #perception #perceptionmanagement #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how is

your self belief

inviting for others?

Self-belief is very important – always confident, never arrogant.

#confidence #arrogance #inclusive #exclusive #selfbelief #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

we all have operating principles

consciously or unconsciously

do you know yours?

When our Moral Law within is clear, our influence on the Natural Law without is swift.

#jointhedots #canonofconduct #morallaw #naturallaw #moralleadership #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what do you

prefect on the inside

for success on the outside?

All too often we blame external forces, while the most influential are those within.

#entropy #transformation #companiestocommunities #forces #form #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is

the greatest force

you can put into play?

Mastery of anything follows mastery of our ego.

#ego #understanding #mastery #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

in the storm

of your activities

where is the eye?

Know Thyself. Our first alignment is internal alignment.

#knowledge #alignment #attractor #source #sharedvision #companiestocommunities

#transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what part

do you play

in your relationship

with others?

The root of the word Respect means ‘to look back at’ – in respecting others

we are looking back at ourselves.

#respect #feedback #perception #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

can you explain

how you do

what you do?

If we misunderstand our own work how could we possibly understand the work

of others?

#work #meaningfulwork #understanding #perception #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the best

point of view

to learn from?

Our posture of learning is best when it is humble – we stand under in order

to understand.

#understanding #learning #humble #action #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what qualities

for you are elemental

to leadership?

In the best leadership models Value-based-leadership & Moral-leadership

are implicit.

#leadership #valuebasedleadership #moralleadership #values #beauty

#perfection #grace #justice #majesty #independence #glory #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what old conversation

have you stopped

& what new conversation

have you started?

The nature of language is to be ambiguous. It is best therefore to speak in a

manner that allows for more than one interpretation.

#advise #dictator #conversation #exploration #language #relationships

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how is your

head, hand & heart

aligned in your work?

There are three unifying forces: the AHHA, the HAHA, and the AAHH.

Bringing the hand, the head, and the heart together.

#creativity #transformation #companiestocommunities #languageoftransformation

#collaboration #path #journey #change #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what would education be

if its goal was to relate

one thing to another?

Seeing the true relationships of things is a key skill in working with people,

developing strategies, or creating things.

#education #teaching #understanding #relationships #stthomas #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what time frame does 

your thinking and actions

take place within?

Short term thinking is linear. Long term thinking is cyclical.

#strategy #linear #nonlinear #cyclical #longtermthinking #paulhughes

#visualstatements #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

when solving a problem

what bigger problem 

can you solve with it?

Solutions are best found in constellation rather than isolation.

#solutions #nature #nestedsystems #problemsolving #constellation #isolation

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how does diversity 

enrich the unity 

of what you do?

As our world moves towards greater unity the very concept of ‘unity’ needs

to be understood to represent ‘unity in diversity’ – for unity does not mean

‘the sameness’ but rather a unity that embraces and indeed encourages diversity.

#unity #unityindiversity #visualstatement #mentalframe #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what feedback loops

have your built into 

your thoughts and actions?

Do as we say & say as we do – a prime directive. In our intradependent world

the best strategies and actions are based upon short feedback loops.

#strategy #learningbydoing #intradependent #companiestocommunities

#primedirective  #transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what happens if you 

think in circles 

not straight lines?

Form is a visual map of force. Studying growth patterns in nature reveals spirals,

helixes, and coils. Think in circles, not straight lines.

#form #force #growth #patterns #spiral #cycle #progress #path #change

#transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how does 

what you do today

help you in what you 

will be doing tomorrow?

Mature strategies are seeded with the capacity to meet higher and higher

levels of complexity.

#strategy #complexity #companiestocommunities #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the result 

of the result 

of what you do?

Define things in relation to others. Design based on a flow of relations.

#designthinking #designprocess #sweetspot #system #flow #flexible

#transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

think about 5 people that you know

how would they describe 

what you do?

We can only define ourselves through our relationship with others.

#success #relation #isolation #relationship #connections #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is in the 

background of your work

and how do you bring it 

into the foreground?

Brightness & contrast, hue & saturation, foreground & background – a world

of variation and opposites – each offering an insight to our current position.

#knowledge #contrast #self #variation #diversity #opposite #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how can your work

invite others to participate?

Our frame of operation needs to shift from Competition to Collaboration.

#frames #collaboration #competition #companiestocommunities #gestalt

#pacman #star #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how can you build 

the strength of flexibility

into what you do?

Flexibility in brands, business, and being is a key quality to create resilience

– more important than size, strength, or number.

#system #strategy #structure #organization #operatingprinciple #boundaries

#flexible #paulhughes #tenmetersofthinking #visualstatement

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how much 

value and volume

is there in your work?

Our assumptions often have limited our innovation before it began.

#perception #perceptionmanagement #innovation #designprocess

#quantifiedspace #qualifiedspace #cartesiangeometry #sacredgeometry

#geometry #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how much of your work 

is about analyzing

and how much 

is about synthesizing?

‘Skills of connecting’ are more important than ‘skills of separating’.

#analysis #synthesis #connections #skills #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how many connections 

have you made in your work today

and how beautiful is the result?

The first major mistake in our current educational system is the error of

teaching ‘things in isolation’. Instead we need to connect and ‘teach in relation’.

The second major error is a lack of aesthetics. It is essential that we incorporate

the concept of ‘beauty’ into our teaching framework – both on the level of

process and content.

#teaching #knowledge #learning #beauty #mentalframe #metapattern

#education #relationships #errorsineducation #futureofeducation

#educationalsysyem #aesthetics #connections #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how flexible

are your assumptions?

Flexibility and adaptability – our two most important abilities.

#architecture #building #foundation #thinking #framework #flexibility #adaptability

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what have you learned 

about yourself today 

from your interactions with others?

It is best to ‘define in relation’. Relations create context and only context gives

meaning.

 #relationship #relation #self #define #context #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what people, 

projects, or processes

can you connect your work?

It is clear in our intraconnected world that nothing operates, or can be created,

in isolation.

#intraconnected #strategy #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

ask not 

is this right or wrong 

ask 

what could this lead to?

We seem to be very good at judging a statement right or wrong.

However we seem less skilled in using the statement as a stepping stone to

find value. Within a design process ‘movement thinking’ is a key operational

skill and one that overcomes any challenges of polarization.

#iamrightyouarewrong #edwarddebono #movementthinking #judgementthinking

#liberatingframe #limitedframe #designthinking #operatingprinciple #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the bigger question 

that is behind your question?

This Visual Statement is a reminder of Einsteins quite:

You can’t solve a problem with the same level of thinking you used to create it.

#einstein #problemsolving #opportunities #designthinking #outofthebox

#constellation #comprehensivethinking #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how much consistency 

and how much change 

is there in your day today?

Everything is transforming. Everything. A process of composition or

decomposition. An eternal circle. Every organization is moving through this cycle

only to repeat it again. Organizational strategy becomes more resilient when it

is aligned to this cycle.

#composition #decomposition #cycle #strategy #organization #clarify #simplify

#multiply #entropy  #circle #transformation #companiestocommunities #language

#languageoftransformation #questions #alternatives #collaboration #path

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what connections 

can you make 

& what relationships 

can you strengthen today?

Diversity, connections, & relationships – three qualities in every system.

The richer these are, the richer the system is.

#diversity #connections #relationships #companiestocommunities #system

#transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how can you balanced

your head and your heart

in your decisions today?

Factual and felt – the balance needed in theory and practice.

#empirical #intuitive #knowledge #balance #theory #practice #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

when we seek unity

do we allow for the diversity 

that enriches it?

There are nine meta-patterns that occur in the infinite variety of the

sixfold-symmetry of a snowflake. It is important to elevate the common

concept of ‘unity’ towards the enriched concept of ‘unity in diversity’.

#unity #unityindiversity #science #snowflake #pattern #metapattern #symmetry

#concept #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

when is 

the best time 

to act?

We seem to be out of sync with Natures rhythms – spring, summer, autumn,
winter. Each season has its own qualities – there is a time for planting, growth,
harvest, and decay. Yet most organizations still seek higher and higher quarterly
results. This is a world model based on Chronological time – ‘logical’ and linear
time. Instead I believe organizations will be better served with a world model
of Kairos time – ‘opportunity’ and non-linear time. Here a favorable moment
decides what action should be taken.

#time #strategy #planning #seasons #nature #companiestocommunities
#comprehensivethinking #kairos #chronos #growth #development
#timeless #transformation #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what happens 

if you think in circles 

not straight lines?

Developing an economy where the products and services that are created

feedback into the next generation of products and services.

#feedback #paulhughes #visualstatement #economy #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

ask not 

how do we do this better?

ask 

how do we do this different?

The purpose of our thinking is to generate alternatives that propel us out of the

main-stream into a new-stream.

#strategy #alternatives #thinking #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the difference 

between change 

and transformation?

The concept of ‘Entropy’ should be as much a part of an organizations’

vocabulary as ‘Strategy’, ‘Growth’, & ‘Marketing’.

#entropy #organization #strategy #feedback #learning #companiestocommunities

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how important 

is beauty 

in usability?

Many from one and one from many – a beautiful process of folding and unfolding.

#unityindiversity #utility #beauty #folding #unfolding #unity #tangram #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is it that 

ties together all the diverse 

aspects of your day?

Using an ‘eye of oneness’ and an ‘eye of searching’, dots become arcs to
form an evolving conceptual framework.

#eyeofoneness #eyeofsearching #evolvingconceptualframework #concept 
#framework #complex #unityindiversity #circle #companiestocommunities #perception

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the 

difference between 

problems and opportunities?

In problem solving we think in solutions. In opportunity seeking we think in value.
The best solutions are vantage points for new value.

#problemsolving #opportunityseeking #landscape #solutions #value #thinking
#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

when you focus today

is it a hard focus 

or a soft focus?

All too often we get lost in the universe of things and loose sight of the
universe as a thing. Our life is made from a manifold of seemingly
separate things and our task is to see the one thing that is made from this manifold.

#unityindiversity #universe #comprehensivethinking #system #structure
#perception #pattern #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what happens if 

your work is focused

not on competing 

but on connecting?

It is the connection of things rather than the things themselves that brings most value.

#analysis #synthesis #connections #system #paulhughes #visualstatement
#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

seven generations from now

what will be remembered 

from what you do today?

It is possible in our life-time to know seven generations: great-grandparents,

grandparents, parents, our generation, children, grand-children, & great-grandchildren.
#thinking #generations #seventhgeneration #paulhughes #visualstatement
#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

list at least three 

different ways 

you can approach 

your work today

Collaboration is the new competition.

#competition #collaboration #unityindiversity #paulhughes 

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is

the best question

you can ask in any situation?

 #questions #learning #teaching #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what happens 

when you do 

your old work 

within a new frame?

Our greatest errors come from our perception, not our thinking.
This is our greatest challenge and opportunity.
#perception #perceptionmanagement #thinking #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how do you put 

your knowledge into action

and your action into knowledge?

Thinking and Doing are the heartbeat of all activity. One does not exist without
the other.
#thinking #doing #knowledge #action #learningbydoing #theory #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

if preparation is half the work

what is the right amount of time 

spent reflecting before acting?

Chance favors the prepared mind.
#creativity #preparedmind #BobGray #paulhughes #visualstatement
#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the difference between

‘working in relationships’

and ‘working on relationships’?

The best way to define something is to define it ‘in relation’ – to itself (internally),
to others (externally), and to a wider ecology (holistically) – relationships create
context and it is only through context that we get meaning.
#relationships #connections #context #ecology #paulhughes #visualstatement
#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what role 

does intuition play 

in your work?

Learning by Doing and the Art of Making – key skills in any search for truth.

#learning #learningbydoing #making #skills #truth #perception #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how much of your work

‘uses your capacities’ 

and how much 

‘develops your capacities’?

The direction of travel is clear. The question remains to what level of
elevation we are seeking.

#happiness #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what are the values

that lead your thoughts

and drive your actions?

Successful strategies for organization, motivation, and communication have
a specific ordered sequence.

#values #change #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what don’t you know

that you don’t know?

The map is not the territory. While some assumptions are better than others,
all our assumptions are at best only one window to look upon the world.
A criterion for better a assumption is one that offers more choice.

#AlfredKorzybski #Korzybski #assumptions #learningbydoing # mentalmodel
#liberatingframe #perception #perceptionmanagement #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the ratio 

of ‘competition’ to ‘cooperation’ 

in your work today?

Fish are not aware of the water they swim in. So too our greatest challenge

is awareness towards the limiting frame of Competition in which most of our

world operates.

#mentalframe #competition #cooperation #sweetspot #companiestocommunities

#transformation #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how has a past failure 

laid the foundation 

for your success today?

We are shaped by the forces of resistance – as form is a visual map of the forces
acting upon it.

#nobility #adversity #shape #forces #resistance #form #paulhughes
#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what are you 

going to do today

to create the tomorrow 

you wish for?

Our journey begins by simply talking the first step.

#journey #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what percentage 

of what you know

is put into action?

There are two kinds of knowledge – knowledge of truths (timeless)
and knowledge of application (timely). They reinforce one another.

#knowledge #timeless #timely #truth #application #learningbydoing

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how do you 

reflect yourself 

in your work?

Our journey is aways an inner journey – to clean our mirror.

#journey #integrity #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the 

relationship between 

‘who you are’ 

and ‘what you do’?

We, individuals and organizations, are nested systems.

#systems #world #nestedsystems #systemsthinking #strategy 

#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how fixed is your goal?

how flexible is your approach?

Learning-by-doing, that employs short feedback loops,

is the essence of strategy in today’s world – Adaptive Strategies.
#prototype #learning #learningbydoing #adaptivestrategies #strategy

#transformation #feedback #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how does your work 

connect you 

to something bigger?

When we find our connection to the whole, any void within is filled.

#vision #connection #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how do you 

do what you do 

differently?

Approaching our work as if for the first time, every day – this is the essence of innovation.
#work #meaningfulwork #essence #innovation #creativity #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what moments

of reflection 

do you have 

in your work today?

Looking beyond the obvious is a uncommon skill that should be common.

#perception #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

give a new answer 

to the question: 

what do you do?

Our perception defines our world. A mature perception is one that offers us most choice.

#perception #perceptionmanagement #reality #truth #choice #paulhughes

#visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what change

in your inner world

will have the greatest impact

on your outer world?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #1

There are only three steps to change the world.

#change #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

how do you use 

your work 

to learn?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #22

What we experience, we understand.
#learning #teaching #education #method #understanding #learningbydoing
#paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what is the ratio 

of ‘thinking’ to ‘doing’ 

in your work today?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #2

The best thinking never takes place in isolation – it is always in a constellation

of actions – thinking-in-action.
#thinking #learningbydoing #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what are the 

top 5 assumptions 

in your daily work?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #12

Paradoxes only exist because of limited perception – a wider perception opens

to truth and begins to see the whole. Perception Management is key.

#perceptionmanagement #paulhughes #visualstatement #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what shape would education take 

if we consider everyone to be 

a mine rich in gems?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #21

#education #teaching #learning #awakening #paulhughes #visualstatement

#tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

what question can you ask

to evolve your understanding

rather than reinforce it?

Ten Meters of Thinking | OPUS 09 #9

Knowing what we know, what we do not know, and what we do not know that we do

not know – all part of an evolving framework of learning.

#framework #learning #knowledge#evolving #concepts #paulhughes

#visualstatements #tenmetersofthinking

The purpose of the Ten Meters of Thinking Opus Numbers is to offer alternative

perspectives, stimulate ideas, open conversations and encourage new actions.

Each can be seen as a visual aphorism, a specific motif, or a dot, that offers

specific knowledge. Alternatively you can join-the-dots to create new knowledge

and experience the vision behind Ten Meters of Thinking.

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes

Copyright 2014 Paul Hughes