Aliens? AI aliens? We’re getting closer. Aliens in (n.b., not “from”) the outer metaverse may be as surprised as we when “discovering” each other. Riskily I’m guessing they don’t yet know we’re here—wherever “here” may mean to an alien. It will happen—“mutual alien discovery”—hopefully before my 101st birthday in 2051.😉 If they, the ungenerously called “aliens,” should wordlessly think—as Einstein illustrated about his strictly visual thinking preceding worded thoughts—our discernible actions will surely (maybe?) be one form of whatever semblance of communication channels may be accessible between and among “us”—quite possibly including absolute silence! Boldly I suspect it’s in the wordish #thoughting liminal space—the metacognition phenomenon that @EnclaveAcademy named for “between wordless visual thinking and worded thoughts”—that we’ll find our mutually metacognitive “pre-frontal forum.” Speculating there are human-like aliens “out there” is among prideful vanity’s impediments (i.e., biases) to alien thinking. Guessing there are no amorphous aliens already milling among us is yet another obstacle to thinkably thinkable thinking’s thinkingness about “alien cognition”—that’s beyond or below human and AI co-metacognition’s current (!) reach. The sci-fi-ish “search for aliens” is much more than that. It’s earthbound mental gravity-defying metacognitive regulation for: • Leap-taking. • Sense-making, and • Meaning-seeking. A search for #aliens—of internal or external varieties—is a metacognition-ignition exercise in: • Intellectual curiosity, • Intellectual humility, • Intellectual courageousness, • Intellectual rigor (effort), • Intellectual luminosity, and • Intellectual generosity. “Alien thinking leads courageous minds toward alien discovery.” —Enclavius That Enclavian phrase captures the core philosophy of ALIEN Thinking, an innovation framework developed by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade at the IMD Business School. Enclavius (MMXVII-) is the apocryphal all-seeking Patron Sage living in minds of metaminds at @EnclaveAcademy (EA), a microlearning community for thinker-doers specializing in nonclinical metacognition psychology. Unto themself, nonbinary Enclavius is “alien thinkingness.” Are your metawheels turning? Is at least a wee smile dawning? A metamind is a modern-day thinker-doer who has mastered the art of "thinking about thinking" to maintain mental agility and increase mental stability. This status is achieved through the microlearning Academy’s continually experimental curriculum that integrates both human and AI metacognition; marking a lifelong-learning milestone that’s validated via specific micro-credentials. With the mind-setting contextualization above, #EnclaveAcademy will begin a #ListenToThink™ (L2T) #PreFrontalForum™ microclass to ingest, assess, and address this @bigthink podcast about alien thinking. We’ll gather to #ThinkToThink™ about—and maybe with—#AlienThinking. With thanks to @bigthink, now with @jilltarter— Come to think of it.™

🥈 HIGHLY COMMENDED - SMART THINKING BOOK 2022 🥈 📙 'Alien Thinking' by @cyril_bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux & @mwade100 (Published by @PenguinUKBooks). amazon.co.uk/Alien-Thinking-… #BBA2022 #ALIENThinking #Innovation #InnovationStrategy #CreativeThinking

IMD-authored books - Hacking Digital, #ALIENThinking and Resetting Management - recognized at two business book awards. Learn more: bit.ly/3LCxbV1 #IMDImpact

BizBookAwardUK: RT @IMD_Bschool: Congratulations to IMD professors @mwade100, @cyril_bouquet and Jean-Louis Barsoux, whose book #ALIENThinking has won an award in the Smart Thinking category at the @BizBookAwardUK 2022. Learn more about ALIEN Thinking: …

Congratulations to IMD professors @mwade100, @cyril_bouquet and Jean-Louis Barsoux, whose book #ALIENThinking has won an award in the Smart Thinking category at the @BizBookAwardUK 2022. Learn more about ALIEN Thinking: bit.ly/3Mub70l #IMDImpact

Be An Explorer, Not An Expert 👽 Byron's Babbles latest post inspired by #AlienThinking by ⁦@cyril_bouquet⁩, ⁦@mwade100⁩, & Jean-Louis Barsoux. #leadership #edleadership #leadershipdevelopment byronernest.blog/2021/07/11/…

What Will You Regret When You Are 80 Years Old? | Byron's Babbles latest post inspired by #AlienThinking by ⁦@cyril_bouquet⁩, ⁦@mwade100⁩, & Jean-Louis Barsoux. #leadership #edleadership #leadershipdevelopment byronernest.blog/2021/07/11/…

I finished reading #ALIENThinking: The Unconventional Path to Breakthrough Ideas by ⁦@cyril_bouquet⁩, ⁦@mwade100⁩, & Jean-Louis Barsoux. Here is my⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review & is easily in my 2021 top 5. #leadership #edleadership #leadershipdevelopment goodreads.com/review/show/40…

Testing Everything & Conceiving Different Outcomes | Byron's Babbles latest post inspired by the great book #AlienThinking by ⁦@cyril_bouquet⁩, ⁦@mwade100⁩, & Jean-Louis Barsoux. 👽 📕 #leadership #edleadership #leadershipdevelopment byronernest.blog/2021/07/05/…

Are you an ALIEN Thinker? Take this assessment to test your ability to think and act creatively, and discover how to improve your ability to bring breakthrough solutions to life. 👉Click here: bit.ly/3cuxP8l #IMDImpact #ALIENThinking @cyril_bouquet @mwade100

.@worthmag excerpts #AlienThinking, by @cyril_bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and @mwade100 @public_affairs worth.com/data-gives-innovat…

.@worthmag excerpts #AlienThinking, by @cyril_bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and @mwade100. @public_affairs worth.com/data-gives-innovat…

In #ALIENThinking, you will learn what it means to be an Ingenious Analyst by combining creative intelligence with whatever analytic tools you have at your disposal. Learn more at alienthinking.org/book/

In @stratandbiz, #AlienThinking authors and @IMD_Bschool professors @cyril_bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and @mwade100 offer insight on why being an expert navigator is the key to #innovation success. @public_affairs strategy-business.com/articl…

In @stratandbiz, #AlienThinking authors and @IMD_Bschool professors @cyril_bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and @mwade100 offer insight on why being an expert navigator is the key to #innovation success. @public_affairs strategy-business.com/articl…

In #ALIENThinking, you'll read why we believe ANYONE can develop new ideas and insights if they possess strategies to challenge assumptions. Got a crazy idea? You can make it a reality. Learn more at alienthinking.org/book/

New podcast episode is up! "Cyril Bouquet – Better Innovation with ALIEN Thinking" What is @cyril_bouquet ’s game-changing idea that might change the world? The idea might be outside the box — way outside. killerinnovations.com/Alien-… #ALIENThinking Sponsored by @Zoom

Ever wondered what was going through the mind's of the world’s greatest innovators when they changed the course of history? IMD professors Cyril Bouquet and #MichaelWade discuss #alienthinking and share tools to help you develop ideas that really matter. ow.ly/C4kn50DW4Mj

.@beAccidental talks to @cyril_bouquet about how to think unlike anyone around you to uncover breakthrough ideas. #ALIENThinking @public_affairs accidentalcreative.com/podca…

.@beAccidental talks to @cyril_bouquet about how to think unlike anyone around you to uncover breakthrough ideas. #ALIENThinking @public_affairs accidentalcreative.com/podca…