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Bio

Having been involved in a lot of well-intentioned innovation and change initiatives in industry, government and small businesses, I have found that people have an astonishing ability to miscommunicate and misunderstand one another, and often work at cross-purposes to the very things they are trying to accomplish.

My objective has been and continues to be finding ways to help people imagine and create a better world, individually and together. I believe that this requires a shift from a fear or scarcity mindset to a curious and creative mindset. Curiosity and creativity improve your ability to develop ideas and build shared understanding, so people become aligned around a vision, so they can better coordinate joint action on things that matter to them.

In 1993 I founded XPLANE, the visual thinking company, to help people develop shared understanding, so they can make better, faster decisions, and work better together to create more lasting, sustainable impact.

I launched my new project, the School of the Possible, which is really just an extension of my lifelong focus on bringing good things into the world, on April 23, 2018.

I have written three books on design, change and innovation.

Formal bio

Having been involved in a lot of well-intentioned innovation and change initiatives in industry, government and small businesses, Dave Gray noticed that people have an astonishing ability to miscommunicate and misunderstand one another, and often work at cross-purposes to the very things they are trying to accomplish.

His objective has been and continues to be finding ways to help people improve their ability to build shared understanding, so they can better coordinate joint action on things that matter to them.

In 1993 He founded XPLANE, the visual thinking company, to help people develop shared understanding, so they can make better, faster decisions, and work better together to create more lasting, sustainable impact.

He has written three books on design, change and innovation.

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Dave Gamestorming keynote - photo by Michelle Milla

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Gamestorming workshop experience - photo by Michelle Milla

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