A one-minute exercise to figure out the topic of an article:

Train of thought: need an idea – books – blocks – geometry – Golden Ratio – pi – proportional – exponential – Malthusian growth model – constant growth – latent growth – architecture – form – shape – solid – void – space – positive – negative – columns – walls – rectangles – triangles – polygons – parti diagram – Ecole de Beaux Arts – Paris – Louvre – pyramid – I.M. Pei – 1998 World Cup – croissants – Champs Elysees – late night out – early morning in the studio – review – charrette – planning – collaboration – talking – constituents – customers – ideas – design – workshop – speaking – facilitation – connections – weak bonds – strong bonds – friends – co-workers – acquaintances – groups – individuals – one-to-one – one-to-many – many-to-many – how ideas spread – combustion – spontaneous combustion – fire – starting fires by hand – twigs – sticks – hatchet – matches – smoke – camping – trees – the growth of trees – seeing the forest from the trees – patterns of growth – patterns – types of patterns – patterns in nature – patterns of thought – radial – linear – symmetrical – asymmetrical – wave forms – beach – sand – cohesion – physics – distributed – angular – angular momentum – back to patterns – patterns of growth – seeing patterns – breaking patterns – recognizing patterns – building patterns – creativity – growth – generative – design – patterns and growth – breaking patterns and stimulating growth.

That’s it.

Break patterns to stimulate growth.