THE OCTOPUS MOVEMENT
We are building a global movement
of 1 billion nonlinear thinkers.
The Octopus Movement
2022
THINKING
FEELING
EXPLORING
We are here to drive acceptance and awareness of the awesome abilities of atypical thinkers. We call these nonlinear thinkers. People that are wired differently and have for example ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, bipolar, dyscalculia, autism, and other neurodiversity are likely to be more nonlinear in their thinking.
Check out our manifesto.
Board of
Inspiration
I have been in good company since the start of this movement on March 6, 2021. All the cuddo's to you who inspired me to do this. And thank you "My Octopus Teacher", what a beautoful documentary.
Since then everthing happened.
We are growing very fast.
We are the oldest and the youngest.
We are in darkness and in light.
We are the largest and the smallest.
We are creation.
- Perry Knoppert
Perry
Knoppert
FOUNDER & CEO
The Octopus Movement, Amsterdam
Aka "Dr. Octopus", the specialist in nonlinear thinking. #thenonlineareffect
Christine
Charitonos
Founder & CEO What Does Not, London
Aka "Trouble", has dedicated most of her personal and professional life looking for out-of-the-box thinkers and those that don’t conform to normalcy. She also hates bios.
Maxine
Cunningham
Founder & CEO PickMyBrain.world, Vancouver
Aka "Musk Max", who is building the worlds first peer to peer knowledge marketplace and filling it with the worlds smartest and most interestingly weird people. Super Brain (more than 100 Brain dates).
Todd
Cherches
Co-Founder & CEO
BigBlueGumball, New York
CEO. Executive Coach (MG100). Award-winning adjunct professor of leadership at NYU and Columbia University. TEDx speaker. Author of the book, “VisuaLeadership.”
Eran
Thomson
Joy Pusher and Entrepreneur Australia
Founder: Laugh-Masters Academy, PowerProv, Song Saga. Host of the One Word Suggestion podcast. Creative leader, writer and spreader of joy.
Claudia
Lieshout
Principal Design Research at Philips Design, Eindhoven
Claudia has spend already more then two decades on exploring the future and guiding businesses in responding to trends in the context of health.
Sobhan
Chowdhury
Founder, The Speakers Corner, Dhaka
Sobhan is a full-time corporate professional who aspires to uphold public speaking for the youths also working towards sustainable environmental initiatives.
Hadeer Ahmed Ghareeb
Clinical research associate
Dubai
Hadeer Ghareeb's an Egyptian young woman currently living in UAE, that chose a different path, and decided to go wherever it takes to pursue her multiple passion. She is a clinical research associate, Game designer and social entrepreneur. She has an initiative named "Trash Into Toys" where she teaches kids how to make their dream toys out of trash.
Mani Padmanabhan
CFO
Hyderabad, India
A multipotentialite in Finance - a specialist in all domains...Finance and people leader across all kinds of entities and managing people of great heterogeneity. Author of 'Decoding Risk Management - an introduction. CFO service provider, Faculty in B Schools, Advisor and Mentor'
