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Many people either don't think they are creative or don't know exactly how they are creative. However, everyone is creative in some way. If you've neglected your creative spark for a while, know that it's not absent, that it merely needs reviving. We'll look at some of the ways your creativity may have been stifled and explore several methods to awakening the slumbering giant of creativity within.
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Reviving Creativity
Denise R. Jacobs Inspire925: Creativity Goes to Work Zurich, Switzerland 30 January 2014
I am:
@denisejacobs
This fine event: @inspire295
I’m get you to:
#revivecreativity
For the Twitters
O hai!
Photo by Derek Kearney
Creativity is critical
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/
I’m not the only one who thinks so…
http://business.time.com/2013/04/26/the-time-creativity-poll/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/3036598475/ &http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/
Who here feels like they are creative?
Who here does not?
Who isn’t sure?
What is Creativity?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogil/1507585665/
“Creativity is newness produced.”
- Sir Ken Robinson, Out of Our Minds
“Creativity is all about making connections and seeing patterns.”
- Bruce Nussbaum,
Creativity Intelligence
“Creativity makes day to day experiences more vivid, more enjoyable, more rewarding. When we live creatively, boredom is banished and every moment holds the promise of a fresh discovery.” - Mihali Csikszentmihalyi, Creativity
The problem
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8156999698/
Internal: Unsupported, seems dead
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22326055@N06/4883520500/
External: Nothing in place to support it
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
Re·viv·al [ri-vahy-vuhl] 1. restoration to life, consciousness, vigor,
strength, etc. 2. restoration to use, acceptance, or
currency. 3. a new production of an old play. 4. an awakening, in a church or
community, of interest in and care for matters relating to personal religion.
1. Restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duroh/3894174362/
Your relationship with your own Creativity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3018718331/
Look at fears around creativity
Photo: Denise Jacobs
Inner Critic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/
Perfectionism
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
Procrastination
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
You become a terrorist to yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koomatuomio/4182554398/
“Obsessing about preventing bad things from happening also prevents good things from happening, or sometimes prevents anything from happening at all.”
- Scott Berkun, The Year Without
Pants
2. Restoration to use, acceptance, or currency.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duroh/3894174362/
Refinding your Creativity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwtwo/8323452857/
Comes from recognizing your brilliance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/
Love what you do. Do what you love.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/
DO NOT focus on your weaknesses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/
You will only improve 10-15 %
(and it will be painful)
- Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
http://www.community-bar.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/
3. A new production of an old play http://www.flickr.com/photos/duroh/3894174362/
Creativity is a skill.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhenak/2664680892/
Practice: Speak up
Photo: Denise Jacobs
Practice: Delegate
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/3645313261/
Practice: Capture ALL of your ideas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosengrant/3637839874/
Yes, ALL of them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kara_allyson/5354860077/
Practice: Gather sources of inspiration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmanviz/3181410714/
Evernote Pinterest.com Delicious.com Flickr.com Trello.com Zootool.com Gimmebar.com
Dropr.com Diigo Tumblr Imgspark.com Scrnshots.com Vi.sualize.us Emberapp.com
Tools to do so
Practice: Take yourself on Artist’s Dates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Themuse.jpg
4. An awakening in a community
Creativity with others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3019543830/
External environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardwinchell/130344669/
“Getting people together is easy, but having a culture of getting them to be good at building upon each other’s ideas is hard.”
- David Kelly, Founder of IDEO
Practice: Escape your silo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemick/5106610165/
Seek diverse environments
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shirinwiniger/3680885289/
Practice: Nurture the creativity of others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeliam/2460475510/
Listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684688/
I mean really listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/
Practice: Amplify the ideas of others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/54381130/
Make your cohorts look good
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4597640798/
Interactions and collaborations will get stronger
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipulites/5407946699/
Eating my own dogfood: Power-Push Writing
Photo: Anna B. Scott
Good morning, sunshine! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/543078380/
No matter where you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilike/3707503212/
Whether it’s with yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/
Or with others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/
You’ll be on the right path
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevharb/3051473068/
To awakening the slumbering giant
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badastronomy/4179773749/
"We are awakening the slumbering giant and filling it with beautiful creative resolve."
- Denise Jacobs, Reviving
Creativity
And finally…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3302110152/
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